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Descent from the Mountain

Name: Descent from the Mountain
Rating: 3.61 (51 reviews)
Author: Tao Wong

Tao Wong December 15, 2021

3.61 51 Ratings

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Synopsis

Take a step. Take a bow. Look around, how far you’ve come.

For an immortal, the mortal world has little to offer them. Except, perhaps, perspective.

Descent from the Mountain is a short story set in the A Thousand Li universe. This story can be read as a stand-alone. There are no spoilers for later works and the short story does not include individuals from the main series.

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