Xue Yan was adopted by the sect leader of the Wanxiang Palace at the age of three. As a child, he dreamed of protecting his frail elder sister. He would train hard so that when she married into the Xie family of the Chongyang Immortal Sect, he could stand up for her.
Later, the Wanxiang Palace underwent a great upheaval. Xue Yan entered demonic cultivation to protect the sect. Amid a sea of blood, he saw Xiao Baoyu and the sect elders decide to seal him away forever, denying him even the chance to be reborn.
The deep betrayal nearly burned away the last of his humanity. But at the final moment, a gentle sigh drifted down from the mountaintop:
"I don't think you've figured out who the true next sect leader is."
His frail, sickly sister stepped down from the peak, riding the breeze, and reached out a slender, soft hand to him:
"A Yan, come here."
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The day Xiao Guanshui inherited the position of sect leader of the Wanxiang Palace, her heart domain opened and the world changed color.
Her slender wrist, narrow enough to fit in one hand and carrying the faintly bitter scent of the medicine she always took, rested gently on Xue Yan's shoulder.
"A Yan, don't be afraid."
Xue Yan used every ounce of his strength to suppress the madness surging in his chest. He forced the overwhelming excitement deep inside, turned his head, and gently rested his face against her palm. He fought the urge to press a scorching, violent kiss to her fragile knuckles.
She was his senior sister, his untouchable, pure moonlight.
Xiao Guanshui's fiance stood at the entrance of the Wanxiang Palace, eyes red and voice hoarse. "She's my fiancee. In life or death, she's one of the Chongyang Immortal Sect. The Wanxiang Palace is in trouble, so I've come to take her home."
Xue Yan laughed coldly and planted his foot on the man's sword. "She's one of the Xiao family, the sect leader of the Wanxiang Palace. What does any of that have to do with your Chongyang Immortal Sect?"
"Xue Yan, you're not even surnamed Xiao!"
Xue Yan smiled faintly.
"All the better."
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