"A He, wouldn't it be nice to sink into this with me for a thousand, ten thousand years? Why are you always thinking of leaving?" The demon's bewitching voice whispered softly in his ear again.
Chi He jolted awake from his dream, his tightly clenched hand damp with sweat.
Chi He rose from the bed and pushed open the window. The lush little courtyard outside brought him some peace at last. He had been away from that lightless swamp for a long time now.
"You may go. I've kept you here long enough. Today, it's time to send my guest on his way." The sight of that person covered in blood, along with those words of farewell, crept back into Chi He's mind and refused to fade.
The Great Wilderness had been gone for seven hundred years. In all that time, that person must have long since...
Chi He already knew the answer, but without seeing it with his own eyes, he could never quite believe it.
The courtyard gate swung open, and a flash of red drifted in. Chi He's brow twitched, and he leaned toward the window. Once he recognized the person, he turned away and shut the window.
Take a look.
Sure, the world view is huge, so far, I can control it pretty well, and the writing is pretty good and fluent.