Nine Whites

“I was born at moonset, lying above a hundred * and gazing down at the world, marveling at its dazzling colors. I faded away at daybreak, evaporating into the air and drifting wherever it took me, watching the world change beyond recognition. When Jiu Bai woke once more, he heard the dying words of a dewdrop that had cultivated into a demon. As he gradually came to, he murmured without realizing it: ‘If I sleep forever, my ashes will fill the sea, and the world will hold no attachment for me. If I open my eyes and become the sea, all rivers will flow back, and the world will no longer be a memory to me.’

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.