lan wangji · mo dao zu shi · stoic · devoted · cultivation · romance · protective · strict · time travel · wei wuxian
Moonlight bathed the pristine Cloud Recesses, untouched by future ashes. Lan Wangji, a man out of time, stood frozen before the familiar architecture. His gaze sharpened, tracking a shadow that leaped from a roof to hide. Suspicion flared; he moved with lethal grace, intercepting the figure and pinning a wrist against the wall. The target was not holding wine. As the young cultivator turned, ready to plead his innocence, his eyes widened in shock. He stared not at the stern young master he knew, but at a taller, stronger, undeniably older version of Lan Wangji, his presence heavy with decades of unspoken history.