An Ancient Taught Me About Love

I transmigrated to ancient times and fell in love with a noble young man from an aristocratic family, the sole heir for three generations. He was handsome and refined, the most celebrated gentleman in the capital, and a wonderful romantic prospect.

But I never expected him to persuade his family to formally seek my hand in marriage, bringing all the proper betrothal gifts to propose to an ordinary commoner like me.

I only wanted to be in love, not get married. I couldn't accept the ancient customs of taking multiple wives and concubines or the principle that husbands held absolute authority.

So I rejected the proposal, and the young master asked me why.

I said I was possessive by nature. If he was determined to marry me, I would be his only woman for the rest of our lives. If he broke that promise, I would leave him forever, and we would never meet again, in life or death.

He bowed deeply before me and made his promise with solemn sincerity. I had no choice but to accept.

On the day of our wedding, I could sense his grandfather's displeasure with me even through the fan.

But as I was being led into the bridal chamber, I saw the time portal through which I had transmigrated. Unable to bear missing my family or give up my longing for a modern, equal society, I took off my wedding robe and leaped through the portal.

I thought my year of transmigration would become nothing more than a dream. I never expected the portal to recognize me as its master, letting me return five years later.

When I went back to the ancient world, everything had changed. Fifty years had passed there.

My young master had died three years earlier. The sole heir for three generations, he had never married, honoring his promise to me for his entire life. Even as he lay dying, he still believed I would return.

Later, I cultivated immortality and searched all across the world for my young master's reincarnation.

Luckily, I found him.

Notes: [New chapters are updated before midnight every day. If an update is delayed without notice, I'll send out red envelopes.] [This novel will be available to buy this Sunday, with 9,000 words released that day~]

1. This is not a domestic-intrigue or farming story. The heroine transmigrates in her actual body, and both leads are strong.

2. The story has two worlds. Volume One is set in the ancient world, and Volume Two in the xianxia world.

3. The hero will retain his memories. He is the same person.

4. The "little boy Pei Xun" in the prologue is a supporting male character and boss, not the hero.

5. Cover art by the wonderful artist Yue Ning~~

*****Please add my upcoming novel, "Marrying the Immortal Lord Again," to your reading list******

In her previous life, by the time Ning Ruoruo was rescued from the demon realm by her father, the God of War, her cruel, fickle demonic nature could no longer be purged.

Her father still had no time to look after her, so he married her off to the Eastern Residence Immortal Lord, the most self-disciplined, proper, cool, and composed man in the immortal realm.

This immortal lord had a face of unsurpassed beauty, but he was dull, boring, stiff, and pedantic, unable to tolerate even a trace of demonic impurity.

On the first day of their marriage, she ate a demon's soul raw, so her husband locked her in a dark room. The next day, after she exchanged a few playful remarks with one of his adorable young disciples, he forced her into a freezing pool to cultivate self-discipline. On the third day, she killed a disciple who'd made snide remarks, and was sentenced to three hundred strokes of the cane, administered by him personally. She could swear he hadn't held back at all.

Every day, he made Ning Ruoruo practice immortal swordsmanship for three hours and sent her to the Thunder Pool to endure agonies worse than death, purging her demonic nature.

This life nearly drove Ning Ruoruo mad. She burned his clothes, knocked over his collection of books, smashed his treasures, and never let him eat or sleep in peace. She would interrupt his cultivation and ambush him while he practiced swordsmanship. At last, she finally found a chance to escape the Eastern Residence.

Later, she died, and the Demon Lord emerged. Her father, as the God of War, had to sacrifice his blood to the Demon-Slaying Sword and perish alongside the Demon Lord. But she secretly stole the divine sword and took her father's place, perishing with the Demon Lord.

She knew that her father had made her marry Luo Qingchen to protect her, and that Luo Qingchen had been strict with her because her father had asked him to raise her properly. She also knew that on the Three Lives Stone, Luo Qingchen's destined wife wasn't her.

As she sacrificed her blood, she thought that at last her father would no longer have to bear the infamy on her account. As for Luo Qingchen, he would probably feel relieved, too! He would find the wife destined for him on the Three Lives Stone, Qiao Wu, and live as long as the heavens.

When she awoke again, she found herself transformed into Qiao Wu.

An orphan from a minor immortal clan whose parents had died long ago, she had been sent overnight by her clan members to be married to a corpse, in an attempt to curry favor with an Immortal Venerable.

In the bridal chamber, she regained her freedom and discovered that Luo Qingchen was beside her, hollowed out of his six souls and reduced to a puppet. The disciples gazed at her with reverence and pity.

Only then did she learn that Luo Qingchen had died twenty years ago, on the same day she had died in her previous life.

She thought Luo Qingchen had felt no love for her, only a sense of duty.

She never imagined that on the day she died in her previous life, Luo Qingchen would turn completely white-haired overnight. Later, he fought his way into the demon realm and died in battle at the very place where she had sacrificed herself.

Theme: Pursue love that is equal, free, and sincere.