Youth

Each stage of cultivation grants only a limited lifespan. If you don't break through in time, you'll die when your years run out.

When Qi Qingsui was young, she cultivated quickly, but after forming her core, her progress slowed. It took her many years and great difficulty to reach the late Golden Core stage.

Now she has only three years left to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. If she doesn't make it in time, she'll die.

Her senior brother took her out to seek a fortuitous opportunity, but they accidentally wandered into the Demon Domain and were taken captive. Fortunately, the demon cultivator Yan Lan was willing to help her and her senior brother escape. Later, Yan Lan even destroyed his own demon cultivation and joined Jade Leaf Palace, becoming her junior brother.

She had thought her esteemed master was virtuous, her senior brother steady and reliable, her junior brother gentle and considerate, and her junior sister quiet and reserved...

Until one day, her senior brother misunderstood her because of a dream and accused her of conspiring with demon cultivators. He had her locked in a dark cell.

Her master did not object, her junior sister stood by and watched, and many people avoided her.

Only Yan Lan exhausted his demonic roots and broke through the barrier to see her.

He gently held her hand and said softly, "Let's leave this place. Come with me. Don't think about him anymore."

The cultivation world outside the sect was not as peaceful and harmonious as she had imagined. One strange phenomenon after another appeared, leaving everyone as if lost in a fog. Even she herself seemed to be hiding a secret she didn't know about.

Qi Qingsui, deceive youth, await youth...

Until one day, the demon race returned, and cultivators suffered heavy casualties.

She cleared her mind of distractions and took up the fight against evil.

Couple: Qi Qingsui, a heroine who muddles through at first but pulls herself together later × Yan Lan, a male lead who looks gentle but has an innate gift for tea-like scheming

Other characters:

Senior brother Leng Chi'an, her childhood friend with a strong presence, who may have been reborn

Master Zhu Shangxuan, devoted to cultivation and always in seclusion, but whenever he appears, his appearance matters

Junior sister Xuan Ling, seemingly fragile and strange, making it hard to tell whether she's good or bad, though there's a reason behind her actions

1. The heroine and her senior brother have a complicated romantic history.

2. The male lead takes the male second lead's place in a sense, and later fights hard to win her over.

3. Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence.

Theme: Keep your heart turned toward the light.