(▽｀) It's already bound.
Finally!
Daiyu saw that Tanchun's explanation hadn't been thorough enough—or perhaps Zijuan and Xueyan still hadn't truly understood the weight and danger behind the words "Impermanence Agent."
So she sighed softly once more, took over the conversation, and began to explain in greater detail, her voice as cool as ever, yet tinged with compassion:
"Never mind. I'll explain the twists and turns myself..."
As she spoke, she gripped the token and turned her gaze toward the flowing sea of clouds outside the porthole. Her voice seemed to drift away with them.
"An 'Impermanence Agent' is not one of the underworld's Black and White Impermanence."
"This 'impermanence' refers to the saying 'the Heavenly Dao is unpredictable, and the world is ever-changing.' It means that whoever bears this token may act according to the way of impermanence, without being bound by fixed rules."
She spoke slowly, as though recounting an ancient, long-buried legend, her brows furrowing as she looked toward the distant clouds outside.
"According to what's written in the books, their origins can supposedly be traced back millions of years, to the mortal world's martial arts circles—to the lineage of 'bounty hunters,' the sort who took money to track down and capture fugitives?"
"Later, after the Heavenly Court had ruled the Three Realms for a long time and kept watch over all lands, it established the Heavenly Net, set the stars in place, dispatched celestial soldiers, and appointed local gods and city gods. Yet it eventually realized that even the Heavenly Dao's net had its gaps; even the Heavenly Net, however tightly woven, had corners it could not reach."
"There were always some evils in the world that went unaddressed—because they weren't explicitly covered by the heavenly laws, because their reach was too broad for the celestial