The Tang Dynasty's Greatest Traitor: Xue Dingshan

After a battle in Western Liang, Xue Rengui and his son become kindling for the Tang imperial family’s pursuit of longevity. Xue Rengui’s vital essence is exhausted, while Xue Dingshan is bound by ten thousand chains.

To bring this uncontrollable rising star completely to heel, Empress Wu issues an imperial decree, betrothing her most beloved daughter, Princess Taiping, to Xue Dingshan and laying a “life-and-death soul-binding curse” upon them.

The powerful nobles at court all believe the young general of the Xue family has become a caged bird. They don’t know that the violent baleful energy inside Xue Dingshan is in desperate need of the pure Yin dragon energy of the imperial clan to balance it!

On their wedding night, beneath the red canopy, Xue Dingshan and Li Lingyue draw their blades on each other. Then, in perfect unison, they cut their wrists and carve a [Reverse Star-Absorbing Formation] into the wedding bed.

“Mother wants to use us as furnaces? Then tonight, let’s drain every last drop from the Tang dynasty’s dragon veins!”

By morning, Empress Wu is coughing up blood in Zichen Hall, while in the Prince Consort’s residence, Xue Dingshan holds his newlywed princess in his arms, already commanding the fate of the Tang dynasty in his grasp…