Born in the Wilderness

The world lies in ruins, and wild energy hangs thick in the dust. Su Jin is a lone soul born in the depths of the Great Wilderness, with no immortal status, no master, and no destiny to favor her. From the moment she was born, Heaven abandoned her to the desolate wilds, where she endured endless ages alone amid cold stones and miasma.

People say the wilderness breeds violent energy, and that those with tainted bones are unworthy of becoming immortals. For a thousand years, she watched the splendor of the immortal sects and the stars of the Ninth Heaven, all of it beyond her reach. She had long since grown used to being alone and bearing her own hardships. She hid her tenderness and her true nature, wearing indifference as armor and solitude as her home. She never hoped for salvation or dared to hope for companionship, enduring tribulation year after year in the forsaken wilderness.

Until the aloof immortal Ling Chen shattered the dense mists of the ruins and entered her desolate fate.

He dwells in the palaces of the Ninth Heaven and governs the order of the stars. He has witnessed every tribulation in the world, his heart detached and untainted. Yet he treats this lone soul of the wilderness differently from all others. He never looks down on her tainted origins, never forces her to defy her fate, and never tries to make her an immortal. He simply stands quietly in her desolate years, watching the stars and moon over the ruins with her, listening to the evening wind pass through the stones, and accepting all her stubbornness, loneliness, and scars.

One was born in the dusty wilderness, covered in hardship and tribulation; the other stands atop the clouds, holding the pure light of a vast realm in his hands.

Their fates should never have crossed, yet in the barren Great Wilderness, their paths slowly entwine. Long years spent together melt away an eternity of loneliness, and her hard armor quietly begins to crack.

At last, she understands that being born in the wilderness is neither a sin nor a fate she was born to bear. Tenderness can bloom in barren lands, and even one with tainted bones can find a home.

No one can guide the way through the desolate ruins of eternity. Only he comes through the mist, giving her the spring breeze and salvation of a lifetime spent together.

Theme: A xianxia story