She was shot through the heart by his arrow and rolled down the cliff with scars.
He panicked and found her body at the foot of the cliff, but he was lucky enough to think that her demonic lotus heart could save her life.
But he didn't know that the demon fairy lotus heart had already been used to bring his dead wife back to life.
Before she died she said:
The thing I regret most in my life is not being able to forget you before I die.