A gentle, love-struck madman of a male lead vs. a career-focused female lead who only wants sex, not love
Viewpoint One:
At the summit of Caiyi Mountain, by the Jade Terrace, the Sword Dao's greatest master and his wife pledged their love. It was also the place where his wife ascended, and where he met his death.
The current number one in the Sword Dao is Xu Hanlian, the Sect Master of the Sword Sect, who appeared out of nowhere and fought his way to the top with the Sword of Resentment. People of the day respectfully call him Lord Lianyue.
Yet this illustrious figure met his end at the hands of his loving, devoted wife.
No one, Xu Hanlian himself included, knew that his wife, Wen Xue, had another identity: she was a phoenix demon.
Viewpoint Two
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Wen Xue had been stuck at a cultivation bottleneck for years. To break through and ascend, she set her sights on the most popular method of the day: killing her husband to prove her Dao.
The stronger her husband, the more smoothly Wen Xue would overcome her tribulation.
But if he showed even the slightest unwillingness along the way, her path of killing her husband to prove her Dao would be impossible. So Wen Xue chose Xu Hanlian, who was then only an outer disciple.
To ensure her plan succeeded, Wen Xue began showering him with affection and pushing him to wield a sword, watching him climb step by step from outer disciple to the very top of the Sword Dao.
Later, just as she had hoped, Xu Hanlian fell madly in love with her.
Even when she plunged the sword he had given her as a token of their love into his chest at the Jade Terrace, he only fixed his gaze on her and asked, "Do you love me?"
Of course not. But to soothe him, Wen Xue smiled and kissed his lips, whispering as softly as she had when they sat together, smiling and chatting while she drew his brows: "Of course. But if you don't die, I can't ascend."
Satisfied with her answer, the gentle madman he had always been pushed the hilt forward, driving the sword deeper into his body, then closed his eyes with a smile.
Wen Xue got the tribulation she wanted and successfully ascended to the celestial realm.
Viewpoint Three:
As soon as she arrived in the celestial realm, Wen Xue heard the news: the Lord of the Celestial Realm, who had completed his trial of love, had awakened.
His awakening should have had nothing to do with her.
But this Lord of the Celestial Realm had exactly the same face as her mortal husband, and even the sword in his hand was the one she had used to kill him.
Wen Xue immediately packed her things and ran. Before long, news spread through the celestial realm that she was wanted.
Shocking! My husband, who died young, has come back for revenge!
The husband I killed to prove my Dao turned out to be the Lord of the Celestial Realm!
No angst, really, no angst. This is a sweet romance of about 200,000 words.
Content warning: The female lead was born without a thread of affection, so she only wants sex in the early chapters.
2024.1.14
Theme: Redemption
