"Soon after arriving in the Lethe, Ying Zheng was elected Leader of Handicraft Workshop, taking charge of the construction of Terracotta Warriors. He poured his heart and resources into this. His house is filled with blueprints house. As visitors come by, there's hardly any space to entertain guests. Even the bed is piled high with clay figurine parts. It was one thing to obsessively create clay figurines while he was alive, but he doesn't stop even after death. The famous personages of the Lethe are utterly perplexed and talking about it. Despite all these gossips, Ying Zheng continued his work undeterred."

"Young Shangguan Wan'er never aspired to be a female prime minister. At that time, she was a slave in the inner imperial palace, secretly reading historical texts and wondering: What is fate? Is one destined to be a great ruler? Is a hero nothing but a product of his time? Or is one meant to be born lowly and mediocre as a slave? She read many books but found no answers until she met Wu Zetian. That woman looked down on her with an intimidating and majestic presence. Even the emperor dared not challenge her. Shangguan Wan'er finally got a sense that fate is not about one's birth but about the choices one makes."

The rain and wind over Shangyang Palace still have not ceased, but a generation of resilient beauties has come to an end. She was once a Talent, once entered the Gan Ying Temple to become a nun. She was an imperial concubine, and also became a nun at Ganye Nunnery. She was a consort, an empress, and even a heavenly empress, ruling and commanding officials. But these were not enough. As an empress, she still relied on a man. Only as a sovereign could she truly be herself. She refused to be a concubine confined within the palace walls. Instead, she aspired to be the supreme ruler of the world, the Sovereign. Her reign was between the Zhenguan era and the Kaiyuan era. She was the first female emperor of China.

"Princess Taiping struggled through the treacherous political struggles, dealing with the intrigues and treacheries of the court. She became Zhenguo Taiping Gongzhu Wanhou - literally the Princess Taiping who secured the state and has the obedience of all, holding power almost as much as her mother once did. Yet, her childhood Cuju playmate who had been supporting her, the one who stood by her side, advancing and retreating through political schemes, the one who promised to escape their destined fate together, was no longer by her side. The world no longer understood her ambitions, nor did anyone accompany her on her uncertain path."

"Years have passed since the Battle of Gaixia and Xiang Yu's death at the Wu River. Every year, at this time, Xiang Yu takes two jars of fine wine to the banks of the Lethe to pay tribute to the souls of his fallen soldiers. People speak of the Overlord of Western Chu with either awe for his unmatched prowess or sympathy for his tragic end. Yet, no one truly understands the burden he bears as an immortal hero beyond the cycle of reincarnation. In the countless days and nights of the Lethe, Xiang Yu still hears the Song of Chu. Perhaps it is the mournful cries of soldiers crossing the Lethe."