On the Xuan Yuan Continent, spiritual energy reigns supreme. Su Lingyue, daughter of the Azure Cloud Sect's leader, was once a prodigy blessed with a pure ice spirit root. But as she tried to break through to the Golden Core stage, her fiancé, the Third Prince, and her so-called best friend joined forces to betray her. They stole her spirit root, destroyed her cultivation, and sent her plunging into the Immortal Burial Abyss, where she died consumed by hatred.
The agony of flames still burned through her body when she suddenly opened her eyes on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, just before the spirit-root awakening ceremony.
In this life, she returned with the memories of two lifetimes. Ice crystallized in her eyes, and not a trace of innocence remained.
Her once-hypocritical “best friend” greeted her with a smile? She played along, then exposed her ambition for all to see. The Third Prince feigned a marriage alliance while coveting her spirit root? She laid one trap after another, exposing his wicked arts and ruining his reputation. The undercurrents of collusion inside and outside the sect, the shocking secret behind the Northern Territory seal... She would uncover every scheme she had missed in her previous life.
She kept her abilities hidden, secretly cultivated the Ice Soul Manual, and rose rapidly with the aid of secret realms. She forged alliances and built her power, drawing her enemies step by step into the abyss. When the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons invaded, her ice spirit erupted, and the might of her Golden Core shook the land. The insignificant girl of the past had become a force that made the entire continent tremble.
From a blade of vengeance to guardian of the Northern Territory seal, Su Lingyue forged ahead along a bloodstained path. With ice for a blade and her soul for a flame, she would make the betrayers pay in blood, defy fate, protect those she loved, and carve out a legendary tale of her own on the Xuan Yuan Continent.
“Debts from my past life will be repaid in this one. This time, I'm the one moving the pieces.”