"A long time ago, a remarkable woman was born into the Xu family of Jingdong County, Xingyuan Prefecture. She was hailed as a woman of unparalleled talent, and then..."
"Grandma, that remarkable woman wouldn't happen to be you, would she?" the little girl interrupted.
"Nonsense! Why would I boast about myself?"
"Hmph, you do that all the time."
The little girl pouted and muttered, "I've heard so many versions of the opening already. The rest always turns into some academy competition, a battle for supremacy in Zhongzhou, rooting out evil and wiping out the demons, then saving the whole world single-handedly. It's all a lie."
"There was no remarkable woman. It was only a dream the daughter of the Xu family in Jingdong County had as she lay dying," the little girl declared.
"So it really was all just a dream," the voice sighed.