Princess Cromwell and Her Six Brothers
"She protected the world with a mortal body, shielding others from disaster with her own life. If such a person ends up with shattered meridians and a broken soul, what justice is there in so-called fate?"
"Justice?" The voice of the heavens carried a trace of icy mockery. "Heaven's Order has neither good nor evil, neither justice nor selfishness. Birth, aging, sickness, death, karmic cycles, rise and fall, honor and disgrace—all are predetermined. This is the law that has never changed through the ages. As my incarnation, you dared to interfere with karma and alter fate. Last time, the Ninefold Thunderbolt Tribulation struck your original soul essence. Have you not suffered enough? Must I r