When Feng Qingge, the holy maiden of the Phoenix Clan, awakens, she glimpses a deadly trap laid by the Heavenly Dao: the black-bird tattoo on the neck of Jun Wuya, the man who once saved her, is identical to the one worn by the red-robed immortal who fell from the Execution Immortals Terrace.
The deadly fate that has followed them through three lifetimes unfolds with the blood that mingles in their nuptial wine, forming a totem of phoenix and black bird. He is both the one who allowed the same-life curse branded upon her heart to take hold, and the sacrifice whose half-soul lies sealed in an ice coffin.
The Godslaying Sword pierces her spiritual platform, revealing the truth of their past life: he held her hand as he took his own life in a blood sacrifice.
Only when the waters of the River of Forgetfulness reflect their three lives does she learn that he split his soul and carved away his bones to bring her back to life.
Before the Mountain-and-River Cauldron, he shatters his soul to mend the heavens, carving words of love into the stars.
After a century frozen in ice, her hair white, she finally sees the sunrise, with two phoenixes born together.
Fate turns in circles. In a mortal-world inn, they reunite with their memories lost; he paints her brows with a scorched feather, while lanterns burn to ashes at the ruins of the Execution Immortals Terrace.
The black bird weeps blood, the phoenix scorches the heavens. Obsession becomes a tribulation, and only love can carry them across the river.
