My Husband, Who Died in Battle, Has Returned

Xiaoxiao prayed to an immortal lord for a marriage match.

Her husband was handsome and tall, gentle and affectionate. His eyes always held only her. He loved her most, and loved only her.

She hoped they would grow old together in this life, but her husband died in battle, and not even his whole body was left behind...

A year and a half after their wedding, Xiaoxiao became a widow.

She cried for days, refused the matchmaker's proposals, and couldn't bring herself to entertain the several distinguished young gentlemen who came to call in person.

She thought she would never fall for anyone again, and would spend the rest of her life alone.

Until one rainy spring day, someone knocked on her door.

His body was broken, his skin deathly pale, and blood ran ceaselessly from his fingertips.

It was the husband who had died in battle long ago.

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"Being with you is terribly dull. I'm going to reincarnate."

After spending a thousand years with Bu Qingxuan, his Dao companion left him with those words, destroyed their bond and soul, and entered the six paths of reincarnation.

Bu Qingxuan didn't care. He had entered a cultivation bond with her only to perfect his cultivation and ascend to godhood sooner.

Before his ascension, heavenly tribulation struck him back into his original form. A herb gatherer saved him, preserving his life.

The herb gatherer was kindhearted and had an excellent spiritual root. Bu Qingxuan intended to take her as his disciple, but after he recovered, he discovered she was his Dao companion reincarnated!

Unable to take her as a disciple, he granted her request, fashioned a puppet, and placed a sliver of his divine consciousness inside it. He commanded it to "love Xiaoxiao above all others in this life" and sent it to her as a husband.

After repaying his debt of gratitude, Bu Qingxuan returned to the Ninth Heaven.

He had intended to shut himself away to cultivate, but night after night, the consciousness inside the puppet stirred him, making him share the puppet's sweet feelings and breathless heartbeats with Xiaoxiao.

On the night of their wedding, Bu Qingxuan was swept into an ordeal of love by their bliss. His heart burned with confusion, and he nearly went into cultivation deviation.

He returned to the mortal world, hoping to make Xiaoxiao's heart flutter for even a moment and free himself from his ordeal of love.

But she was deeply in love with the puppet, and never once spared him a glance. She would rather be mortal, and love a puppet, than look at him.

Consumed by rage, Bu Qingxuan personally killed the puppet, shattering its body and destroying its soul.

Xiaoxiao became a pitiful widow. He disguised himself as a mortal and approached her, even changing his appearance to resemble the puppet, hoping to win her hand.

Unbeknownst to him, beneath the mass grave, a remnant soul pieced together its shattered body. Leaving bloody footprints behind, it journeyed from winter into spring, step by step, until it returned to Xiaoxiao's side.

Sweet, soft-spoken young widow x gloomy, handsome ghost of a husband

1. Both leads are devoted only to each other; romantic rivalry; the main couple is sweet, while the aloof second male lead completely loses it

2. Just as the second male lead and the puppet male lead are independent souls, the heroine and her past life are separate individuals too

3. Blurb archived on 2025.7.28

Theme: United in heart and mind, a happy family