Yan Qinghan is the foremost Sword Sovereign in the cultivation world, revered by countless people.
To suppress the Demon Abyss, he exhausts his power as a Mahayana cultivator and is reduced to an ordinary mortal.
A god has fallen, and all beneath heaven covet what he has. His former fellow disciples, who once revered him, and the Demon Sovereigns who once feared him have all become hyenas drawn by the scent of blood, eager to rip out his “flawless Dao bones” while he is still alive and devour them.
At the darkest hour, when he has fallen into hell and the whole world stands against him...
It is his little disciple, Luo Wuxin, who used to cry even when she accidentally stepped on an ant, who tears open the void and fights her way through a hundred-mile blockade, drenched in blood, to bring him back to a hidden paradise called Snowfall Pavilion.
Yan Qinghan thinks he has finally found salvation.
Until he discovers that outside the pavilion lies a barren slaughterhouse, while within it is an ancient “Spring-Sealing Formation” that blocks the workings of heaven and seals away spiritual senses.
Until his well-behaved disciple gently cups his face with the hand she has just used to crush her enemy's skull, then fastens a pure-gold spirit-binding chain around his ankle.
She smiles, tender and mad: “Master, the snow and wind outside are too filthy. I've killed everyone who wanted to eat you. From now on, you'll have only me, all right?”
Later, everyone beneath heaven believes that the Sword Sovereign has been taken hostage by a demoness. A million-strong alliance marches to her doorstep, claiming it will rescue him in the name of justice.
But before the eyes of all nine continents, the god who has returned to the summit and stands above all others kneels on one knee before the bloodstained female demon.
He does not draw his sword. Instead, he pulls out his own primordial divine soul, turns it into a chain, and places it in her palm:
“Wuxin, the gold outside is too vulgar. This chain is connected to my life. Just give it a tug, and your master won't be able to go anywhere.”
