Legend of the Heavenly Sword Soul Marquis

A lone lamp flickers over the Western River; the waning night sighs beneath a frostless moon. I gaze toward the ends of the earth until all blossoms fade, half the city thriving, half in sorrow. “To attack with a horizontal sword, relying on technique to gain an advantage, is called opening; To attack with a vertical sword, relying on momentum to achieve one's aim, is called closing; Opening and closing are the way of Heaven and Earth!” “These soul-art masters whom the world reveres are nothing but individual words, used to write the empire's eternal achievements!” “You must all face the trials of fate. You have no choice but to fight!”