[The sharp-tongued, sensitive, overthinking, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted junior martial uncle] VS
[The alliance leader's complicated, calculating, outwardly warm but inwardly cold adopted son]
Meng Wulan, the junior martial uncle of Linyuan Sect, is described by the world as "sharp-tongued, arrogant, and unruly." She simply accepts the label and grows ever more fearless and reckless, trying to reform the martial world and offending more than half its people in the process.
Then, in a single night, everything changes. Her lofty sect is suddenly brought to ruin by grudges dating back decades.
Only then does she realize that the one person who never held the past against her was the adopted son of the alliance leader, the man she had once loathed most. He protected her all the way, even giving up the identity and peaceful life he had spent so long building in order to send her beyond the border.
Later, she returns to the Central Plains. Before the two can rekindle their old connection, they are both swept helplessly into the tide of history.
To rescue Xiao Zuan, rebuild her sect, and protect the common people, Wulan forces herself to climb step by step from an ordinary martial world nobody to the highest seat in the martial world, becoming a ruthless and supremely skilled grandmaster.
Xiao Zuan, too, is forced to take up arms and fight on the battlefield for years. He becomes a leader capable of shaping the fate of the world, and at last is able to protect those close to him.
In this life, they lost much and gained much. They achieved great things and made mistakes, and history will be their judge.
I have now compiled their tales of the martial world into a book, for your reading pleasure.
[An Interlude]
Wulan: They all say you've started to seem more and more like me.
Xiao Zuan: Oh? In what way?
Wulan: You're kind and soft-hearted! In any case, you're not as distant as you used to be. You're starting to seem like a real person.
Xiao Zuan: Funny, they've also said you're becoming more and more like me.
Wulan: Oh? And how's that?
Xiao Zuan: Cold and heartless. You're starting to seem more and more like a dog.
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[Content warnings]
1. Less romance than plot. A serious tone and a slow burn.
2. Not a wish-fulfillment story. The protagonists face a lot of helplessness and frustration.
3. The heroine spends some time in a wheelchair.
Theme: No matter what hardships you face, keep going
