Shen Mingtang, the Immortal Alliance's top judge, has presided over 999 cases of love and heartbreak.
She sentences faithless lovers to have their bones stripped away, makes the devoted see the truth, and ensures that men and women across the Three Realms settle their karmic debts.
Everyone says Judge Shen is cold-hearted and emotionless, and believes in love least of all.
Until the thousandth case lands on her desk.
Plaintiff: Rong Jibai, Lord of the Qingqiu Foxes.
Defendant: Shen Mingtang, judge of the Immortal Alliance.
Claim: Shen Mingtang owes Rong Jibai a hundred lifetimes' worth of love debts, none of which she has repaid.
Shen Mingtang dismisses the case on the spot.
The next moment, blood-red words appear on the Heart-Reflecting Mirror:
Shen Mingtang owes Rong Jibai a hundred lifetimes' worth of love debts.
The debt remains unpaid. The case cannot be closed.
The immortal officials in the hall erupt in an uproar.
Only Rong Jibai stands in the snowy light, smiling, his voice as tender as if he has been waiting for her a very long time.
“Judge Shen.”
“Will you still rule that I lose in this life?”
