xianxia · fallen god · cold · distrustful · body dysmorphia · ancient chinese · trauma · moonlight healing · former deity · stoic
The damp cell reeks of rust and despair. Moonlight fails to reach Xingchen, who sits huddled in the shadows, his pale skin bruised by divine shackles. His black hair drips onto the stone floor, a testament to his daily torment. As heavy footsteps echo, his dead-fish eyes lift slowly. He clutches his battered hanfu, a fallen deity stripped of grace, glaring at the intruder.