Lighting the Soul Lamp

Wen Hegui, a computer science graduate who had just entered the working world, soon started feeling that something was off.

By the time Wen Hegui transmigrated into this world, the letter breaking off her engagement was already on the table.

He was already gone.

In this life, when he came to find her, the first thing he said was, “The engagement is off.”

He knew everything. He just never said a word.

Through the lamp, Wen Hegui saw her previous life. But no one knew exactly what had happened back then, or perhaps someone had chosen to avoid it and keep quiet.

Ouyang Ji had an odd name: Ji, meaning hardship. As the eldest son of the General’s Residence, people still said he was “hopeless,” incapable of inheriting the old general’s legacy.

Few knew he had an unspeakable secret. Perhaps that wasn’t even his real name, and perhaps... this identity wasn’t real either.

On the seal was carved another name: Li Qianshang.

Wen Hegui soon obtained the first item in this world: a soul lamp.

Yet Ouyang Ji was adamant that she shouldn’t keep it. When she asked why, he said nothing.

Wen Hegui wasn’t about to indulge him. She snatched the lamp back and glanced at him. “If you won’t tell me, I’ll investigate it myself. You won’t let me marry you

“Too late.”

Wen Hegui slapped three soul-summoning bells on the table. “You’re too late. The lamp is already lit.”

He didn’t want her to remember. But she had lit the lamp, and she had chosen this path.

A conspiracy lay in wait in the shadows. The Bone-Pinning Altar awaited in the northwest, and someone had been waiting there for nearly a century.

In her previous life, the Grand General Who Defends the Nation and the Crown Prince had been childhood friends, growing up together. But one died on the battlefield, and the other met a gruesome end.

Perhaps Wen Hegui’s arrival had always been necessary. Someone else had been sealed away beneath the Bone-Pinning Altar after death, devoured by ten thousand souls, unable to live or die.

Shen Nan was an assumed name. His real surname was Li, and he was the emperor of the realm. From the first time he saw Wen Hegui, he knew she had returned: the fearless general had come back.

But he wouldn’t kill Wen Hegui right away, because... he wanted to watch her die in front of him again, and make his younger brother watch the person he loved die once more.

He would wait for the right moment, for Ouyang Ji to finally emerge from his grief, and then force him back into the mire.

Li was his surname, and also his fate!

But Shen Nan underestimated the bond between Ouyang Ji and Wen Hegui. The red thread of fate between them brought Wen Hegui back to his side once more.

Wen Hegui was the greatest variable in this world.

Wen Hegui tucked the soul lamp into her chest, swung into the saddle, and said, “Why wait? I’m going to get him.”

Where you are, my love will be there too...

[Author’s note]

[If you spot any little mistakes in the story, please feel free to point them out! I’ll revise it after it’s finished. I won’t start a new story until I’ve finished revising this one, and I’ll see every story through to the end.]

[No matter how far you’ve read, thank you for sharing a wonderful part of your time with me~]

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