In the wake of the Baima Incident, the Inkbound Order's collected texts were carried away by its disciples and scattered to the far corners of the land. Elder Changle spent half his life wandering in search of them, recovering the greater part of those lost in the north, yet the volumes that had drifted south fell into the private hoards of powerful clans. When Emperor Shizong later led his campaign southward, Lin Xiansheng seized the opportunity to follow, intent on uniting the northern and southern collections at last. Those who wished to prevent the southern texts from returning north sent men in pursuit. Scholars and men of letters threw themselves forward as human shields, and some, placing loose pages atop their heads, cast themselves into the river, choosing to be swallowed by its waters rather than let the books fail to reach their home. From that day forth, the Inkbound Order's collections from north and south were joined as one, and the deed was set down in the chronicles as "Boat of Paper."
