Have you ever imagined that your entire life might be a dream that was woven long ago?
After being driven to desperation, Yan Yi, whom her family called a jinx, went to study at Yulingze. After passing the apprenticeship ceremony, her master told her that she was Pei Jiao's fated sacrificial offering. Pei Jiao was Yulingze's Master of the Mirror, and she would eventually have to sacrifice her dream spirit to craft his lucid dream and refine a magical artifact!
The rule for entering a lucid dream is, "Form a thought, gain a benefit, and take life lightly." That means entering the dream must be voluntary. But after the position of Master of the Mirror passed to Pei Jiao, everyone's attitude toward the one offered in sacrifice changed completely. Whether to enter the dream was no longer a decision Yan Yi could make on her own.
In the end, Yan Yi left Pei Jiao a letter: Those who have cherished me deeply in this life number only two or three, and all of them have pitied and treasured me. When I enter this dream, my soul will return to the heavens and never enter the cycle of reincarnation. Neither heaven nor earth can bring us together again. Rather than remembering me with your heart torn apart, it would be better to forget me. Do not think of me again!
Pei Jiao said, "What lucid dream? What sacrifice? What kind of nonsense is this Heavenly Dao and its so-called destiny? I want the wintersweet to bloom. I want to keep her safe all her life. I insist that the moment she is born, her life will be a beautiful dream."
He thought he could defy fate for the woman he loved and spend a lifetime with her in a lucid dream. Instead, twenty years after her birth, he would have to send her to her death with his own hands.
Their reunion twenty years later marked the beginning of Yan Yi's path to death. Pei Jiao would watch as her vitality ebbed away day by day. Only then did he understand what his father had once told him: The one you love to your very core is hidden in your heart, not before your eyes.
Theme: Saving each other.
