He Jingnian often wondered whether she had spent her last life making every possible friend or doing every possible bad deed. She was only mortal, yet had somehow lived in this world for three hundred years. Was this a reward from Heaven, or a punishment?
For these three hundred years, she had seen all the world's beauty and romance, experienced partings and deaths, and traveled across every mountain, river, plant, and tree. She had tasted every flavor of love and hate, joy and sorrow.
Now she was tired. Just as she was preparing to end her long life, a young Daoist came to her door and told her to settle the unfinished debts of gratitude and enmity from her past.
Ah, well. He Jingnian was rather helpless. If she wanted to escape the mortal world, she would have to walk the road she had traveled before one more time...
*Fictional historical setting; no characters are based on real people.
Theme: Every inch of time is worth its weight in gold
