He Shuangqi × Xie Yujing
[Irresponsible, flirtatious older man × Gentle yet sinister beauty]
In April of the first year of Chengping, the throne changed hands. The Xie family of the Wumei Sect, once the most powerful sect in the martial world, was wiped out, and its second and third young masters fled.
In September of the thirteenth year of Chengping, during a season of clear autumn skies, their whereabouts were discovered. They escaped by sheer luck, but were separated and sent to different places. In a scenic little town, Xie Yujing met He Shuangqi, a man who seemed almost ethereal.
Xie Yujing was fifteen that year. Until then, his life had been consumed by flight. His elder brother had raised him, and he had lived in ruined temples and eaten spoiled food. He had never imagined that one day he would become a contender in the struggle for the realm, nor could he have guessed how turbulent and extraordinary his life would become.
He Shuangqi thought life was boring. His mother died when he was young, and he had not even learned who his father was. After eighteen years of such a dull life, on another dull day, someone told him that his fate had already been decided.
He Shuangqi did not believe in fate, so he went to see this so-called "destiny" for himself. But when he met the person, he thought he must have been tricked. This destiny was just a pitiful boy younger than him, on the run from assassins. How could he be called destiny? He insisted on following him to see what was so special about this fate.
They were young and reckless, and a flash of jade light startled the world. The land bore the weight of every storm and every tale of the past.
The martial world and the imperial court served as their stage, old grudges between men and women as their pact. Life and death, love and hate, all turned in an instant. The song rang out, and the old friend was gone.
Court intrigue · Martial world · Two male leads
Theme: Beneath the workings of fate, amid the struggle for the throne and dangers in the martial world, they ultimately found that after the darkest stretch of road came another village in the shade of willow trees.
