He has stayed true to himself for a thousand years, refusing to borrow another’s appearance to take human form. He defies his fate as a cursed loner, determined to love against the will of heaven.
Atop Wuyou Mountain grows Jian Yuheng, a peach blossom spirit who has cultivated for a thousand years. He would rather remain without human form than borrow someone else’s appearance. The world calls him foolish, but he holds fast to the Way of True Nature: if the face is not his own, what is the point of cultivating a human form?
In the Xuyun Sect, Lou Ziqing, the eldest disciple born under the baleful fate of a lone star, has brought misfortune to his family and friends since childhood and is destined to live out his days alone. Then one dream begins appearing again and again: deep in a peach grove, a white-haired figure in white turns back with a smile, pure as if newly born.
Their thousand-year bond begins with a first meeting in the peach grove. Lou Ziqing recognizes the person from his dreams at a glance, and from then on, he carefully plots each step.
He engineers every “chance encounter” and arranges every “coincidence,” doing everything he can to draw the naive peach blossom spirit into a web of love. Others call him calculating, but he is more than willing: without a few tricks, how could he protect this pure, blank-slate peach blossom and let him bloom in peace amid the chaos of the cultivation world? But turmoil soon erupts:
· In Jinling City, the Fairy Miaoyin sets a trap for love, and the young lord of a prestigious clan turns it to his advantage.
· A treasure of the Xuanyuan Sect is stolen, disciples are attacked, and the trail through the fog leads to a mysterious organization.
· The passage to the underworld is about to open, and three Buddhist treasures hold the balance of the three realms.
· And a butterfly spirit who has waited faithfully for three hundred years watches through tear-filled eyes as the one he loves falls into another’s arms… When the conspiracy is laid bare, Lou Ziqing learns the truth:
Jian Yuheng was once a flower that guided souls before the Buddha, and he is destined to return to the underworld to fulfill his mission.
And Lou Ziqing’s fate as a baleful lone star turns out to be the key to breaking the deadlock.
“If returning to the Buddhist realm is your destiny,” Lou Ziqing says, sword in hand, with thousands of demonic cultivators behind him, “then I’ll trample the three realms and change our fate.”
