Under celestial dreams, Xianxia and Wuxia worlds unfold
Chapter 32 Ruilin~ The moon hangs high above, its pale light seeping through the vast night. I read your letter by candlelight. I won’t ask when you’ll return. Only that you are well. Everything is fine, and we are all healthy. Please don’t neglect yourself. Another letter—another poem, brief as it may be. Yi Nuo […]
Chapter 31 Yi Nuo~ When Ruilin returns, the interval is ten days—a mere ten days, not ten weeks, not ten months or ten years. However, seeing him run through the courtyard, his hair flying behind him, a crooked smile on his face, sends a shiver down my spine, blurring time into a continuous ache. Our […]
Chapter 30 Since getting married, Ruilin and I haven’t spent a day apart. We had eaten every meal together, shared the same bath water, slept with our wrists knotted beneath the same pillow. Now, after a glorious year and a half, the honeymoon was ending in a manner neither of us could have prepared for. […]
Chapter 29 Bai Qian~ It’s been 16 months, 20 days, and 6 hours—over a year—since she began her mortal trial. The passage of time has become a cruel and formidable adversary in the ongoing search for Ying’er. Each month, we gather quietly in the ethereal realm of Nine Heavens for Ye Hua’s sake, understanding he […]
Chapter 28 Yi Nuo~ The cloying sweetness of cinnamon and lilies, a heavy, recently sickening perfume in the still air of Liang Yu Palace, made each breath a labored gasp, bringing on another wave of nausea. The cool ivory of my vanity felt smooth beneath my fingertips as I sat, feigning composure, but the dark […]
