Reborn: Ordinary Desires

[Two male leads + rebirth + divine physician + historical setting + past and present lives] In that bloody battle, Xiao Jingyao was struck by a fatal blow. An arrow pierced his heart, and his life came to an abrupt end. His soul slowly rose into the air, hovering above as he watched everything below without blinking. Ye Wushang cradled Xiao Jingyao's body, overcome with grief. He kept shaking him gently, trying to call him back from death. “Jingyao, wake up. I’ll take you home.” His voice was filled with despair and reluctance to let go. Ye Wushang disregarded his own safety, blocking every attack aimed at Xiao Jingyao. With the last of his strength, he looked at the intact body before him and managed a pale smile. Then he lay quietly in Xiao Jingyao’s arms and never woke again. It should have been spring in the Northern Empire in June, but snowflakes began to fall. They blanketed the entire empire, turning the blood on the ground bright red. Cries of agony rang out all around, and the air was thick with sorrow and despair. The once magnificent Northern Empire had become a desolate ghost town. The streets were strewn with bones, and crows circled overhead, crying out in mournful calls. The only movement in the abandoned city came from starlight drifting through the air. It gathered into a vortex and drew Xiao Jingyao’s soul inside. Xiao Jingyao was reborn, back in the year he was five…