[Long-planned schemes + second chance at love + both leads untouched + groveling redemption]
A ruthless, calculating hero X a kind, stubborn heroine
Chong Yan is decisive and ruthless, having slaughtered countless sects. With ascension within his reach, he uses himself as bait and “love” as a chess piece to seize a priceless treasure and win her trust. He carefully plots to exploit her soft heart at every turn, but fails to account for his own romantic tribulation. She gives everything she has in an attempt to awaken his conscience, only to lose her final bet and sacrifice herself for the Dao.
After her rebirth, Yun Yao awakens a divine power that lets her glimpse the future. Every path ends in death. The two of them can never find happiness together, so she cuts ties with the past and blazes a different trail.
“Chong Yan, in our last life, you schemed to get close to me, drawing nearer step by step, manipulating and using me. In the end, you fell too deep to even realize it. This time, I’ll let you have a taste of your own medicine.”
Little does she know, everything is part of the cycle of cause and effect. You schemed against me in our last life, and now it’s my turn. We’re destined to be entangled until the very end.
