[Sweet romance + secret identities + the supernatural + satisfying wish fulfillment + silly humor + mutual devotion]
Shen Xiaoman has spent eighteen years knowing nothing but farming and slacking off. One morning, she wakes to find her grandfather cracking his tobacco pipe as he tells her:
“Your mother was the greatest immortal maiden in the occult world. A hypocrite got her killed. You were born with immortal bones. Take over the family altar and avenge her!”
She also gets a sickly, obsessive fiancé thrown in.
The man is beautiful and frail, coughing like he might keel over at any moment. But behind the scenes, he is the all-powerful head of the Xie family, a possessive madman who spoils her without limit.
When they first meet, Xiaoman says, “I refuse to marry him!”
Xie Yan’s eyes turn red at the corners. He clutches her and won’t let go. “Fourteen years ago, you gave me a piece of candy. In this life, you can only be mine.”
Later...
A village woman spreads rumors? The Second Master Huang possesses someone and crushes the evil spirits.
A white lotus sets her up? One thunder talisman teaches her a lesson.
A fake master picks a fight? Grandpa, the occult world’s undisputed champion, can defeat an enemy with a flick of ash from afar.
A villain comes knocking? Xie Yan lifts his cold gaze. “To touch her, you’ll have to step over the Xie family’s corpses.”
She tears through the wealthy families’ occult circles, solves grisly cases, battles evil formations, and uncovers the blood feud from years ago, all while her secret identities come tumbling out one after another.
Everyone is left gawking. “She’s no country girl. She’s the next leader of the occult world!”
Xuan Kun is brought to justice, and her family’s vengeance is finally complete.
At the village entrance where they first met, Xie Yan drops to one knee.
“Xiaoman, you can have my life, my money, and every day of the rest of it.”
Shen Xiaoman rolls up her sleeves, immortal bones gleaming with golden light.
“Fine. I’ll protect you from now on. We’ll live forever together, year after year.”
