[Reborn + stronger male lead, even stronger female lead + mutual redemption + intense push and pull]
A battle god who knows nothing about love vs. an obsessive, fiercely devoted guard dog
She is a female war god feared throughout the Three Realms. After a sudden attack sends her tumbling from her throne, she becomes A Li, a village girl with no strength to defend herself.
He is a wandering swordsman who moves through the darkness, obsessive and unhinged, yet willing to bow to her alone.
At first, she needs him.
“Warrior, please take me with you.” She tilts her head up, her eyes clear, as if she really were just a helpless young girl.
Later, he can't live without her.
“Don't leave me. I'd go with you, in life or death.” He is like a chain, wanting to keep her bound to his side forever.
Until that moment
She sees the unfathomable sorrow and despair in his eyes, and for the first time, her divine heart, once hard as stone, feels a sharp, unfamiliar pang.
“Chu Huaijin,” she asks softly, bewilderment in her voice as a god tastes emotion for the first time, “is this... what mortals call heartache?”
Faced with his obsession and madness, she gives him a god's answer.
“Bai Xi, if I am your trial, what will you do?” he asks, his voice hoarse, as if awaiting his final judgment.
She looks at him calmly. There is no confusion in her eyes now, only a resolve that crosses the boundary between life and death. “Then let me guide you through it.”
After a pause, she takes his trembling hand in hers and speaks each word with the weight of a thousand stones: “Or let me guide you through it instead.”
