He was nothing but an ordinary hunter, yet the bloodline of an ancient Rain God flowed through his veins. She was the favored daughter of a cultivation family, and had fled an arranged marriage to come alone to the banks of the Nu River. After they met during a demon-beast attack, the fates of two people who had nothing in common became forever entangled.
In a divine temple beneath the river, the Rain God's lingering soul revealed a shocking secret: the seal imprisoning the ancient demon god Hanba was about to break. Only the Rain God's heir, bearing the Bottle of Heavenly Rain, could save all living beings. And the first thing Hanba would do upon emerging was drain the Nu River, the only thing capable of restraining him.
To heal Nu Jiangyu's grievous wounds, Shui Rou accompanied him into the perilous snow-capped mountains. They fell into a thousand-year-old ice cavern and depended on each other to survive. As the Iceheart Jade Lotus sprouted and the mountains began to thaw, their love quietly blossomed. They inherited the Ice God's legacy, subdued an Ice Qilin, and obtained the Bottle of Heavenly Rain. But the true crisis had only just begun: the seal shattered, Hanba emerged, and the Nu River ran dry.
On the parched riverbed, Shui Rou glanced back with a smile and burned her Iceheart body, becoming a
