Guide Me Through a Thousand Autumns

Everyone calls Su Qianqiu the kindest master in the world, gentle as jade and unrivaled in Daoist arts across the Six Realms. Only he knows the truth: he bears a fate of absolute ill fortune, and anyone who grows close to him will eventually have their soul shattered and meet a tragic end. He found the orphaned young Ling Du at a mass grave, becoming the only light in the boy’s life of misery. To ensure his disciple survived the heavenly tribulation, Su Qianqiu chose to play the part of a heartless man. He spoke coldly and harshly, drove him away, and inflicted punishments through gritted teeth. For every injury he caused his disciple, his own soul shattered a little more, and he lost ten years of his life. Amid endless neglect, Ling Du’s obsession took root. Lost in love and hatred, he eventually fell to the demonic path, defied Heaven to seize power, and turned the Three Realms upside down. He hated his master’s coldness and the injustice of the world, and swore to chain Su Qianqiu to his side forever, never letting him escape. Everyone believed the disciple had turned on his master, repaying kindness with treachery. But when the truth came to light beneath a sky full of wind and snow, the Demon Lord finally learned that every cold word and every hurt inflicted over the years had been his master’s wager: Su Qianqiu had staked his very soul to pave a path to survival for him. A guardianship disguised as heartlessness, an obsession shared by two people across life and death. Through a thousand autumns, who saves whom, and who betrays whom? Theme: Through a restrained, mutual obsession, this story explores the boundary between love and sacrifice. Some wounds are not inflicted with malice; beneath coldness lies a willingness to give one’s life to protect another. Obsession can consume the heart, yet it can also become redemption spanning the ages. Even shackled by Heaven’s decrees and fate, the depth of human feeling can ultimately defy destiny’s cruelty.