Killed
= * by =Ethan*=, Vi!v,?ienne is reborn five :
years pri@#or.. She choose/s Ri#= chard, Ethan's  father and . the clan's str`^]_ongest A+)$%lph*+a. A(# fat ed= red )thread pro[ ves :]them tru #.e ma=@.
#tes. Carryi;ng his/ five pups, @%she /passe\,s the Spirit Stele trial,=!.* ear`;n%`s divi$?ne[]\ bl;,ess[=i@\+ng, a@nd s.
@trips Etha]n of `;his titl\?e_*. E*=\than, ^;takes forb^^idden d)rugs, b))ecomes =`a mon; s@ter, and.  kidnaps ][her. As 
sh-=e falls int. o the sea, the ;,Ic_e Lotus =!awakens the
#\\pups' power, liftin _g them-% on a golden lotus. %R``ichard slays Ethan, and ;they we-,\d ami ^d @ $(a moonlit* flowe r sea.