Listening to the Tides

Adapted from the song "Sinking Sword" by Cijian Buyu.

A broken sword is the past of life, sharpening a sword is its present, and forging a sword is its future. Let the sword in your hand cut through suffering as you search for life's hidden paradise. There, mighty tides surge and deadly miasmas take lives. Though a life as frail as rain falling on Tingzhou may be, when the white blade comes, sit through the long night. In the end, karma's cycle sinks away. Smile, though fate is bitter and heads bow again and again; let tears fall across the martial world, yet keep the realm in your heart. One person, one sword, guarding the legacy of Huaxia and straightening the spine of the Han people. Even if your solitary sword-shadow sinks into the sea, you will have no regrets and know no sorrow.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.