She was once a sleeve belonging to Buddha. Touched by Buddha’s blood, she gained a soul. He was the God of Law in the Upper Divine Realm, governing the laws of the Three Realms and the fortunes of five kingdoms.
In her previous life, she was the only daughter of the God of War, fiery and passionate, and in love with her senior fellow disciple, Jun Qian. During the war between gods and demons, the Demon God forged evidence that made her believe Jun Qian had killed her father. On the battlefield, Jun Qian, whose mind was under the Demon God’s control, shot an arrow through her heart. Her soul shattered and scattered across the five kingdoms.
Consumed by regret and grief, Jun Qian knelt before Buddha for three thousand years, pleading for her to be reborn as a human.
In this life, she became Su Zijin, the female ruler of the Blue Flame Kingdom, which is aligned with the “fire element.” Her soul was incomplete, and a vermilion mark between her brows was its seal. Buddha’s words: She must endure three sufferings to reunite her soul.
The pain of parting from her parents: the old king died in her arms. The pain of unrequited love: Ling Jun, the prince of the Aoki Kingdom, was as gentle as jade, yet her heart belonged to Jun Qian. The pain of losing a friend: Feng Yin, her closest friend, perished alongside the Demon God’s lingering spirit to protect her.
After enduring all three sufferings, her soul returned to its place. In the light of Buddha, she received this revelation: She had been formed from Buddha’s blood staining a sleeve. The sleeve represented an embrace, and Buddha’s blood represented compassion. She had not learned to let go. She herself was “letting go.”
Jun Qian asked to be stripped of his divine status and enter the cycle of reincarnation, promising to meet her again in twenty years.
Twenty years later, a silver-haired boy came through the snow, a red lotus blooming between his brows. “I feel like I’ve seen you before.” This time, she said, “Welcome back.”
