I stage plays before the wine, so don't laugh, my friends. When I die, you'll remember my madness.
Even as a student, Chu Linqi was determined to become a madman who stood apart from the world. He was learned and knew everything, yet in this ever-changing society, he sought out a Peach Blossom Spring of his own.
Even if this age is not the worst in human history, it must be the darkest. Never before has there been an age when the rights of human beings were so worthless, when people would even willingly plunge into the abyss. Never before has there been an age like this one, with Order and Chaos, two ballet dancers, dancing together on the international stage. Ugly human nature delights in itself within magnificent palaces, the vile raise statues to themselves, and the noble have nowhere to turn, as base as dirt and vermin.
"The days of old are gone. Today, war clouds gather across the powerful southern nations, while the European continent trembles under the flames of war. The lighthouse keeper watches from across the water. Even a life as great as the sun's corona bows beneath the weight of dark clouds."
Though he himself was mired in the swamp, he still held fast to his ideals. He wanted to believe that one day the dark clouds would disperse and the light of humanity would spread across the earth. Until then, he would walk the thorn-covered lands of fire as a martyr, giving voice to his faith and raising monuments to Order.
