The Republic's Greatest Master of the Occult

Huo Cangyue, a prodigy of the mystic sect, returned to the Republic of China era.

Her godfather, Li the Blind, said she wouldn't live to see eighteen, so he chose Li Yansheng, the man with the most auspicious birth chart in the village, to be her husband.

But later, Li the Blind disappeared, Li Yansheng fell in love with a wealthy young lady from a Western-style school, and they offered Huo Cangyue to the river god.

Luckily, she returned at just the right time. But when she saw the woman Li Yansheng had fallen for, Huo Cangyue decided to wish them well.

Later, she heard that Li Yansheng had gotten his wish and won his beloved's hand, only to die a gruesome death on his wedding night!

Huo Cangyue knew then that Li the Blind was just a half-baked yin-yang master. How could Li Yansheng's short-lived fate possibly be a good birth chart?

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A prodigy of the mystic sect woke up one day as Song Yanxi, the daughter raised by a bound-footed lady in the Republic of China era.

Her modern-minded husband, Zhang Yibai, had just returned from studying abroad and was forcing her to divorce him.

Zhang Yibai had studied abroad, was a talented writer, handsome and refined, and spoke three languages. His friends all felt sorry for him: he had failed to escape the shackles of feudalism and married an old-fashioned young lady.

Later, everyone met Song Yanxi and felt sorry for her instead. She was radiant and charming, fluent in eight languages, and her graceful calligraphy (talisman drawing) was eagerly bought by the wealthy and powerful for exorbitant sums.

How had she ended up marrying a mundane man like Zhang Yibai?

Theme: Though the road is full of thorns, you must still forge a sunlit path.