A Thousand Years to Ferry the Soul to Immortality

[Announcement: I am currently revising the story, and updates will be much slower later on. Sorry.]

This is a slice-of-life story with a very slow pace, not a wish-fulfillment novel. The author likes to pay attention to details, so updates are a little slow. [Sorry #^_^#]

[The male lead, Wen Ci, is based on a historical figure: Song Yu]

------------------------Story Introduction

Wen Ci: "If I had known that crossing a thousand years to be with me would bring you so many hardships, I would have rather you never come from the future."

She replies: "A Ci, I've never regretted meeting you."

The road ahead stretches through endless mountains and rivers. We ask not for eternal life, only to cross the thousand years that brought us together and stay by each other's side in this world.

She transmigrates a thousand years into the past!

An Zhixia finds herself in the State of Chu. Her situation is disastrous from the start, and she is sentenced to death as a spy.

She thinks her ordinary life is going to end right after she transmigrates...

But to her horror, she comes back to life!

After just experiencing a miraculous return from the dead, An Zhixia only wants to escape. But she faints along the way and is taken in by someone.

When she wakes up, she discovers she is being sold as a slave.

To save herself, she grabs hold of Wen Ci, who is passing through the crowd.

Wen Ci intends to leave, but An Zhixia clings tightly to the hem of his robe and refuses to let go.

Her determined, desperate will to survive moves Wen Ci.

Wen Ci buys An Zhixia and takes her home.

An Zhixia studies Chu script, refined speech, and the guqin with Wen Ci.

She learns about the customs and people of the State of Chu.

Little by little, she falls in love with this man from a thousand years ago.

Wen Ci, too, begins to feel something special for the unusual An Zhixia...

The two grow close, understand each other, and fall in love...

She understands him, and he understands her.

Their first love is restrained.

Their second is passionate, holding nothing back.

After experiencing life and death, Wen Ci no longer hides his love. He searches everywhere for An Zhixia.

Until they meet again...

This story is about more than just the love between two people. It also contains the everyday details of ordinary life.

[Character Profile] An Zhixia does not age, die, or perish. She accidentally brings Wen Ci back to life. Over a thousand years, she experiences the joys and sorrows of humanity, and its love, hatred, desire, anger, and resentment. She has held on, and she has let go. Eternal life is neither a blessing nor a curse. She lives on as a witness to the past.

The author is neither a professional historian nor a Chinese literature major. All historical information has been researched through books and online sources.

If you enjoy history, feel free to look up the relevant material yourself~

This story is entirely fictional and intended for entertainment. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental.

The author is only responsible for the originality of this work.

Main Characters:

Heroine: An Zhixia

Height: 165 cm

Date of birth: May 5, 2001 [Start of Summer]

Personality: Composed and quiet

Interests: Reading and researching obscure subjects.

Skills: She likes to keep house in her spare time [but isn't very good at cooking].

Hero: Wen Ci [courtesy name Yu]

Height: 185 cm

Born: 298 BCE [estimated based on historical records and works; no precise date is recorded in history]

Personality: Gentle and refined

Interests: Writing poetry and rhapsodies

Skills: Music

The historical parts of the story have been researched against many historical records, in an effort to recreate the flavor of life in ancient times. Please point out anything that could be improved. Thank you. ♡

Theme: Eternal life is neither a "blessing" nor a "curse." She goes from recording history to becoming part of it, never abandoning her original purpose, and finally finds a happy ending.