“There are no heroes, Tian Haoli. Grand Secretary Shi was both courageous and cowardly, capable and foolish. Wang Xiuchu was both an opportunistic survivor and a man of greatness of spirit. I’m mostly selfish and vain, but sometimes even I surprise myself. We’re all just ordinary men – well, I’m an ordinary demon – faced with extraordinary choices. In those moments, sometimes heroic ideals demand that we become their avatars.”