"Brother, we use the barren love of this life to exchange for happiness in the next life."
The black and white passage in the Age of Ending Dharma, animals become spirits, ghosts and beasts become adults, and little Taoist priests go down the mountain to kill demons.
The protagonist goes from being obsessed with "changing fate against nature" to understanding "going with the flow"
"What do Ah Qiang and the others mean when they say cut sleeves?"
Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, the Ghost King (attack) vs. The favored son of heaven, the stinky little Taoist priest (suffer)
Purpose: Punish evil and promote good