With the nation in peril, his own revered master turns him into a “half-ghost.” His left hand turns pale as jade, and his left eye reflects billions of the dead! To tear apart the “Mother Ghost” that devours the nation’s fortune, his master spends all the country’s gold to create a barrier. His foreign lover bleeds from every orifice to shield him from the backlash that would destroy his soul. His mortal enemy, the Ghost King, laughs as he perishes alongside billions of vengeful spirits! Wielding the “Golden Scale,” he uses his own body as fuel and kindles the “Light of Hope,” finally destroying the Mother Ghost from within! The price: he can never be human again!
After the war, he disappears into the city streets, witnessing the dark side of the ghosts around him. Then a child who can’t see ghosts lights up his rusted heart with laughter. When sunlight falls on a rusty nail, it reflects a glimmer of the Golden Scale! He understands at last: ghosts cannot be killed. Salvation lies in awakening the spark of light in people’s hearts! He lets go of his obsession and keeps watch for the future, believing that as long as someone can still run off laughing, hope will never go out!
