Across three thousand worlds and the vast, drifting sea of emptiness, Luo Lin is a "gray traveler" who has already stepped beyond the "rules of the world."
He wanders the gray currents and has a few friends. He has escaped the suffering of worldly constraints and found a place where he can follow his heart and live freely.
Yet when he passes through worlds of every size, he still chooses to stop and immerse himself in them, fully enjoying their exotic charms.
"Heading to a minor world again? Aren't you afraid of getting entangled in karma?" Mo Lingzi, who values his life above all, can't help lecturing him every time.
"You stinking con artist, I've finally caught you!" Ren You is always itching to kick him, especially when he sees him running away.
"What's wrong with minor worlds?" Liu Liu comes from a minor world himself. Though he rarely goes back, he doesn't appreciate being caught in the crossfire.
"What, what, what? What's all this about? Let's fight, let's fight!" In the end, Tuan An doesn't care what they're discussing. Whenever they meet, it's either a fight or a drinking session.
The whole group bickers noisily, then drags Mo Lingzi back to the training grounds, leaving Qin Yanjuan and Luo Lin standing where they are.
"Let's go." Qin Yanjuan invites him along and chats casually. "By the way, you're so powerful. Why not go become an immortal for fun?"
"Become an immortal?" Luo Lin says dismissively. "You're giving me far too much credit..."
"Is it because you haven't found it yet?" The question cuts straight to the point without warning.
"..." A sudden silence.
"..." A silent wait.
"That's right." Before long, Luo Lin smiles. A tiny world inevitably comes to mind, along with the soft gray moon in its sky. "The night skies of minor worlds are beautiful in their own different ways. Don't you think 'seeking the moon'... is a romantic thing to do?"
The Moon-Seeking Arc of Reversing Worlds.
A thirteen-year-old and a young man, a gray moon chasing birds: a meeting and a search spanning ten thousand years.
A long-awaited reunion, a determination to do the impossible, and a clear-eyed descent into ruin.
"I want to see him one more time."
Until seas become barren, the cold seeps into the bones, and he falls into an abyss from which there is no escape.
Also known as The Widower's Search for a Man and Kidnapping Story (?).
Theme: Seek the moon.
