Yi Xuehe is the Ninth Princess of the Yanhu Kingdom on the Jili Continent. She has been showered with love since childhood, yet never grew spoiled or domineering. Hailed as the Pearl of Yanhu and the most beautiful woman in Cangzhou, she lives a carefree and comfortable life.
Her mother died young, and her father dotes on her alone. Four servants from the Weilan Palace, Mibao, Tangbao, Fubao, and Yuanbao, two eunuchs and two palace maids, have been by her side as she grew up. They are diligent, honest, obedient, and loyal, and she is content with her lot.
She should have lived out her days in happiness and luxury. But no one could have imagined that on the day of her fifteenth birthday ceremony, her normally meek servants would suddenly turn vicious, become demons and wolves, stage a coup and murder the emperor, set the palace on fire, and let rebel forces into the city from within.
In the end, the kingdom fell and her family was destroyed.
She was killed by a red-robed woman who came flying on a sword. Not only did the woman kill her, she also flayed her and wore her skin.
And Yuanbao, the little eunuch who had been at her side since childhood and committed such a heinous crime, was taken away by the red-robed woman.
Her life had been glorious, only to end in an instant at its brightest moment. Such a tumultuous life was nothing more than the opening chapter of a male-oriented tale of conquest and revenge.
And one set against a cultivation backdrop, no less.
The male lead, Wu Fengzhe, was framed as a child, and his entire family was massacred. At five, he was brought into the palace and castrated, enduring humiliation after humiliation. Later, Consort Sang Mian saved him, and he became a servant who grew up alongside the Ninth Princess, Yi Xuehe. As time passed, he fell in love with the pure and kind princess who warmed him like a ray of light.
After years of plotting, he finally avenged his family, only to catch the eye of a powerful cultivator and be led onto the path of cultivation.
Worst of all, the red-robed Dao Lord who had forcibly taken him as her disciple had skinned the woman he loved and wore her face every day, flaunting it for all to see.
Already twisted and pathologically obsessive, the male lead became even more depraved, using every means at his disposal to seize power and become stronger. The face that belonged to Yi Xuehe became the source of his hatred and the driving force behind his revenge.
By the end of the first volume, the male lead finally killed his master with a single sword strike, reclaimed the skin, and left the immortal sect.
Yi Xuehe wakes from her "dream" and looks up to see the meek little eunuch, the male lead, smiling tenderly at her.
Yi Xuehe: ...Turn around. You're creeping me out.
P.S. A heroine of mysterious origins, without a love-root, a goddess x a male lead who defies fate, is obsessively devoted, and is utterly unhinged.
A few things to know:
1. The male lead is genuinely a eunuch at first. After reaching a certain level of cultivation, he restores his body.
2. The heroine's love-root has been severed, so the male lead has a long road ahead of him to win her heart.
Theme: Defy fate and never give in.