Shrine Series: The Great Emperor Yuan
#The Imperial Secret Briefly Mentioned in the History of the Immortals#
In the ninety-thousandth year of Yuxuan, the undefeated Lord of Daze was summoned to the palace by imperial decree. On the peak of Qiongji, immortal music and beautiful entertainers welcomed him to a glorious celebration, where all the immortals offered their congratulations.
He drank three thousand cups of fine wine, yet he alone failed to notice the cup timidly offered to him from a corner.
For the next thirty thousand years, trees named after him filled the desolate, ruined immortal palace. The cup of wine he had overlooked hung above the elm grove day after day, like a flower.
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As the least favored prince, he would climb over mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. But the throne at the peak, where no one else could reach, was not what he truly wanted. He only wanted to reach the flower high above.
But in the end, he crushed that flower into the mud.
[Cold, arrogant, ruthless emperor gong & gentle on the outside, strong on the inside, refined immortal king shou]
Content warnings: 1. Both leads die, but it still counts as a happy ending (they're in denial).
2. The emperor has no heart (read with caution).
Theme: I long to tell my immortal beloved what's in my heart. When will the elms bloom in autumn?
