[Two Male Leads, Past Lives and Present Reincarnation, Xianxia Cultivation, Angsty Romance, Powerful Leads, Sickly Bottom, Ice-Cold Top, Reborn, Schemes and Intrigue, Happy Ending] (Main characters: Xiao Jinxuan, Chu Mochen, Mu Yunche, Yao Feng)
A hundred years ago, he was Lingguang, a High God and a demon who could destroy heaven and earth. A hundred years later, he became Xiao Jinxuan, a frail, low-powered rogue cultivator of the Qianyun Sect.
A strange immortal trapped in a painting, a soul-severing bell that recognizes its master, and Chu Mochen, cold as ice yet always appearing when he is in danger: Xiao Jinxuan gradually discovers that behind his good-for-nothing body lies a shocking secret from the great battle between immortals and demons a century ago.
“Your spiritual power hasn’t vanished. It’s been sealed somewhere else.”
“The soul-severing bell recognizes not your spiritual power, but your soul.”
From the blood sacrifice in Huainan Village, to the celestial soldiers’ remains sunk in Qiandu, and finally the ultimate sacrifice at the Eye of Guixu, when he finally awakens his divine nature, he discovers that he has been a carefully positioned pawn all along.
The stakes in this game are the people he loves most and the people who love him most, and the wager is the fate of the Three Realms.
“Since we both wanted to save each other back then, this time, let me choose.” What? Just as he reached Chu Yuan, he stopped and took out the Shuiyun Fan, gently pointing it toward Chu Yuan’s chest. Before it could reach him, a sharp pain struck his abdomen. Looking down, he saw a sword buried in his stomach. Blood ran all over his body. He smiled, slowly closed his eyes, and turned into flecks of starlight on the wind…