Ghostly Remonstrance

Underworld Judge x Human Fatescribe

-Listen: Every night, songs ring out from the Ghost King's palace:

"...Spring skies return, then spring skies again. I search for cranes as I cross the long winds; drifting for thousands of miles, a boat untethered.

I see no more the white doves of heaven, leading the dance beneath their snowy robes, riding dragons.

I see no more the bitter battles beneath the blue skies, the dreams of ten thousand ghosts circling Yingzhou.

When will I pluck a branch of red blood and sing a song of triumph for you, to sweep away the evil..."

-Look: Even the peerless Human Emperor died with regrets:

When Emperor Wulie Shengguang passed away, the ghosts had already retreated beyond the Ghost Gate. In the human realm, Xiyin led the way in establishing the Peace Alliance, creating a balance of power between the human, ghost, and immortal realms. From then on, the human realm was no longer helpless prey, left to be picked by immortals and slaughtered by ghosts.

The Human Emperor's great achievements shook the ages. The ghosts feared his ferocity, the immortals treated him with respect, and mortals looked up to him like a brilliant North Star. With a finite life, he had accomplished such boundless feats. Surely he died without regrets.

But when his young nephew asked him, the Human Emperor gazed across the thousand miles of his realm and sighed, "How could I have no regrets? This short life has held a parting sorrow far too long."

The immortals have departed, the ghosts are in disarray, and in these troubled times, a group of people crave power and influence, determined to sweep through all under heaven.

The high seat they seek is occupied by immortals and ghosts, and humans are vile too.

But what does that matter? They wield both open blades and secret schemes. They slay immortals and cut down ghosts. They go wherever they please.

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The show begins. Thank you for reading.

Theme: Thirteen years after their parting, an old friend returns with a sword