Kai Syaoran suddenly felt a sharp, unmistakable tugging at his soul. He immediately followed the ethereal pull, knowing instinctively that it could only be the work of one of his Shroud Tokens. Only his most trusted inner circle had been bestowed with these tokens, and only they possessed the authority to activate them. The artifacts could never be forced into service by an outsider, nor could they be used maliciously; if a bearer ever attempted to leverage a token to bring harm to Kai Syaoran, the magic would still activate, but solely to alert him to the treacherous betrayal.
In an instant, Kai Syaoran manifested out of thin air, appearing directly between the Infernal Herald, the God Emperor, and Long Xiao Sheng.
