ENG
The future's dark, destiny's winds may shift,
Each rise and fall comes in its drift.
Once a guardian of the southern sea,
Greed turned him to a slave of misery.
Since his return from Guanyin, the Black Wind King's spirit brimmed with grand plans. He vowed to restore his might in the mountains. He knew well that after years away, to win respect from the yaoguais, strength alone would not make them bow. So he took many steps to try to earn both awe and loyalty.
When he was with Guanyin, he learned the mantra of revival. Harnessing the voluntary self-sacrifice of wolf guais, he brought back old Lingxuzi from death. But that ungrateful old wolf left only a few words after the revival and vanished from his sight again.
The Black Wind King feared the wolf pack would fall apart without a leader. He had to choose another wolf to head the pack. A grey wolf guai who wandered here from Shituo Ridge, strong and in his prime, was a fine choice. The Black Wind King gave him the name of Lingxuzi and helped him take the seat. Yet, the wolf pack rose against their new master in the temple, and it almost led to a bloodbath among kin.
In his frustration, the Black Wind King used the mantra to try and bring back to life the old monk he used to practice with. But the soul of the monk did not return to the stitched corpse. Instead, it fused with the gold, silver, and copper coins the monk had buried in life, forming a maddened golem. It wandered and disturbed the mountain garrison day after day, never relenting.
The newly appointed White-clad Noble is far from ordinary. He typically indulges in solitary reading and poetry. Despite his outward appearance of loyalty and sincerity, he remains shrouded in mystery, making it impossible for others to fathom his true intentions.
Alas, to think too highly of oneself and then end up achieving nothing. It is true that they say, a fool with ambition is worse than a nobody.
The story centers on the Black Wind King, who used to be the guardian of the southern sea but became consumed by greed and ended up in misery. After spending time with Guanyin, he returned to the mountains full of big plans to rebuild his power and earn respect from the yaoguai (monster spirits). He understood that simple displays of strength would not be enough to secure loyalty, so he looked for other ways to gain awe and followers.
At Guanyin he learned a revival mantra. He first used that power to restore a dead leader called Lingxuzi by using the willing self-sacrifice of wolf guais. The old Lingxuzi did come back, but he proved ungrateful: after revival he spoke only a few words and then disappeared from the Black Wind King’s sight again, leaving the King worried about leadership and stability.
Fearing the wolf pack would split without a leader, the Black Wind King picked a new Lingxuzi: a strong grey wolf guai from Shituo Ridge. He gave the wolf the name Lingxuzi and helped him take the leadership seat. That decision backfired when the pack turned against the new leader inside the temple, nearly causing a bloody fight among kin.
Frustrated, the Black Wind King tried the mantra one more time on an old monk he had practiced with. That ritual failed in an unexpected way: the monk’s soul did not return to his corpse. Instead the soul fused with the coins the monk had buried—gold, silver, and copper—and became a maddened coin-filled golem. That creature wandered the area and continually harassed the mountain garrison, making the situation worse.
Meanwhile a new figure, the White-clad Noble, is present in the story. He lives alone, reads and writes poetry, and presents himself as loyal and sincere, but his real motives are unclear and others cannot read his intentions. Overall the Black Wind King’s attempts to regain power through revival and manipulation misfired: his schemes produced ungrateful returns, internal rebellion, and a dangerous monster, showing that his ambition and methods brought more chaos than the respect and stability he wanted.