Ballad of the Mortal World

He was once a handsome, beloved general in the Heavenly Court. But after falling in love with someone he should never have loved, he was punished by Heaven. He became the key to binding the Demon Lord, and was sealed along with him inside the Five-Spirit Stone, where his soul endured six hundred years of torment. He was the cherished son of the God of Creation, who had brought the gods into being. Gifted with endless life and great magical power, he stood above all others, yet fell in love with someone as graceful as a green bamboo. He believed his peerless beauty could protect him for all eternity, until the end of the world. But he never imagined that not only humans, demons, and monsters, but even immortals could be punished by Heaven... For six hundred years, he waited alone... He was the breathtakingly beautiful ruler of the Demon Realm, a being even the Jade Emperor feared. Yet he never thought that, despite his pride, he would one day fall in love with someone destined to be his enemy. To have him, he dragged him down with him and kept him at his side for six hundred years. Though he could never have his heart or his body, simply being able to look at him from so close made him feel he could die without regrets...