A Glimmer in the Dark

[Decisive, Brilliant, Supreme Female Lead × Scheming, Brooding, Beautiful and Tragic Male Lead]

Ming Ran was no softhearted demon.

In the eyes of the outside world, she was the empress who ruled the Boundless Realm, the embodiment of supreme authority, a ruler frozen by loneliness and responsibility since childhood.

A grand scheme, brewing within the demon race for over a thousand years, finally began to unfold on this day.

With her own kin coveting her throne and a rebel faction lurking unseen in the shadows, she decided to use herself as bait, fake her death, and draw them into the game, so she could root them all out!

But just as the play reached its halfway point, an old acquaintance who had vanished over a thousand years ago suddenly appeared. She had once saved him without a second thought, but now he claimed he had come to save her?

He was an outcast, the unwanted child of a god and a demon, rejected by all six realms. Through a thousand years of wandering beneath the vast heavens, all he had sought was a place to call home. Yet his bloodline had driven him to the brink at the hands of a cruel world.

But his arrival was no simple matter. He brought with him a carefully laid game of his own.

A pact in which each would get what they wanted bound their fates together in a web of schemes.

What began as a cold transaction would be tempered in blood into a love capable of overturning the six realms.

She would use the flames that could burn the heavens to clear the fog surrounding her master's murder; with the body he had left, he would lay a blood-red path for her return to the throne.

This love was born of love, and by love it would endure.

"From now on, judge guilt by one's actions, not one's origins."

That is the law you and I created together...

Before You Read:

1. The male and female leads use each other, but genuine feelings are mixed in. Two strong leads join forces to seek revenge, with both mystery and political intrigue. The plot moves at a brisk pace.

2. There is no love triangle. The leads and supporting characters each have their own pairings. The leads will have their share of push and pull, and there will be a little romantic rivalry later on.

3. The author is working hard on the chapters. If the collection and view counts go up, there may be extra updates from time to time!

Theme: In this world, those who break the deadlock need not die to survive. They can endure through love.