Xie Huai'an, heir to Mirror Lake, is the only key to reactivating an ancient divine artifact and stopping the world-ending “Dark Calamity.” Because of this, he has become the prey of every ambitious schemer under heaven.
Su Xiwan, the last guardian of the Gate of the Hanging Mirror, stands by his side: a silent sword and a light that never abandons him.
Then there is Qin Sangruo, whose arrival is a beautiful disaster. Bewitching to the bone, she is called a demon by the world. Ruthless and decisive, she comes from an enemy faction, yet time and again burns away her own way back for his sake. Her secret art, which takes her own life force as its price, lets him glimpse a chance of survival. She leaves her organization without hesitation, willing to endure bone-piercing spikes driven through her entire body. She becomes the armor he never expected.
Compact structure, fascinating plot, a rare good book!