Immortal Governor, the Yiling Patriarch Has Run Off Again

[Iron-fisted wife-protecting Chief Cultivator Lan Wangji × scheming, theatrically innocent Wei Wuxian]

The day Lan Wangji ascended to the position of Chief Cultivator, Wei Wuxian defected in front of everyone.

The cultivation clans celebrated, saying the Yiling Patriarch was as wicked as ever and had finally stopped dragging the Chief Cultivator down.

Only Lan Wangji knew that his seemingly carefree partner had left a note saying “Traveling” by their bedside. The handwriting was hurried, and the paper was cool with the night's dew.

He thought Wei Ying was just throwing a tantrum. He never imagined that he would be gone for three years.

For three years, Lan Wangji was the iron-fisted Chief Cultivator, feared throughout the cultivation world: cold and ruthless, calling for Wei Wuxian's spirit night after night, but never getting a response.

Meanwhile, Wei Wuxian became the cultivation world's most wanted fugitive, notorious and leaving traces of himself everywhere.

Then, on the bloody night at Yiling, Wei Wuxian was besieged by the clans and gravely wounded.

The light of Bichen's blade descended from the sky. Lan Wangji shielded him, facing the accusations of thousands as he said just one word: “Leave.”

The Chief Cultivator's fury shook the Nine Provinces.

Everyone thought he would personally purge his own sect, but instead he declared in front of them all, “Three thousand sect rules are worth less than one smile from Wei Ying. Anyone who harms him makes an enemy of me, Lan Wangji, and of the entire cultivation world.”

Yet just as Lan Wangji thought he could pull Wei Ying back into his arms, the man slipped away right under his nose once again.

All he left behind was the scent of lotus in the room and a clue pointing to a vast conspiracy.

Only then did Lan Wangji realize that every one of Wei Wuxian's “defections” had been to face danger alone and clear every obstacle from Lan Wangji's path.

And his seemingly carefree, unrestrained partner was using himself as bait to set in motion a game that would overturn the Three Realms…

“Lan Zhan,” he said with a laugh, his voice resolute. “This time, let me protect you.”