Broken Jade

When Zeyu was ten, demons attacked her village, killing most of its people, including the father and mother who had adopted her.

The demonic fire raged for three days and three nights. Many villagers were reduced to ashes, but Zeyu not only survived, she came away without a scratch.

The villagers thought she was an ill omen. They bullied her, drove her away, and even tried to kill her, until her master from Jiuyi Mountain came to her rescue.

Her master took her from the village to Jiuyi, accepted her as a disciple, and taught her immortal arts.

Though she was dull-witted and couldn't even master the most basic techniques, neither her senior brothers and sisters nor her master blamed or rejected her.

Back then, she thought herself lucky. A seed of love sprouted in her young heart. Even though her master did not return her feelings, she asked for nothing more, wanting only to stay by her master's side for the rest of her life.

Later, her master returned from traveling with a young woman who looked seven-tenths like Zeyu, shattering her dream.

The young woman stayed by her master's side, who gazed at her with warmth and a smile. Only then did Zeyu realize her master wasn't incapable of love. Her heart had simply belonged to someone else all along, and Zeyu was only that person's stand-in.

A clever, charming little junior sister came to Jiuyi Mountain, and dull-witted Zeyu was no longer loved by anyone.

Her master, with the bearing of an immortal, ventured alone into a demon's lair to save the junior sister. Demonic energy entered her body, and she nearly lost control of her mind.

Her gentle, honest senior brother betrayed the sect, holding a long sword to Zeyu's neck in exchange for the junior sister.

Her master refused to make the trade, without hesitation.

Zeyu had nothing left. The only one still by her side was the little wolf she'd taken in.

But because of the junior sister, even the little wolf was to be killed in the end.

As her master's sword came down, Zeyu stood in front of the little wolf. Meeting her master's suddenly terrified gaze, Zeyu smiled.

A Yu owed her master a life, and now she'd paid it back.

On a long, dark night, Zeyu, dressed in a white skirt blooming with red, fell from the peak of Jiuyi Mountain into the abyss.

Theme: True love