Above the Nine Heavens stretched a vast sea of stardust, and only one woman ruled the universe. She was called the Mysterious Maiden. She mastered the art of war and strategy, governed the celestial secrets, and guarded the gates between heaven and earth. Her husband, Jiutian, governed the heavenly Dao and tribulations of thunder beneath the Nine Heavens. An incarnation of the laws, he had countless avatars. Each had their own duties. They suffered the pain of parting, spending little time together... Through five thousand years of silence, each had grown accustomed to solitude and coldness.
One day, Baize arrived in the form of a Fire Qilin and made a wish to the Mysterious Maiden: “I beg you, Master, grant me the one I love.” The Mysterious Maiden was stunned. “The Great Dao is without feeling, but there is love in the human world. Love springs from the heart. I grant your wish!”
As soon as the words left her lips, the stars dimmed, the great hall shook, and the Mysterious Maiden collapsed. Before Baize appeared a heart wreathed in flames, coiled about by nine dragons and radiating a terrifying power. Even a divine beast dared not touch it. In an instant, the heart shattered and fell to the mortal realm...
Fear filled Baize's heart. As an ancient divine beast who could understand the emotions of all living things and knew the affairs of ghosts and gods, he realized for the first time that he had been manipulated and committed an unforgivable mistake. The goddess had fallen to the mortal realm, and chaos was sure to follow. The entire universe was watching covetously. Baize fled the scene at once. He had to make amends.
The Mysterious Maiden would surely be reborn in the human world, but without her memories or divine powers. Only after her heart and soul reunited and she completed nine cycles of reincarnation could she awaken... The moment her mortal body awakened, the Heavenly Demons would arrive, and she would suffer a devastating blow! If her heart and soul were destroyed, the Gate of Heaven fell, and her divine body remained asleep forever, the chaos would engulf not just the human realm, but the entire Milky Way.
Baize rushed about in every direction. The barrier of the Ninth Dimension suddenly shattered. Sensing that something had happened to his wife, Jiutian hurried back to the palace, only to find the woman's cold body and a black hole in her chest... “Who did this? Who?” The man's eyes reddened, and his furious roar echoed through the heavens. The woman in his arms did not stir.
