How Can I Have It Both Ways?

Taoism speaks of this life; Buddhism speaks of the next. A glance back, a turn away, and all that remains is a mound of yellow earth. A story about a monk and a Taoist nun. She is the national preceptor of the Southern Yu Kingdom, always convinced she knows best. But she never realizes that she has been manipulated by others from beginning to end, and that even he approached her with ulterior motives. Even so, defending the Southern Yu Kingdom is the duty and responsibility of her Xu clan. Even if she must die, she will never let others invade and humiliate her country! He is a monk, one on the verge of becoming a Buddha. But before that can happen, he meets her and causes her death. So he gives up his chance to attain Buddhahood and is reborn as a mortal, all to find her. But why is he a monk again, hurting her and bringing her misery once more? By the time he finally comes to his senses, it is too late. He has truly fulfilled the prophecy of a century of solitude...