Female-led story · devoted husband · both leads are each other’s first · metaphysics · supernatural mysteries · ensemble cast · absurd comedy · sweet and thrilling
[Main characters]
1. Tushan Tingxue (heroine): A nine-tailed fox and the last “pure-blood” white fox of Qingqiu. She’s at the top in both martial prowess and looks, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, and all business, yet she dotes on one person to an outrageous degree.
2. Shen Xinghui (hero): An illegitimate son from a human family of metaphysical practitioners, born with a “ghost-attracting constitution.” He seems socially anxious, but is naturally devious, quick-witted, and eventually becomes astonishingly powerful.
3. Couple’s manifesto: Both are each other’s first, they dote on each other, and they save each other in turn. Sweetness and heartbreak are split fifty-fifty: find sweetness in the angst, and angst in the sweetness. A nine-tailed fox forced to play along binds herself to a socially anxious “merit amplifier” to secure the demolition compensation for her ancestral home. Before long, she has dragged all three realms into their romantic adventure. Hunting ghosts is the job; doting on her wife online is instinct...
