Qi Zhu transmigrated.
The first thing she saw upon opening her eyes was a sword hurtling through the air straight for her face. She dodged instinctively, only to discover that the body’s original owner had left her quite a gift: a natural spiritual bone, a God Transformation cultivation base, and the ancestral curse-speaking talent of the Qi family.
Before she could celebrate, a second sword came flying at her.
Yin Shang, son of the former Demon Lord, at the pinnacle of the Golden Core realm and heir to the Way of All Living Things. The young man had a pair of tender, affectionate eyes and a small beauty mark on his lip. Yet every move he made was murderous, and after the fight, he tilted his head at her with a smile, the tips of his ears red as if they might drip blood.
“Senior Sister, it’s not polite to keep staring at a man’s mouth.”
Qi Zhu: ?
Later, she learned that no one had taught the boy anything as he grew up. He had picked up taunts by eavesdropping, learned to act sweet and coy by watching others, and even practiced smiling in front of a mirror eight hundred times. He could only approach her in his own clumsy way, stand up for her when she was wronged, and tell her “I’m here” when she couldn’t hold on any longer.
Later still, the seals on the ley lines of the Demon Realm shattered, and ancient remnants of souls emerged. Three thousand disciples of the Sword Sect sacrificed themselves for the Way; eight clan leaders of the Demon Realm offered themselves as sacrifices. Qi Zhu’s master, Yan Wei, traded six fox tails for peace among the three realms, while Qi Zhu’s younger brother, Qi Li, took a fatal blow for her in the blood-sacrifice formation.
Yin Shang was always by her side. From the Sea of Guixu to the Nine-Tailed Forbidden Ground, from the wilderness of the Demon Realm to the ancestral lands of the Qi family, he accompanied her along every road she had to travel.
“What world did you come from?” he asked.
“I’m not telling you,” she replied.
But he had known for a long time. He was the only person in the world who knew her secret.
