Xie Liujing, a disciple of Perfected Being Qianming of the Tai Xu Spirit Palace, was widely recognized in the cultivation world as a peerless genius.
His appearance was dignified and austere, his bearing impossibly noble.
No one knew that after returning to the sect wounded, he was plagued by nightmares every night.
In his long, strange dreams, he was always trapped in a dark chamber where he couldn't see his hand in front of his face, restrained and subjected to every kind of humiliation.
After waking, Xie Liujing's expression turned cold. He dismissed every servant whose presence annoyed him and kept only the puppet that had long stayed by his side.
The puppet was wooden and unfeeling, like an exquisite but useless statue. She couldn't even speak up to comfort him.
When she was alive, she had been a source of calamity and sin, the woman he kept his feelings hidden from, the one he loved but feared he would defile.
After she died, the most obedient and upright Senior Brother Xie in the Tai Xu Spirit Palace defied his master's orders and disregarded propriety. In a burial ground strewn with rotting corpses, he dug until his fingers were bloody and brought back her body.
He made her into a puppet and kept her by his side.
On the day a new junior sister gave him a sachet, spring was nearly over. The last snow on the peaks melted, and across half the courtyard, Xie Liujing saw his puppet.
Her pupils were dark, and her usually wooden face wore a faint, ambiguous smile.
That night, the nightmares that had stopped for so long began again.
Lost in utter confusion and exhaustion, Xie Liujing broke out in a cold sweat, drew a dagger, and pressed it to the other's neck. At last, he saw her face clearly.
In the dim night, the woman he had loved, dead for many years, had her hair loose, yet remained as radiant as the moon in their youth.
Their eyes met. Xie Liujing's defenses crumbled, and he was utterly defeated.
[Reading Guide]
1. 1v1, both each other's first and only. The heroine is a little unhinged and possessive. The hero adores her and is more than willing.
2. Their bodies are anatomically normal. The dreams from before were real, but nothing too extreme.
3. Some details may change. The final blurb takes precedence.
Blurb written on 2023.4.16
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