Year 7380 Star Calendar, Jingliu, the mara-stricken swordmaster of the Luofu, slashed her way out of Starskiff Haven, cutting through the Cloud Knights tasked to subdue her before vanishing in the mist of history. <br><br> Year 8096 Star Calendar, a young soldier named Yanqing rose to fame from the tournament hosted by the Seat of Divine Foresight, and was conferred the rank of Cloud Knight Lieutenant. <br><br> "The years pass in a flash, cups of wine the only solace." <br><br> A fleeting flash — thus is the speed of swift blades as the master and her student spar, and thus is the passage of the unceasing torrent of time. <br><br> Just how long has it been? <br><br> His duel with his master, centuries ago, still rippled like a memory from yesterday. <br><br> But the few years between now and when he took in the boy as his student felt like a lifetime. <br><br> Time gallops, swift as a stallion, sudden as a lightning strike, agonizing as a blade that runs him through. And yet, it feels like everything has always been the same.