Moon Over the Spring Pond

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A woman was imprisoned in Zheyun Hall.

The immortal attendants had no idea what their aloof and exalted Divine Lord, Yan Zhiyue, intended to do with her.

He would neither let her out nor let her die.

Only in the dead of night, when no one else was around, would Yan Zhiyue grip her by the throat and ask her again and again, "Chi Zhenzhen, what is your heart made of?"

He hated her so much.

He hated that she had lied to him and deceived him, that she had drawn him in and toyed with him, shattered his Dao heart and disrupted his divine fate. He hated that she had treated him as a stand-in for that lowly demon.

But most of all, he hated that she did not love him.

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Years ago, when Chi Zhenzhen first arrived at Yueyang Mountain, she thought she could make all her wishes come true.

She had no idea how insane Yan Zhiyue, who seemed so radiant and compassionate, would become once he was driven mad.

*The aloof flower is dragged from his pedestal and becomes a madman. Classic melodramatic tropes.

*Happy ending.

*Weibo: @Mu Tian w

Synopsis for my next fantasy novel, The Ninth Life:

In the Princess's Residence, Miss Chang, who was staying there, was on the brink of death.

The white-bearded old physician stole a few glances at Jiang Luoyin, then said to Li Yue, "The only way now is to use phoenix meat as medicine to keep Miss Chang alive. Then there's still a chance."

There was a rumor in the Li Kingdom that when the little princess Jiang Luoyin was born, the heavens showed strange signs. A phoenix's radiant light had circled in the sky and lingered for a long time. It was said that the princess was the reincarnation of the Phoenix Goddess, sent by Heaven to protect the Li Kingdom. If phoenix meat truly existed in this world, then it must be the little princess's flesh.

Anyone could guess that the physician was only making excuses because he had run out of options.

Unexpectedly, after hearing him out, Li Yue really turned to look at Jiang Luoyin.

In ancient times, Bi Gan had his heart cut out. Perhaps Li Yue thought that losing a piece of flesh would be no great harm to a princess, and she would recover after a year or so.

Or perhaps he simply did not care whether Jiang Luoyin lived or died.

If Jiang Luoyin had not used her status as a princess to force this ill-fated relationship into being, he would have been living happily with Miss Chang by now.

That was exactly the outcome Jiang Luoyin wanted.

She readily agreed, picked up a dagger from beside her, and, while everyone was caught off guard, resolutely plunged it into her own heart!

After nine cycles of reincarnation, even the most patient immortal could give up hope completely.

Now she could return to Xiantai Mountain and live carefree as the little princess she was.

In the Li Kingdom's capital, Emperor Sikou Yue's divine bones were shattered during his reincarnation. He killed the little disciple he had cherished for a thousand years and fell into the demonic path, all to find the demon clan's secret art of resurrection.

When the princess heard about it, she chuckled. "Don't tell me such strange tales anymore. But if the demon clan ever attacks Xiantai Mountain, I'll slaughter them all."

Theme: To succeed, you must first set a clear goal.