In dreams, we circle back to the dim dusk, where poetry records another tale of life and death. The living and the dead are divided by a boundary. Whenever the sinister winds rise, fierce ghosts emerge into the human world to prey on the innocent. To guard against them, four great clans stand watch over the gates to the ghost realm: the Chu clan of Donghua, the Wen clan of Xining, the Rong clan of Xiajing, and the Xuanyuan clan of the north.
Who could have known that the Xuanyuan clan of the north, the once-prosperous family of the Black Tortoise, was in fact responsible for tearing open the gates to the ghost realm decades ago? Rumor had it that the Xuanyuan clan betrayed the human race, exploiting a weak point in the ghost gate to secretly strike a pact with the Ghost King. This caused the sky of the ghost realm to split open, catching all the sects and clans completely off guard. The common people were left with a chance to survive, but countless disciples of the immortal sects perished.
After this calamity had ravaged the human world, the Chu clan of Donghua emerged with outstanding military achievements and won the right to rule the realm. Just as the world was beginning to flourish, and peace and harmony had been restored, Chu Lan, the head of the Chu family, died mysteriously on his sixty-sixth birthday. Only after everyone present calmly retraced the events did they discover that there was more to the sky splitting open in the ghost realm all those years ago...
Born amid political turmoil, the young people were trapped in fleeting dreams and moved through the mortal world. After decades of twists and turns, the ones they loved had died, while those they hated had yet to face the consequences of their actions... Only when the truth remained hidden until the very end did they realize that humans were not perfect, and evil ghosts did not necessarily get what they deserved.
As they gazed at the ghost realm's gates, now closing in the distance, they saw cranes flying west and Kunpeng heading south.
Now the years are peaceful and still. We ask only that the land be safe and prosperous, and that our lord remain as he was.
Script genre: Historical fantasy, romance, mystery-solving
Players: Three men and three women. Cross-gender casting is not recommended.
Play time: 4 hours
Theme: May peace reign over the land. The cranes fly west; all we wish is happiness and good fortune for everyone.
