Everyone says she has only ordinary talent and is timid and cowardly, fit only to stay by her master's side and rely on her protection.
Only she knows that the golden edge sealed away within her is a shield she prepared for Xie Qingshu, staking everything across countless cycles of rebirth.
Lu Zhiyao was born with a supreme-grade metal spirit root. In her previous life, she squandered her time in play, watching helplessly as her master, Xie Qingshu, was ambushed by treacherous foes and her soul scattered.
She braved countless dangers and offered up her lifespan and cultivation in exchange for a chance to be reborn.
Returning to the day she became Xie Qingshu's disciple, she concealed her golden radiance and murderous edge, becoming an obedient, unremarkable little disciple.
Timidly dependent in public, ruthless in her actions behind closed doors.
Her golden light kept hidden, her sharpness quietly honed.
Though the road ahead seethes with demonic miasma and danger lurks on every side, she comes bearing a golden sword, determined to protect her master and grant her a lifetime of peace.
Once the turmoil has passed and the land lies wide before them, she will journey by sword through the mountains and rivers with her master, together year after year.
Theme: Guided by the longing of a reborn soul, this is the story of a disciple who conceals her strength and endures in silence, overcoming the regrets of her past to protect her master. Through times of crisis, they depend on one another, until at last they can share the mountains and rivers together.
