The Fracture’s Edge

The Ye Clan estate quaked beneath a twilight sky rent by obsidian jaggedness and fractured fury, the air thick with a grating snap that shattered the fading calm of the Still Eternity's retreat. The courtyard bristled with tension, the fire flickering low as Ye Hua gripped a patched cloak, her gray eyes wide with dread at the rift where a figure in obsidian jaggedness emerged, its qi a boundless edge of infinite power casting waves of discord that cracked the earth into jagged scars. Ye Qing braced his spear at the gate, his grizzled face taut with strain, his voice a rough shout as he waved Ye Jun and Ye Mei behind the barricade, their small forms trembling under the obsidian glare. Ye Chen crouched by the western wall, his ward-stone gripped tight, his twisted leg steady as the ground shuddered with a force of relentless fracture. Ye Ling prowled the gatehouse, her dagger a restless glint, her braid lashing with each fierce step, her breath quick with defiance and unease.