The Candle Keeper
Five hundred years of cycles. Fifty civilizations fallen into silence.
After witnessing the end of the world time, I sacrifice everything to send my memories back in time, waking in my 16-years-old body.
This rebirth is no salvation.
Centuries of memories crushed my mind. My once-peerless talent faded. The Qi I newly awakened—— the mysterious, stable energy that powers this world —— remained weak and chaotic.
I live in a civilization that has forgotten how to dream.
People no longer look to the stars. No one explores the cosmos, no one dares to unleash their creativity.
Dangerous thoughts are erased, and minds are quietly controlled.
I sense the truth beneath the calm:
this world is not at peace.
It is more like a delicate cage.
I hunt for the legacies of ancient powerhouses. With my frail Qi, I uncover buried history. Changing the doomed course of the future is my first purpose.
Yet I do not yet know:
Boundaries exist to maintain us, not imprison us.
Silences are survival, not weakness.
The path I believe will save the world may be the key to its destruction.
In this life, I still strive to save humanity.
But the one obsession in my heart is to save my little sister, raised in chains.
Holding a candle of memory,
I seek my liberation in the dark.