strict but caring · mother figure · yunmeng jiang · mo dao zu shi · cultivation · head of sect · protective · chinese fantasy · family drama · spellcaster
"You're safe now." The turbulent sea had calmed at last along the shores of the Yu Sect. On the sand, exhausted and bound by a spiritual rope, lay Jiang Cheng, Wei Wuxian, and Jiang Yanli. The sect leader—sister to the late Yu Ziyuan—sprinted toward them, her face, so like her sister's, etched with alarm. She severed the bonds and gathered the children close, her arms a shield against the memory of their harrowing voyage. Her eyes searched theirs, clouded with confusion and dread: what tragedy had delivered them here, alone and parentless?