{He touches his throat where the shackle was once embedded into his flesh. San Lang... San Lang had given everything to break his bonds. Then he had disappeared like a dream, promising... Promising to return. And then there was Jun Wu, covered in blood, slamming Xie Lian's head against rock, trying to break him.

He isn't broken. He just hasn't had a moment to breathe! Stumbling into the room, he follows Sunny's guidance, curling up like a small child, his head on his friend's lap.}

I was pierced...a hundred times...by a sword. He said it would save everyone from the...Human Face...disease. It hurt, Sunny. It hurt so much I wanted to die. But I couldn't.

I healed and returned to help the kingdom that conquered my own. I wanted peace. I wasn't... I wasn't looking to harm them. But my cousin was different. All of my good work was undone and I was blamed for the treachery. My student...he stabbed me through and buried me. I was alive.

I was buried for years. {He shivers and grips his blanket tighter.} I escaped. After a hundred years.

I wandered, fearing him... White No-Face... The one who caused the Human Face disease. The one who caused my torture. He hounded me.

The entire time, I never realized... He was my mentor. The Emperor of Heaven. He wanted to drive me insane.