Against the Current

All things flow, churning and foaming. When Zhuang Yimo was sightless, he heard many voices.

“Since that’s the case, go in peace.” Someone chuckled softly and extinguished the white flame.

“Actually, I’ve always wondered: where did things first go wrong?” Someone touched their brow with slender fingers, seemingly weighed down by endless troubles.

“So you can feel resentment after all?” Someone burst into a wild laugh, as if they’d discovered an unprecedented delight.

“You!” Someone’s eyes widened in shock, and they plunged toward the abyss in despair.

“If everything is bound by fate, then how can a mistaken bond be undone?” Someone else demanded again and again, as if questioning another person, or perhaps themself.

At last, the roar of the surging torrent gradually faded into the distance, and the sword-obsessed Oracle’s heart slowly settled.

Before he awoke, the distant wind carried one final sentence to him:

“You’re wrong. I believe in him.”

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Wander and gaze at the figures in the painting, unaware you’ve become a character in the book.

The forgotten, the ones who walk against the current, the guilty.

The ancient kingdom of Chenxi, the world of turbid waves, the Thirteen Spaces.

When the past is remembered and old stories are brought up again, and the torrent of fate sweeps before them, where can the wandering souls entangled in karma for ten thousand years go? How can the storm born of a mistaken bond finally subside?

Note: Most volumes can be read as independent stories, and the styles vary a little. There are multiple couples, the product of an author who loves switching ships and letting loose~ As long as it’s fun, that’s all that matters~

What do you mean, I’ve been writing this for six years?

What do you mean, my writing style is a living fossil?

Aaaaaah

Lucky you, if you’ve never encountered a god-tier framework paired with a stubborn author [expressionless]

I really am a naturally gifted master of the absurd.

Linlang arc

Qiao Chu’s alternate route: "Bound to the Sun"

Bonus story: "The Lin Feng F4 Are Still Tormenting Each Other Today"

Gray Traveler arc

Thirteen × Youth: "Against the Current: Seeking the Moon"

Yang family arc

Standalone story: "Against the Current: Becoming the Dao"

This is so frustrating. One moment’s difference, and the road ahead is nothing but brick walls.

Let the heavens hear me: I give up!! Freedom!!!

Theme: Swim against the current.