By order, Shuyun Wei, chief of the Divine Officials, set out for the borderlands to slay an evil seed.
But the moment he saw her, he fell for her beauty.
To make sure the evil seed died looking beautiful,
Shuyun Wei conjured an endless, sunless snowstorm.
Sixteen-year-old Zhu Hua, determined to fulfill her parents' dying wish, carried a heavy sword case across towering mountains, only to lose her way in a snowstorm.
The road ahead stretched endlessly. Alone, she walked until she could no longer see or hear,
then lost all five senses and the use of all four limbs.
As death drew near, she clutched the sword case and struggled through the snow.
Then she saw someone walking toward her beneath an umbrella.
Three years later, Zhu Hua, praised by the people, became the top disciple of Hongmeng Academy. Yet she was relentlessly hunted by one group after another. Each time she escaped danger, her teacher, Shuyun Wei, happened to find her and carry her back to the clinic for treatment.
People said that Teacher Shu was indifferent and no one could catch his eye. Only Miss Zhu could see the warmth in his gaze.
Zhu Hua believed them, and gradually fell for Shuyun Wei, until she found an umbrella in his room that seemed strangely familiar.
That night, she knocked on Shuyun Wei's door. By candlelight, she pressed her blade to his throat and smiled. "People call you a snow-capped peak, beautiful from afar but impossible to reach. I don't agree. You're a person, just like anyone else. I once thought you treated me well because you had feelings for me. Only today did I realize that everything you've done is because you feel guilty toward me."
"I was only following orders."
Shuyun Wei brushed away the tear at the corner of her eye and said coolly,
"Everyone who knows your identity wants you dead."
"It's their business if they want me dead." Zhu Hua pressed the blade closer. "What I want to know is, do you still want to kill me?"
Shuyun Wei glanced at the blade at his throat, took a measured sip of tea, and pushed it away.
"No."
The girl put away her blade and lifted her chin with a smile. "If you forget your words today someday, as important people often do, I'll repay you a hundredfold for what you've done to me."
Shuyun Wei leaned back and spread his arms, smiling without a care. "Go ahead."
In one sentence: A destitute orphan gradually becomes the new god of the world through a love-hate struggle with a scheming divine official.
Reader's Guide!
1. The worldbuilding is all my own. It's my take on fantasy, with a mountain of original elements.
2. The heroine grows rapidly. She's the strongest among her peers early on and the strongest in the entire story later.
3. I'm terrible at writing blurbs. I've revised this one several times because I kept changing the outline, but this should be the final version.
4. I'm not sure if it's a good premise, but I like it. I'm writing what I want to read, and I'll do my best to create characters with distinct personalities.
5. It looks like it'll be a long story. I'll start posting once I have a decent backlog, tentatively in March 2027.
6. To be added.
Blurb dated June 30, 2026. Screenshot saved.
Theme: Prejudice hurts people
