Ling Shu is the only wandering immortal in the Three Realms who guards the forces of fortune. Born with a heavenly mandate to take calamities upon himself for all living things, the stronger his magic grows, the worse his misfortune becomes. To keep disaster from spreading across the Three Realms, he crippled himself, giving up nine-tenths of his immortal power, and went into hiding among mortals. There, he became a tenant of Su Yan, an antique book restorer in an old alley.
Disaster follows him everywhere: a doorknob falls off as he enters, a cooking oil pan catches fire, a bird drops its mess on him as he walks. When he gets more than three meters from Su Yan, his misfortune skyrockets. At best, he gets scrapes or broken bones; at worst, his life is in danger. Only by staying close to her can he escape its grip, at least for a while.
Su Yan is the inheritor of a naturally steady fortune, charged with guarding the century-old fortune-stabilizing array in the old alley. When she gets close to Ling Shu, she becomes a living talisman that dispels his misfortune, as well as the only light in his thousand years of loneliness.
From trying to drive him out to reluctantly sharing a home, from the three-meter rule to a bond forged by their bloodlines, she takes on a share of his thousand years of calamity, while he protects her peaceful life among mortals.
The old alley glows with the warmth of everyday life, while ancient books conceal their fated bond. Together, they quell the chaos in the forces of fortune, stand against the awakened devourer of fortune, and break the cold rules of Heaven’s Way.
A lonely immortal of a thousand years finds redemption in the mortal world. The unlucky immortal and the woman who steadies fortune heal each other, and from then on, the Three Realms have a home, the mortal world is warm, and every year is free of worry.
Urban Sweet Romance, Xianxia, 1v1 Happy Ending, Healing, Metaphysics
