Yun Qian once thought that nothing in the world could catch her master Emperor Fucheng's eye.
Emperor Fucheng was always aloof and unfeeling. Even though she was his youngest disciple, even though she had no parents and was all alone in the world, he never showed her the slightest extra affection.
That was until he brought back a little fawn from the Demon Realm.
He doted on the mischievous little fawn. Not only did he eat and live with her and take her everywhere he went, he even deigned to personally protect her as she cultivated... Every bit of tenderness Yun Qian had never dared to dream of, the Emperor gave to a lowly deer demon.
Yun Qian was jealous, because she had always admired her master.
But when she was brought before the Heart-Questioning Platform to stand trial, when her sordid thoughts were exposed for all to see, when she wept in terror and helplessness, the Emperor Fucheng she revered merely wore a cold expression and expelled her from the sect without the slightest hesitation.
Earlier, Yun Qian had damaged her spiritual roots and lost all her cultivation while exorcising demons in the mortal realm. Abandoned by the Emperor like a worn-out shoe, she could no longer continue her treatment, and her cultivation stagnated as a result.
She became the laughingstock of the Heavenly Realm.
Day after day, the mockery and contempt of those around her drove Yun Qian further and further into madness. At last, in despair, she activated her core and destroyed herself on the Demon-Slaying Platform, vanishing from existence.
But when she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the eve of the day she was brought before the Heart-Questioning Platform...
[Male Lead's Version]
Emperor Fucheng was a deity born of the Heavenly Dao. His true form was ageless and immortal, impervious to injury and destruction.
Yet he was cold-hearted and violent by nature, unfit to bear the duty of protecting the world.
So the Heavenly Dao painstakingly devised a scheme. It did not hesitate to draw a hundred thousand years from the river of chaos to forge a prison of time, using his beloved, Yun Qian, as bait in an attempt to imprison him for all eternity.
Theme: Persevering through every setback.
