Synopsis
As a child, Yin Wanning believed that growing up in safety, happily practicing swordsmanship, and joyfully becoming a swordswoman roaming the martial world would make for a perfect life. Then, an unforeseen disaster struck. Her appearance was ruined, her body and mind were both damaged, and she disappeared from everyone's view.
By a twist of fate, she was rescued. Thinking she had returned to the right path, she instead fell victim to an impostor and ended up among a foreign people in a strange land.
After learning their martial arts and secret techniques, she kept her thoughts fixed on the culprit behind the disaster and returning to her former life, only to discover too many heartbreaking secrets...
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Tan Yushan's ideal life was to leisurely wander the martial world as a traveling doctor. After saving a girl with a kind heart, his life strayed further and further from that ideal. He joined a renowned orthodox sect and became a direct disciple. Just as he devoted himself to the righteous path, he unexpectedly learned that he was of foreign origin and became an object of public scorn.
No one knew that a girl's image had long occupied Tan Yushan's heart, long before he even realized it. Many of the inexplicable choices that drew him away from his ideal life were guided by the feelings he had for her...
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Yelv Yushuo was a nobleman of imperial blood, handsome and robust, fierce and agile. Beloved by countless young women, he discovered that he was being ignored by a frail, penniless woman from a foreign people. As he silently observed her, he saw her practice martial arts, save people, and help and comfort him. Before long, he couldn't help helping her, saving her, and thinking of her...
She was once a member of a renowned martial sect, but ended up among a foreign people in a strange land, where she learned their martial arts and secret techniques, all the while longing to return to her former life~
He was a direct disciple of an orthodox sect, devoted to the righteous path, but unexpectedly discovered he was of foreign origin and became an object of public scorn~
They were childhood friends, and when they met again, both had become fellow wanderers in a foreign land~
In a turbulent age, with foreign invaders on the march, they braved the storms together~
Looking back on the bleak road behind them, there were storms, but there was love too~
The destination they pursued through all their hardships was as far from their original dreams as the sea floor is from the sky~
The answer to the mystery that had haunted them turned out to be a body covered in wounds~
But because of you, I still have the courage~
I have seen the world and its people. From now on, I will accept myself~
She said in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry. I can't do it."
Her eyes shone brightly. "Why care what other people say? As long as you can live with yourself, that's enough."
Her eyes reddened. "You took the wrong path. Because you feared the criticism of others, because the price of returning to the right path was too high, would you rather hurt others and beat yourself bloody than turn back, just because you've already come this far?"
Though life may fall short of our wishes,
The world is always glad when we meet again.
Who can understand the wind across the plains
As it passes over the green hills?
Inward and outward, its meaning is hard to discern, yet it remains untamed.
Rain glimmers,
Mist drifts away,
Affection endures.
A light boat sails together, sharing dreams beneath the Milky Way.
Reader advisory:
1. Pure imagination, set in a fictional world, so please don't nitpick the historical details. Some characters are inspired by real people.
2. No System, no rebirth, no transmigration, not high-powered martial arts, not a Mary Sue story.
3. 1v1, happy ending, gentle and heartwarming.
Theme: Life is a journey through hardship, and the world is well worth living in~