Meng Jiang and Ji Zhao, heirs to prominent families in the state of Lu, grew up together and vowed beneath a wild pear tree to spend their lives side by side.
Then, in a single night, the Ji family’s treason case tore their bond apart. He wielded his sword to slaughter the entire Meng clan, yet spared her life.
She hated him for his cold-blooded cruelty and vowed to avenge herself, crossing mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He concealed the truth, willingly bearing the blame to give her a chance to live.
After ten years of wandering, she disguises herself as a songstress while he rises to high office.
She masters the sword intent of Chengying, while he is consumed by a heart-devouring poison.
She believes slander and massacres innocents; he gouges out his own heart and gives her his blood to bear her calamity.
This is a mad love that spans three lifetimes,
a fated confrontation between a god-slayer and a sword spirit,
a knot of karma bound by chains of ice,
a devotion the River of Rebirth cannot wash away.
When karmic fire burns the Ruins of Return to ash, the wild pear tree sprouts anew.
Love and hate, life and death: all endlessly circle through eternal tribulation.
