My Beloved? Where the Lanterns Shine

"I turned around, and there she was, beyond the fading lantern lights." The young man snapped his fishing rod, picked up his brush, and reshaped the girl before him into a golden statue.

"Has my entire journey along the Dao been nothing but a dream in this vast world?" The girl lowered the sword in her hand.

Sadly, the young man was no longer the boy he once was, and the girl was no longer the girl she once was.