One thousand years ago, I was born a serpent, small and hidden among bamboo groves, yet destined to witness the fragile balance between life and death. Over countless lifetimes, I have drifted through human and divine realms, learning, growing, and seeking the elusive path of enlightenment. My existence stretches across centuries of meditation, desire, and the relentless turning of karma. Long ago, a monk struck me down—yet even death could not sever the bond forged in that instant. Across reincarnations, he returns: as an old man, a young noble, a devoted practitioner. With each encounter, our connection deepens, evolving from vengeance to love, from love to inescapable entanglement, until the final moment when fate separates us forever—he attaining ultimate enlightenment, and I left to wander the world as a restless spirit. A story of immortality, reincarnation, and a bond that defies lifetimes. Love, vengeance, and the aching impossibility of reunion—One Thousand Years Ago I Was a Serpent asks: can the soul ever escape its fate?