"He knew that Meiyue of the Three-Part Fragrance Pavilion was Yuzhen of the Moon-Washing Nunnery."
"He had lived in the Moon-Washing Nunnery for a time and believed that Master Empty Bonds, who had fought for Transcendence in the Heavenly Sea, was Nun Yuzhen's greatest backer. But Empty Bonds had ultimately failed to achieve Transcendence, and with Emperor Qi Wu's World Apart Painting gone as well, her current state was unknown."
"The will of Rakshasa Bright Moon Pure might not necessarily be something Empty Bonds could resist."
"So Meiyue had most likely failed to retain her autonomy."
"In his heart, he hoped that everything Meiyue had done had been out of necessity."
"He also hoped that Master Empty Bonds' standing by and doing nothing for Yuzhen had been because it was beyond her power, rather than because she had been unwilling."
"But reason told him that Meiyue had always regarded human lives as grass, utterly unconcerned with whether others lived or died."
"Reason also told him that Master Empty Bonds might have some sort of connection to Rakshasa Bright Moon Pure."
"That was why he had come to the Moon-Washing Nunnery: to pay a price, trade interests, and set the outcome in motion."
The voice within the moon above the moon seemed truly to be the moon above the moon.
Above the mortal world, untouched by dust.
With an icy chill free of all emotion, it laid everything out in the sun.
"He truly is a kind-hearted person, always willing to imagine the best of others. Yet he also lives with exceptional clarity. Tempered by suffering, he wears armor crusted with scars and knows how he ought to proceed, how he ought to fight."
"For such a person, choosing Yuzhen would of course have been the best outcome. Since he did