Unmoved by Wind and Moon

The Dreamglass Mirror of the Tianyan Immortal Realm revealed chaos engulfing the mortal world and its people suffering terribly. The cause was Bai Yu, an immortal from the Phantom Spirit Immortal Realm, who was about to ascend and become a high god. Only if Bai Yu descended to the mortal realm and endured his tribulation could this troubled age be brought to an end. As the mistress of the Tianyan Immortal Realm, the Moon-Invoking Immortal Maiden was skilled at divining the unpredictable laws of Heaven, and she too should descend to help Bai Yu through his tribulation.

But the Moon-Invoking Immortal Maiden never expected that the immortal who had once pitied all living beings would be reborn as Shen Sui, heir to the throne of the mortal Xuan Dynasty: a cold and merciless man with a deeply obsessive nature.

The day Shen Sui led his army into the Jing Kingdom, beneath a sky drenched in blood, he drove his sword through Ji Shiyue. Gripping the sword in his hand, Shen Sui asked her:

"You knew all along that I would kill you. Why did you still come to meet me?"

"You showed me so much affection because you had already divined that I would be the one to end this troubled age."

"Ji Shiyue, what you promised me, does it still stand?"

Ji Shiyue did not answer Shen Sui. She simply reached out, grasped the sword in her chest, and pushed it another inch into her body. Blood trickled between her fingers.

"Shen Sui, let it end here."

The Jing Kingdom fell, the four kingdoms united, the age of turmoil came to an end, and peace returned to the mortal world. Bai Yu ascended to become a high god, and he heard a prayer addressed to the gods.

Three thousand years later, at the birthday banquet of the Immortal Lord Fengyuan, the Moon-Invoking Immortal Maiden came to offer her congratulations. To everyone's surprise, even the ever-reclusive High God Bai Yu had come...

Reading Guide

1. This story is divided into a mortal-world arc and an immortal-world arc. The heroine retains her immortal powers in the mortal-world arc, while the hero is mortal. The mortal-world arc will not be very long.

2. Neither lead is perfect, and neither is wholly good.

3. The blurb does not reveal the whole story or the full characterization of the leads. It only gives a surface impression.

4. If there's no update before 1 a.m., there won't be one that day. The update will be postponed until the next day.

Theme: Beyond the dream of mountains and rivers, a decade's promise of wind and moonlight.