Flowers Bloom on Both Shores

[Also known as “Why Are You Standing on the Other Side?” and “After Hanging Out with the Invincible Evil Lord, I Suddenly Don’t Want to Follow the Righteous Path Anymore”] [Two female leads, with romance as a secondary plotline] [The immortal sects proclaim that they act in Heaven’s name, while the Evil Lord claims to act in the ghosts’ name. Then I’ll act in the ghosts’ name with her, too.]

One is a noble young lady from a traditional immortal sect; the other is a dazzling, wicked lord of an unorthodox path, condemned by the sects. Though they seem to have nothing in common, fate binds them together. The Evil Lord has loved the young lady from the immortal sect since childhood. To stand by her side, she cultivates her unorthodox path all the way to its pinnacle, then reappears before her in a blaze of glory. But their conduct draws too much attention, and they expose too many of the immortal sects’ scandals. In the end, they are made into targets, framed, and turned into stepping stones for the sects to assert their authority. Just as the two grow weary of the world’s conflicts and plan to retire together, the unexpected quietly happens...