Snow on the Ruins, Autumn in the Realm

[One heroine + 1v1 romance + sword cultivators + equally matched leads] Across the primordial cosmos, in the Sacred Ruins, the Xiao Clan of the Sacred Spirit Continent is suddenly slaughtered by powerful members of the Sacred Evil Sect. A black-robed figure demands that the clan hand over Xiao Ningxue, a saintess born with the once-in-ten-thousand-years Ice Phoenix Sacred Body, in exchange for the survival of the entire clan. The Grand Elder, Xiao Tianming, intends to fight to the death, but wavers under the influence of the traitorous Fifth Elder and his disciple Xiao Zhou, the black-robed figure’s tempting offer of a Venerable’s Pill, and the clan members’ fear. In the end, he gives in. Bai Qiuping, Xiao Ningxue’s childhood sweetheart, watches as her own clan turns its back on her, and his heart twists in anguish. In desperation, he ignores his father Bai Yixuan’s cries and resolutely activates a priceless seventh-rank teleportation talisman, vanishing with Xiao Ningxue from the Xiao Clan’s blood-soaked chaos. Though his actions save her, the pair’s fate is left unknown. Bai Yixuan arrives too late and is overcome with grief, while the Bai family’s young disciples vow to find their young lord. The Xiao Clan’s leader, Xiao Changce, emerges from seclusion in time to execute the traitorous Grand Elder. He strips the Fifth Elder of his cultivation and expels him from the clan. Joining forces with Bai Yixuan, he resolves to spare no effort in searching for the two. But the wicked cultivators and demons are determined to claim the Ice Phoenix Sacred Body, and danger lurks at every turn along the fugitives’ path. Betrayal in a rainstorm stained with blood, a young man’s selfless sacrifice, gifts of peerless treasures, the favor of mysterious experts, and the fall of a great sect… As the wheel of fate turns, watch Bai Qiuping defy the heavens and step by step embark on the path to eternity.