In her youth, Yun Shu was born to a noble station and was the Kunlun clan's chosen immortal, raised with all their resources. Later, the young talents of the Six Realms gathered at the Kunlun Immortal Assembly to test their martial skills. Among the immortal cultivators from prestigious families, she saw Su Heng, who had emerged from the demon wastes.
No one could have imagined that this fox demon, whom she publicly scorned for his wild, tainted aura, would claw his way to survival through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, all on his own. He subdued countless demons, quelled the vicious forces in every direction, and secured the position of Demon Venerable, feared by all across the Six Realms.
Yun Shu had grown up listening to the teachings of the immortal sects, and believed deep down that immortals were noble and demons lowly. At their first tournament match, she bluntly declared in front of everyone that he was a savage from the wilderness, too violent to be tamed, and unworthy of sitting among cultivators to compare their paths.
In the years that followed, secret realms appeared one after another, each fraught with danger.
Yun Shu had always believed that the immortal sects and the righteous path were upright. But after enduring countless brushes with death, she finally saw the truth of people's hearts. Her fellow disciples, so refined and eloquent, forever proclaiming their devotion to the common good, cared only for their own safety when danger came. Again and again, they pushed her into deadly traps.
The only one who had ever helped her was the demon she looked down on. Hidden in the shadows, he shielded her from ambushes and helped her escape death.
Everyone said Su Heng was bloodthirsty and cold, a demon whose hands were stained with the blood of immortals. Only Yun Shu knew that his ruthless life of slaughter was simply what came of being born in the mire.
The immortal sects had been plagued by corruption for ages, their rot deeply entrenched.
The elders coveted power and spiritual energy. For years, they had deliberately stoked the conflict between immortals and demons, fabricated incidents to frame the demon clans, and used the war between the two realms to shore up their own positions.
On the day heavy snow blanketed Kunlun, the elders trumped up charges and publicly accused Yun Shu of consorting with the Demon Venerable and betraying the immortal path. A thousand immortal soldiers surrounded the jade steps, closing in on her.
Everyone was waiting to see her stripped of her immortal bones and punished for her supposed crimes. Only Su Heng stood alone in
