"Always there," whispers Wei Wuxian, his voice laced with despair. He doesn't question Master Ye. He's been alive for a very long time, and he knows the evil by its name. "It's not mistake, but a cycle." The Wen Rouhan, Jin Guangshang, himself, Jin Guangyao...again and again the evil took new form, caused untold destruction, and was defeated, only for the pattern to begin anew. The cycle should be stopped, and yet...

"Am I selfish, Master Ye?" he asks. "I've already given one life to Yin metal. I don't want to give it another."