Han Bai couldn't help but sigh inwardly as he looked at Fan Jie. The man before him, currently marked by a ruthlessness with an unstable edge to it, to the point that even Han Bai and Meng Song were wary of him, had once been a jovial, carefree dreamer, loyal to a fault and deeply caring of those around him.
Brother Wunlai, the day we lost you, it wasn't just you we lost, Han Bai thought ruefully.
That was the day that truly changed Fan Jie, transforming him into what he is today. Fan Jie hadn't just lost his sworn brother. A part of who he was had died alongside Chen Wunlai: the dreamer who had once envisioned reaching the Soul Formation Realm through the way of the saber, carrying his brothers and sisters to that peak, and experiencing the wonders of the world alongside them. In that dreamer's place came a Fan Jie so consumed by bloodlust, anger, and vengeance that he would not hesitate to sacrifice fellow members of the Vast Blue.
