Her Dao Heart Shattered, Yet She Became a Heartless Immortal

Ling Qinghan was once the pride of the heavens. On the eve of her Dao companion's ascension, she was betrayed: her immortal bone was stolen, her Dao heart shattered, and her cultivation destroyed, before she was abandoned in the wilderness. In despair, she used her boundless hatred as a guide to cultivate the long-forbidden path of ruthlessness, severing all affection and love and killing her way to the Dao. Three hundred years later, she became the Lord of Mount Buzhou, feared by both the immortal and demonic realms. Then a prince of a fallen kingdom, burdened by hatred for his country's destruction and his family's murder, came to her mountain gate. He offered the dragon-vein fortune within his dynasty's imperial seal in exchange for her help with revenge. As Ling Qinghan travels alongside this prince, who cares deeply for all living beings, and witnesses the myriad sides of mortal life and the schemes of the immortal realm, cracks begin to appear in her ruthless Dao heart. She must make her final choice: cling to the path of ruthlessness for supreme power, or confront the wounds of her past and reclaim her emotions in pursuit of a greater Dao. The novel's appeal lies in the fact that the female lead gains power not through a golden finger, but by choosing an extreme path in a desperate situation. At its heart is the struggle between “ruthlessness” and “affection” within her, and the conflict between competing paths to the Dao.