Three Empresses

[Tsundere, hair-trigger Ghost King x puppy-like, scheming sect disciple] Happy ending + sweet romance + contrasting personas + past and present lives + switched identities. Five hundred years ago, hearts were torn out and an entire family was slaughtered. Five hundred years later, someone begs for scraps with a wagging tail. One person loses their chance at immortality forever, while another rises to become a Ghost King.

As a child, Yu Bumei meets the benefactor who saves his life. His plea, “Immortal big brother, I’m scared,” gives him something to look forward to: their yearly reunion.

At fifteen, Yu Bumei finds his own fortuitous path and becomes a disciple of Shui Yunyu, the Moon Rabbit Elder of Qingpingle. Like a jade dragon emerging from the clouds and master of the Fang mansion, Shui Yunyu is the best person in the world.

They say Yu Bumei was born with an immortal’s grace and a heavenly appearance. The Moon Rabbit Elder takes a liking to him and passes down the Chong’a Sword, inherited for a hundred generations. That is why Yu Bumei dares to walk the path that the Blood Night’s Lord Gu failed to finish five hundred years ago, despite treading over mountains of corpses and seas of blood: the dead-end path that led to Gu’s destruction.

Together with his immortal big brother, Yu Bumei carries the hopes and painstaking plans of his master as they embark on a winding journey to uncover the mystery of the Three Empresses’ origins.

//Shui Yunyu: A cultivation path that cannot be completed, a beloved he cannot save. After parting twice, he wanders the world, missing an old friend by a century. When they meet again, he dares not acknowledge him. It is a regret, and yet somehow, not a regret.

//Shui Zaiping: The abandoned child Shui Yunyu raised, and the Moon Rabbit Elder’s most cherished and talented disciple. His only act of vulnerability in life, and a bond with his sect that will never heal, are both his inner demon and his regret.

//Fu Yan: Born into the royal family, with a pure heart. Just like his name, he is a rock steadfast in a winding river. He knows right from wrong and good from evil. If anyone in the sect could attain immortality, it would surely be him.

//Ming Yue’er: She came riding the sun and fell in love at first sight. They were torn apart by life and death. She became king for her beloved, a ghostly boy whose love and hate defied heaven.