Under Mingguang Peak, inside a little house, Gu Yeqi dreamt of death.
In the dim night, she stood beside the birthing room of the medicine manor, hearing her own birth cry, her father's joyful cheers, and her mother's exhausted laughter.
Then the twilight glow lit up from the horizon. She saw herself running in the yard of the medicine manor, chasing dragonflies like a boy, while her mother, simmering herbs, watched her helplessly through the window. Her father was about to leave for work, ruffling her hair before he went.
The Great Sun hung high, only to be quickly obscured by wind and snow. The towering mountains around the medicine manor were instantly covered by ice and snow. Winds and clouds swirled around the ice peaks piercing the Heavenly Dome, and the twilight glow at the horizon turned into the evening twilight.
