The Undying Heart Sutra

Just as Xiao Jingyan was feeling melancholy and trying to sort through his jumbled memories, a sharp pain shot through his head. The Everlasting Heart Sutra appeared in his mind. The ancient manual shimmered faintly, and its verses seemed alive, surging through his sea of consciousness on their own. The opening lines read: “Use spirit as ink, and the soul as paper. Let the years form the chapter, and my body shall never perish.”