Xiao Qinghan, Prince Zhao of Nanao: They say I’m cursed to bring misfortune to those around me. I’m frail and sickly, and destined to die in the frigid waters of the Northern Lake.
Chen Qinghe: After the Northern Lake, you’ll be my clinical specimen, and the star of that “Dad, don’t be mad” inscription on the national treasure in a museum of the future.
It all began on the night the Eighth Realm’s seal cracked.
I, Chen Qinghe, a special-operations military doctor, used a single military-grade alloy needle to “stitch” him back from the brink of death.
I stitched my source of pure energy into his shattered fate, sewing the threads of destiny that would give us three children at once.
We parted at the frozen lake.
Three years later, we met again by chance.
Carrying three children born with the spiritual veins of the Eighth Realm, I charged into the ancient kingdom of Nanao and, along the way, turned the imperial city upside down.
Xiao Qinghan crouched gloomily in a corner: “My lady, I only meant for you to practice your skills on my kingdom…”
On a spring outing, I stumbled upon the Heavenly Gate opening for the second time and returned to the modern world.
His late mother, Empress Dowager Sima Yuanjun, a renowned archaeologist, pointed at the bronze cauldron, a national treasure: “Jingtian made cannons here, Rendong plotted behind the scenes, Banxia tested the medicine nearby, and Dad, don’t be mad…”
The prince’s mouth twitched: “I was the lab rat they used!”
The Three Treasures pointed at the alloy needle in the display case and bragged: “Look, that’s an unearthed artifact our mom used to earn points!”
What is history?
His daughter Banxia said: “It’s the Eighth Realm reconnecting, the family drama my mom dug up, and the ‘Dad, don’t be mad’ I carved on the cauldron.”
Chen Qinghe: “In this life, I won’t be a Buddha who saves the world. I’ll just be a doctor who stitches heaven and earth back together.”
“Xiao Qinghan, I’ll help you protect your kingdom, but my scalpel answers only to the beat of my own heart.”
Exhibit: Preserved specimen of the silver membrane sewn over Prince Zhao’s heart (replica)
Expert: The patient had a congenital deficiency in the heart meridians. The “alloy needle edge-locking technique” extended his lifespan by thirty years. A severe case of “henpecked husband syndrome” developed after surgery, with no known cure.
Prince Zhao: “…I request that this inscription be carved on the bottom of the cauldron.”
