Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: The One Who Never Returned from the Cloud Recesses

She was the youngest daughter of Yunmeng Jiang Fengmian and his wife, Yu Ziyuan. Injured by a Wens’ flame beast as a child, she was poisoned by fire. On the first day of every month, the poison flared up, tormenting her with pain as if she were burning alive. After every possible remedy failed, she was sent to the Cloud Recesses.

Gusu had a cold spring that could ease the searing pain when the poison struck, so Jiang Rou was sent to the Lan Clan at the age of five and became Lan Qiren’s disciple.

Though she had left Lotus Pier as a child, the Cloud Recesses felt like home. Lan Qiren was as kind as a father, Lan Xichen as gentle as an elder brother, and Lan Wangji, though cold on the surface, treated her very well.

Then the Qishan Wen Clan’s ambition gradually came to light. The Cloud Recesses were burned, Lotus Pier was destroyed, and her Golden Core was melted away. Lost and helpless, she didn’t know where to go...

[Pairings are broken up! Fans of the original pairings, beware!]

“Rou, your brother has failed you. You’ve suffered so much all these years.” He drew the person before him into his arms, his eyes full of guilt and remorse. [Jiang Cheng], Not the male lead

She looked up at the man who had searched for her for sixteen years and waited for her just as long, then reached out to wipe the tears from the corner of his eye. “You haven’t failed me, brother. I’m the one who has failed you. Let’s go back to Lotus Pier. I’ll stay by your side from now on.”

“Rou, no matter what the world thinks, just look back. I’ll always be here.” He seemed half-drunk and half-awake, his eyes filled with her image. He was afraid, afraid of losing her again. [Lan Wangji]

“Second Brother, did you know that I’ve always had you in my heart?” Looking at the drunk man before her, she finally found the courage to say the words she had kept hidden in her heart for so long.

Watching that graceful figure, Wei Wuxian smiled faintly, his eyes holding the last tenderness he had for the girl he loved. [Wei Wuxian]

“Wei Wuxian!”

Looking at the young man ready to face death, she ultimately didn’t try to stop him. Perhaps this was the freedom he wanted.

How could she ask him to remain in this world and suffer? Better to go to hell with him.

He gently reached out and caressed her face, his eyes brimming with tenderness. “Rou, once I, Wen Kexing, set my heart on someone, nothing can make me change it. Whether it was you sixteen years ago, you now, sixteen years later, or the you I knew for that brief half-month back then, each was a fleeting glimpse that became an obsession lodged deep in my heart. I’ve lived this whole life for you alone. Without you, how could I go on?” [Wen Kexing]

A tear slowly rolled from the corner of her eye, but he gently wiped it away. She threw her arms around him. “I’m fortunate that your heart is like mine. I’ll never betray our love!”

A smile touched his lips as he spoke softly. “Though I cannot see, your presence is unlike anyone else’s. Your voice is the loveliest I have ever heard. You must be no ordinary person.” [Xiao Xingchen]

“Of course not. You’re the big blind man, and I’m the little blind one. We’re even less ordinary than ordinary people.” She gazed into his eyes and smiled brightly, teasing the decent young man without blushing or batting an eye. “The Daoist is blind, and so am I. We must be destined for each other! Why not become a pair?”