In a hidden chamber below the Summit, Yu Meilan stood before a cracked altar.
She watched the past through her own crystal, eyes full of sorrow.
> "He never became the monster… we did."
She had sealed Wang Chung because the Celestials would have destroyed entire realms otherwise. It was never her will—it was sacrifice.
Now she would face him again. Not to fight, but to help him rise higher than before.
> "Forgive me," she whispered. "Or kill me. But I will no longer stand against you."