My Years with the Emperor

Blurb One:

Shi Buwan was a revered god who should have been honored by the Six Realms. Instead, she met a grisly end, her soul scattered to the winds.

Reborn, she wanted to sever ties with her past and return to the righteous path. Unfortunately, her soul was incomplete, and her divine artifact was missing.

The fragments of her soul were in the hands of her mother in her previous life: the very ruler of the Divine Realm who had scattered her soul with her own hands.

Her lost life-bound divine artifact was in the hands of her wife in her previous life: the very Emperor of the Heavenly Dao whose memories she had erased.

Neither woman was easy to deal with. Shi Buwan sighed. "Life is hard, but I can tough it out."

So she drew up a thorough plan titled On How to Get Back What's Mine from the Two Great Deities, the Ruler of the Divine Realm and the Emperor of the Heavenly Dao.

The plan was simple: first earn their trust, then reclaim her soul and divine artifact!

The Divine Empress asked, "I hear you admire me greatly?"

Shi Buwan answered with perfect sincerity, "Your Majesty is compassionate and selfless. Slaying your own daughter after she fell to demonic corruption thousands of years ago was truly an act of righteousness. I have admired you for a long time."

The Divine Empress was so ashamed that she didn't dare reveal who she was.

Mistaking Shi Buwan for someone who had forgotten her past, she warned, "The Emperor of the Heavenly Dao is no good match. Don't get too close to her."

Shi Buwan smiled innocently. "All right."

Then, Shi Buwan turned around and was all over the Emperor of the Heavenly Dao, acting like they were inseparable.

In her previous life, to prevent a great war from laying waste to all living things, Shi Buwan chose a path of no return.

Before she died, Shi Buwan used the Heart-Severing Art on her wife, erasing her memories with her own hands.

She really had made a mess of things.

Her wife had completely forgotten her.

One night.

The spiritual power inside Shi Buwan grew restless. Only the life-bound divine artifact on the Emperor could soothe it, so she had no choice but to ask, "I have feelings for you, and we're already betrothed. Could I stay here tonight?"

The Emperor of the Heavenly Dao struck her from afar again, sending her flying out the door. Her face icy, she said, "No."

They weren't going to do anything. They'd only be sleeping in the same bed. What was the big deal?

Shi Buwan's heart turned cold, and she regretted everything.

If only she had known she would come back alive, she never would have erased her memories.

Blurb Two:

The Emperor of the Heavenly Dao had been chosen by Heaven. Knowing the path ahead was perilous and her life uncertain, she had devoted herself to arduous cultivation for thousands of years, never letting anything distract her.

Who could have guessed that a fiancee would show up out of nowhere? This fiancee was too frail to care for herself, needing the Emperor to share her divine power every day just to get through daily life. Without her, she acted as if she might die.

The Emperor of the Heavenly Dao thought, What a nuisance. I'll nurse her back to health and send her away as soon as possible.

Looking at the person in front of her, the Emperor of the Heavenly Dao struck a negotiating pose. "I bear a great responsibility to the Heavenly Dao. I could die at any moment. I'm no good match for you. If you're willing to break off the engagement, ask for whatever you want."

Shi Buwan didn't take her words to heart. With unwavering determination, she said, "I have feelings for you, Your Majesty. There's no way I'm breaking off our engagement."

The Emperor of the Heavenly Dao merely smiled, not taking her words seriously.

She was the Emperor appointed by the Heavenly Dao. Everyone knew she would eventually sacrifice herself for the Six Realms.

Anyone willing to marry her must have been hoping for a lifetime of widowhood...

But this fiancee seemed to be truly and deeply in love with her.

As Shi Buwan's health gradually improved, she showed no sign of leaving. Instead, she trained hard every day, saying she wanted to help shoulder the Heavenly Dao's great responsibility after they married.

Shi Buwan truly loved her.

It wasn't until their wedding night, when the woman who had repeatedly professed her love stabbed her through the heart and took the Five-Colored Stone Heart, that she understood... This so-called love had only ever been about the divine artifact.

Important note: This story is not angsty!

Theme: Righteousness prevails over evil.