When Plum Blossoms Bloom, You Leave Lightly

Dual male leads: a blackened, wolfish disciple and a gentle, beautiful master

Liu Qingmeng’s life was absurd from beginning to end. He could have lived as a prince, but instead chose the hard path of a cultivator, seeking a life free of desire. After finally reaching the top and becoming a grandmaster, he took in a rebellious disciple who showed no respect, filial devotion, or regard for human decency. That disciple massacred an entire city, leaving a mountain of bones in his wake. The living bodhisattva who had finally ascended thought, “A disciple’s failure to learn is the master’s fault.” He went crawling to take more than ten thousand punishments from the Heavenly Dao in the disciple’s place. A hundred and sixty years in the desolate mountains, the vengeful spirits laid to rest, the sun and moon turned, and old grievances were settled. But there was one person he could never let go of. His life ended in the desolate mountains, and that became the end of his story.

If everything could begin again, he would never leave Yan Huai’an alone.