She is a lone girl with a poisonous constitution, cursed by an ancient soul-binding spell, and the Demon Venerable's beloved, whose power strikes fear across the Nine Provinces.
He says, "If you wish to wreak havoc upon the mortal world, then I shall be the blade that slaughters all living things for you."
[ A thousand-year-old lonely soul, reborn through a blood curse ]
In her previous life, Qin Jiuling was the lowest-ranking menial disciple of the Xuantian Sect. Her fellow sect members pierced her heart and tore out her bones, all to help her cousin weather a tribulation.
Reborn, a blood lotus blooms between her brows. She discovers she is the only Chaos Poison Body in all the lands, capable of curing the Nine Netherworld Poison!
[ In the Cave of Ten Thousand Ghosts, a fated bond begins ]
To grasp a sliver of hope for survival, she takes hold of a Soul-Locking Chain, its links stark white as bone. "They say the Demon Venerable loves nothing more than beautiful women whose hearts he can devour. Would you care to taste my blood?"
A man in black, his robes rustling and golden demonic markings between his brows, pins her against the throne at the abyss's edge. "What I want has never been blood."
[ Righteous and demonic forces clash, a path of dual cultivation ]
The immortal sects denounce her for consorting with the demonic path, unaware that, long ago, when she was still innocent...
The Lord of the Wuji Sword Sect sacrificed his soul to protect her;
The Immortal Healer knelt and gave her his life-bound golden core;
The Buddhist scion broke his vows and returned to secular life for her...
And now, the legendary Nine Netherworld Demon Venerable, who slaughters gods and Buddhas, holds her blood-soaked ankle and laughs softly amid a formation of thirty-six layers of golden lightning:
"A Ling, would you call this... being partners in crime?"
