Obsessive, devoted spear-carrier x brooding, carefree immortal
This is a world teeming with immortals. All living beings across the Nine Provinces and Eight Wastelands have someone they worship.
During a great drought, the people pray day and night, begging the Rice God for mercy.
When the emperor expands his territory and wages war, his soldiers offer the blood of their enemies in sacrifice, praying for the War God's protection.
At twelve, Shi Sui was conscripted and sent to the front lines as a spear-carrier.
In her arms, she had nothing but a rusty spear and a bundle of incense her gravely ill mother had pressed into her hands before she left.
Her mother said, "Light one stick every night and pray for the immortals to show mercy."
Shi Sui didn't believe in immortals.
If they really existed, why hadn't her mother's ceaseless prayers done anything to ease her long illness?
Until a sword pierced her chest and she fell amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.
Shi Sui had never feared death, but she was terrified that after she died, no one would care for her mother.
With the last of her strength, she lit the incense, stained red with blood and reduced to half its length.
"I beg the Carefree Immortal to show mercy. Let my mother be healthy for the rest of her life, and let Shi Sui live without misfortune."
Above the smoke of war, the Carefree Immortal Yunxia was making a bet with the War God on the Ninth Heaven.
They wagered that on this battlefield strewn with corpses, no one would worship her again.
So when Yunxia received Shi Sui's faint prayer, she won the bet through sheer callousness.
A dying person prayed to her, yet didn't even believe she existed.
Yunxia decided to keep Shi Sui alive. Shi Sui would spend the rest of her life repaying that blasphemy.
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"Sui Sui, what do you wish for?"
"For my mother to be healthy for the rest of her life, and for Shi Sui to live without misfortune."
"Sui Sui, for the rest of your life, you may only love me, trust me, and serve me."
"Say it again." Yunxia stroked Shi Sui's head and gently swayed the flickering candle with her other hand.
Shi Sui bit her lip, afraid she'd make a sound.
"I beg you to show mercy."
Shi Sui regretted it. It turned out wishes came at a price.
After that, the shameless immortals on the Ninth Heaven called Shi Sui a mad dog.
A mad dog willing to brave fire and water for Yunxia, and offer her heart and soul.
[Reading Guide]
★ One-on-one romance, locked in for a happy ending
★ Taming
★ The world is assumed to be all women
★ If you don't like it, stop reading right away
Theme: Repay a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude.
