Why Won't You Cross?

"This river is called the River of Oblivion. Since time immemorial, many souls have refused to be reborn, choosing instead to cast themselves into this river and endure ten thousand years of torment."

"Legend says that if you survive the suffering of the River of Oblivion for ten thousand years, you can transcend the Six Realms and no longer be ruled by the seven emotions, six desires, or the mortal world."

Notes:

1. Short story, BE

2. Fox x monk, reincarnation trope

Theme: Forgetting can be a beautiful thing