When you are just one centimeter away from the boiling oil of Hell, fear and regret fill every corner of your heart. You hear a thunderous roar, yet to your ears it sounds like the sweetest music. "Wicked one, will you not repent at last?" says a figure who seems both Buddha and Daoist sage. Without hesitation, you seize this final chance and take refuge in the Buddha's teachings. The problem is, this Buddha does not simply absolve your sins. Instead, you must accumulate merit through cycle after cycle of reincarnation. Nor does He free you from the forms of the denizens of Hell, hungry ghosts, or beasts. You must carry your karma and curses with you as you save the world, reincarnating endlessly until you transcend... This is true reincarnation: an infinite number of worlds, beginning in the body of a wicked beast. At the summit, the reincarnators' wish is: I had no choice before, but from now on, I'll be a good person.
------------------------------- I also wrote an 820,000-word completed wuxia novel, Sword in Hand.
