With a writing style that is ornate, nimble, and laced with humor, Zhang Tianyi reimagines familiar tales, weaving in modern reflections, emotions, and lived experiences to reconstruct a world that feels real and also steeped in fantasy. In these stories, the "princess" is no longer a damsel in distress but a fist-clenched warrior; the "prince" is no hero but an ordinary man grappling with emotional turmoil; even the sea lion and the eagle come to understand love... Suspended between truth and illusion, between song and tears, between love and pain, Beyond Truth and Tales is a fairy tale for adults—a celestial ladder bridging the realms of reality and imagination.