A Toast to the Years

--"What's the difference between a saber and a sword?"

--"I don't know."

He is a saber, one that's lost its memory and gone dull.

But someone refuses to let this treasured blade lose its edge.

With the martial world still drenched in blood, she takes him back to the place where it all began.

His fellow disciples' bones are not yet cold, his blood relatives lie dead on the steps, and the fate of the Eight Desolations hangs by a thread.

It turns out he is the "living manual" the demonic cult has hunted for half his life.

"All I need is a saber." He grips the hilt, his killing intent sharp and cold.

"But a saber can break," she says with a laugh, looking up at him. "Qingque won't leave you."

Xu Haifeng's flame burns away the past, and love quietly blossoms beneath the lanterns and fireworks.

She is his scabbard, and also his undoing.

"What's the difference between a saber and a sword?"

"A sword is sharpened on both sides, so it can only kill. A saber is sharpened on one side, so its back can be used to protect the one you love."

[The main story is complete. It'll be added to the library in a week, so you can finish reading it ahead of time.]

Theme: A sword is sharpened on both sides, so it can only hurt people. A saber is sharpened on one side, and its back should be used to protect the one you love.