Soulbound, Dreaming of Shouyue

Chasing dreams at dawn, imagining oneself a god.

Long ago, there was a pair of children. The girl wanted to become a god revered by all, doing good deeds among mortals. The boy told her, “You can sit high upon your divine altar as a god, and I’ll be your worshipper.” In this way, the girl became a god who existed only in someone’s imagination. But the boy meant what he said. When they grew up, he built her an altar and temple, and spread her name far and wide. Someone saw through the girl’s disguise, called her nothing but an imaginary god, and even came to smash her temple. All her worshippers left, but the boy continued to protect her. To the very end, he still regarded her as a god, rebuilding her temple so that people would worship her after her death. Perhaps the girl had accumulated enough good karma, because in the end she truly became a god. But the boy went through countless reincarnations in the mortal world, so the girl built temples to herself in every land where he was reborn, protecting the peace of each place. At last, the girl could protect the one person who had once been her only follower, while the boy remained her most devout worshipper.

What should have been nothing more than an imagined dream began to grow into something real, thanks to the repeated protection and sincere devotion of someone who truly cared.