[Xianxia + two formidable leads + young men and women + ensemble cast]
[Quirky heroine who stands up for the wronged with an axe VS hero who is scheming and inhuman at first, then still inhuman, but in a perfectly normal way]
The Li Dynasty, which had endured for more than two hundred years, was destroyed by the Yuwen clan from beyond the frontier.
The Yuwen royal family was savage and cruel, leaving the people suffering and displaced.
Thousands of miles away, Wanling Island had no choice but to lift its seal and take in the refugees.
Yin Leyou, the island master's first disciple, decided to forge an unparalleled sword.
With that sword, she would destroy the wicked Yuwen scoundrel!
It was also the perfect chance to make herself the greatest swordsmith in the world.
But the sword chose Yuwen Lie as its master!
Yin Leyou was so furious she suffered an internal injury and started losing hair by the handful. “I quit being a swordsmith!”
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Yin Leyou had seen Yuwen Lie at the height of his power.
She had also seen him fall to rock bottom, wishing he were dead.
What was frightening wasn’t what was happening before her eyes, but the person plotting it all behind the scenes.
That day, outside Shengyang Hall, Yuwen Lie was covered in blood and bound to the Execution Platform.
Once the three Demon-Subduing Swords fell, Yuwen Lie would be doomed.
Two swords had already fallen. As the last one descended,
a battered old axe from nowhere knocked the Demon-Subduing Sword flying!
Then a ragged young woman dropped from the sky!
Yin Leyou glanced irritably at the bloodied man behind her and sighed in exasperation.
A flicker of feeling appeared in Yuwen Lie’s eyes, which had been set on dying.
Everyone asked the girl,
“Did you come to save him?”
Leyou shook her head. “No, I came to collect a debt!”
She turned to look at the bloodied man again.
“Yuwen Lie, you owe me three flying-immortal dresses. You’re not planning to welsh on me, are you?”
Reader note: This is not a cultivation novel. The characters aren’t perfect, and some of the worldbuilding is drawn from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
