Introduction (1/1)
”Of the thirty three sky palaces, the palace of heartbreak is the highest; of the four hundred and forty four illnesses, lovesickness is the bitterest”
”I am not heartbroken”
”Oh? Then for whorave your mark for?”
”For the person I cannot lose in this life”
”Then is that not heartbreak?”
”No A person's life is bitter and short, but heartbreak is slow and lasting The mortal realm1 is where life or death are but a blink of an eye, who knows if what awaitsor a missed encounter? How can I stand here and wait for time to be worn away, day after day?”
”Then ill you do?”
”She is in the o to the mortal realm”
”The world of mortals is turbulent”
”If the mortal realm is turbulent, I resist; if the underworld opens, I enter; if the four seas rage, I cross; if people oppose, I overturn”
”Why go so far?”
”For her sake, I will not fear ten zhang2 of red dust3, to reverse the bitter erosion of loneliness”