The male lead hates trouble and wants to sever their ill-fated bond. Bound together for eight lifetimes, he decides to rewrite the first seven, but things don't go according to plan, and he ends up with the female lead again.
"The sky waits for the misty rain, and I wait for you." The ancients had no way to control humidity, and the finest celadon could only be fired on a rainy day. A stroke of luck so unlikely is just like the chance that I might wait for you.
Their many turns through the cycle of rebirth seem to be nothing more than an excuse for Yuchi Rongjin and Tao Si to grow closer.
The gods say the young man is like a startled swan, always dancing beneath the bright moon. "Nonsense. If they hadn't interfered, I would have finished Tao Si off with my sword." When Yuchi Rongjin's wish finally came true, why did you, young man, pour all your longing for Tao Si onto paper?
"I don't dislike her." The romance between Yuchi Rongjin, experiencing love for the first time, and the rather oblivious Tao Si is a search that spans time and space.