[The Longest Promise] All of Yunhuang Is Fighting Me for My Shizun

I am You Guang. I was only 108 years old when Shi Ying took me in.

When he first said he wanted to take me as his disciple, I refused.

That was until I dreamed that in the future, this guy would keep getting injured and coughing up blood to save Yunhuang,

would take his own life for love, walk through the Hell of Ten Thousand Tribulations in a mortal body,

and finally become petals of snow-cold roses drifting above Jialan City.

Looks like I’m the only one who can save this guy.

After I agreed to let him become my master, I discovered:

Why is all of Yunhuang fighting me for my master?

Chief Diviner, what do you mean by holding my master’s hand and refusing to let go?

Chongming Bird, what are you implying when you say it’s a pity you’re not a woman?

Master, why are you taking other disciples? Isn’t having just me enough?

You Six Tribes disciples, what kind of looks are you giving my master?

Why do all these princesses want to marry my master?

When I discovered that I was actually the Sea Emperor in the prophecy, the one destined to destroy Kong Sang (half version),

I prepared to climb to the crest of a wave and announce to Kong Sang: “Send Shi Ying here to marry into our family, and Kong Sang will have 200 years of peace!”

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Shi Ying found You Guang while searching for the Sea Emperor.

He was not yet 15, and had to be both her older brother and her master.

After finally raising this merchild, covered in scars, he discovered that she was the Sea Emperor he had been searching for all along.

If he handed her over to the Emperor, he could quell the rebellion of the Sea Kingdom’s army and return to Jialan.

But how could he hand over the person who...

he had poured his heart and soul into healing and raising,

whom he had said he would “marry” once she grew up,

who had broken into the Unclean Punishment, cried and said it was all her fault,

and said that if he died saving the world, she would die with him,

his beloved?

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1. Warning: This story breaks up the original drama’s couples.

2. Warning: There is no guarantee that the characters will never be out of character.

3. When the female lead first appears, she is a merchild who has not yet developed a sex. To avoid disrupting the reading experience, “she” is used to refer to her.

4. The merfolk’s circumstances in Kong Sang follow the drama’s setting, and differ from Cang Yue’s original novel.

Before she turned 108, You Guang thought this Yunhuang had no reason to exist.

Then she met Shi Ying. He was the only moon in this pitch-black night sky.

But the only person in Yunhuang worth existing for would die to save the world.

So You Guang, the Sea Emperor who was supposed to destroy Kong Sang, had no choice but to save the world alongside the heir of Kong Sang.

Shi Ying:

People always have to throw gold into the fire to test its purity. They have to ravage the body and grind down the mind to test your loyalty and virtue.

I am willing to suffer in your place. I am willing to take the first step toward you. I will walk across the blades for you, so you have one less step to take through the Hell of Ten Thousand Tribulations.

I will come to you, so you do not have to cut out your heart or tear out your flesh and blood, only to believe in the love you have found and then have your hopes destroyed.

Theme: The hero who saves the world deserves a happy ending