From the moment we were named Holy Son and Priestess, we became each other's Gu.
We had both been infected with the Heartlinked Life-and-Death Gu, which made us share emotions and feel each other's pain.
The priestess and I tormented each other for ten years.
She hated me for separating her from her older brother, and repeatedly jumped from the Ten-Thousand-Snake Cliff to force me to divorce her.
I hated that she loved someone else. Even as the snake venom ravaged my body, I still clutched our marriage contract and refused to let go.
With each other at our mercy, neither of us would be the first to back down.
But on the day Miaojiang fell, she charged through an army of a hundred thousand with countless snake Gu, blocking the rain of arrows behind her to help me escape:
"Yichuan, run! Don't look back!"
With me on her back, she ran toward the Ten-Thousand-Snake Cliff until her strength gave out and she crashed to the ground.
Only then did I see the countless Gu bites covering her front.
"I've repaid the debt I owed you for saving my life."
"If there's another life, I only ask that the Holy Son let me be with him."
Teng Yue died clutching her brother's jade pendant. That night, Miaojiang fell. I held her as we plunged from the Ten-Thousand-Snake Cliff, where the snakes devoured us.
When I opened my eyes again, I was kneeling before my father, the clan leader.
"I will go to the Central Plains in my older brother's place and serve the Empress."
Teng Yue, you gave your life to ask for another chance with him. In this life, I'll make that wish come true for you.
