On a blood-soaked, fiery night, he slaughtered her dearest friend’s entire family. She snapped her hairpin in two and swore, “Shen Jin, I’ll drag you to hell with my own hands!”
He is Shen Jin, the all-powerful commander of the Censorate. With peerless looks and a mind like a demon’s, he can summon wind and rain with a turn of his hand. He is also the pale-faced King of Hell, coughing blood, whose flawless schemes conceal a sickening obsession and need for control. He allows no room for surprises.
She is Jiang Zhuo, the most dazzling legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household: proud and fiery, a superb martial artist, and holder of power over an entire domain. When the Earl of Anyuan’s household was wiped out overnight and her childhood friend died a gruesome death, she saw Shen Jin in black, holding an umbrella amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Her hatred blazed to the heavens!
When sworn enemies meet, only one can survive! They clash at court as undercurrents stir through the martial world. He calculates every move and closes in step by step; she counters every ploy, her sharp edge on full display! He lays a net from which there is no escape, determined to crush this untamed phoenix; she sets a deadly trap, resolved to drag the King of Hell from his throne!
A battle between equals, with sparks of desire! Forced to join hands on the brink of death, the scorching warmth of their palms pressed together, a passionate kiss that slips out of control at the edge of danger... Beneath the hatred lies the thrill of meeting a worthy opponent, and an attraction that reaches to the depths of their souls.
A shocking reversal, and sworn enemies become prisoners! Just as they unmask one another and think they have found the final mastermind, a stunning twist tears everything apart! The one behind it all is actually... A world-shaking conspiracy comes to light. Former enemies stand back to back, turning themselves into blades as they launch their final reckoning against the “perfect” villain who has manipulated everything!
Can he scheme his way into her heart? When they meet again in hell, will the flames that catch between them consume the world... or burn their love into their very bones? Watch as the obsessive powerbroker and the fiery phoenix carve out a bloody path through the ruthless struggle for power and rise together to the very top!
