Shen Du, the reincarnation of a war god from the Celestial Realm, is plagued by inner demons and fated to fall into darkness and destroy the world. Jiang Wan’s mission is to stop him. That is all.
She disguises herself as an infamous nine-tailed fox and deliberately throws herself onto his sword. He should have killed her with a single stroke, but just as she fell, he reached out and caught her.
“Your demonic aura is too pure,” he said.
Her heart skipped a beat, not because she was falling for him, but because she recognized him. The aura around him was just like that of the man at the end of the Star River who had taught her to play chess all those years ago. But he had long since forgotten: forgotten that game, and forgotten her.
She knew that once the mission was complete, she should leave without looking back. Shen Du, the war god of the Celestial Realm, was nothing more than a somewhat interesting story in her long journey.
But in the end, you can fool everyone else, but not yourself.
