[A cool yet graceful and alluring emissary of the underworld] To be reborn and enter the cycle of reincarnation, Wangyou spent a thousand years working in the underworld. At long last, her time was nearly up, only for her to fail at her very last assignment. From that moment on, she was willing to risk having her soul scattered to enter reincarnation, no matter the cost. When the King of the Underworld scoffed and asked, “How is entering the cycle of reincarnation any better than going to hell?” she angrily shot back, “At least it’s better than making a laughingstock of yourself by setting your heart on a mere wisp of a soul!” From then on, there was no longer an underworld envoy named Wangyou, but the mortal world gained a Lin Ana.
[A tender, fickle young man] Gu Beichuan was crossing mountains and seas to wed the woman he loved when he was caught in a monstrous wave and drowned. Even after arriving in the underworld, ruled by his maternal uncle, he was determined to return to his fiancée. He defied the fated divide between the living and the dead, wishing only for the one he loved to be safe and happy. Yet in this stubborn battle of wills, he gradually fell for the underworld envoy who had guided him back. Alas, too young and ignorant, he mistook his feelings, and when he met his beloved again, she had already been left covered in wounds because of him.
One bears countless sins and must guide each departed soul to take one step closer to reincarnation, in order to redeem herself from her contract with hell.
The other clings to a lingering love from his past life and is willing to become an evil spirit haunting the mortal world for the woman he loves...
They say that after death, everyone must walk a road paved with blue bricks, looking back on life and death. This road is called the Yellow Springs.
Along the way lies a river whose waters resemble yellow mud and blood, reflecting the lives of the dead. It is called the River of Forgetfulness.
Beyond the river stands a bridge built from the steps of fate, called the Bridge of Naihe. It marks the boundary where a new cycle of reincarnation begins. An old woman stands upon it, holding out a bowl of soup. Drink it, and you will forget your past.
Raise your eyes toward the bridgehead, and you will see the Three Lives Stone, upon which all that has passed can be glimpsed.
Thus one returns to the underworld and enters the next life.
