Whether their meeting a thousand years ago was a cruel fate or a fortunate one, to a demon and an immortal cultivator, it was no more than the blink of an eye.
One early spring, Hong Yu had only just taken human form when she casually perched on a peach tree. Before long, a young Taoist came along. He stared at Hong Yu, then tried to snap off a peach blossom to take with him.
Xuan Yi had been punished by his master for slacking off and skipping his cultivation, and sent to the mountain behind the temple to water the immortal herbs. When he looked up, he was stunned to see a peach tree in full bloom. Its distinctive fragrance drifted across his face, and he couldn't help walking over to take a branch. Just as Xuan Yi reached out to touch the blossoms, he saw what looked like an immortal fallen from the heavens sitting among them. She was breathtakingly beautiful.
The High Immortal Ye Xuan had secretly allowed the divine birds Yuezhuo and Kong Xuan to descend to the mortal realm. For this, he was blamed by Jumang, demoted, and sent to undergo tribulations as a young Taoist. During his tribulation, Xuan Yi and Hong Yu formed a bond and promised to become cultivation partners once he ascended, hoping to reach immortality together.
But things did not go as planned. While sorting the threads of fate, the Matchmaker discovered that the High Immortal Ye Xuan's thread was entangled with that of a peach blossom spirit. She reported this to the Queen Mother of the West. Afraid their bond would grow even stronger, the Queen Mother immediately summoned the High Immortal Ye Xuan back, intending to sever their fated connection.
She hoped the peach blossom demon would cultivate diligently and perhaps ascend to immortality one day. Little did she know that the peach blossom demon had other ideas: she went to Mount Kunlun to steal an elixir, hoping to ascend just like Chang'e...
There are a lot of typos, which affects the reading experience