Lianqing, the goddess of Canghua, rules over the Canghua Realm and guards the border between the divine and demonic realms. Her sword alone can hold back a million demons, yet she is hopelessly in love with Lord Fengyang.
"Lianqing, if I asked for the Canghua Jade Spirit, would you give it to me?"
"I would."
Even knowing he wanted it for the woman he loved, she gave it to him.
Afterward, her cultivation stalled and she suffered heart-piercing pain day after day. All life in the Canghua Realm withered, leaving it lifeless and bleak, nothing like the vibrant place it had once been.
But that day, she not only stabbed him with her sword, she also slaughtered countless immortals single-handedly, nearly bringing Bai Yujing crashing down.
In the end, Lord Fengyang's beloved drew her sword and struck Lianqing down at the Execution Platform.
Her body was destroyed and her soul shattered. Only a wisp of her spirit barely survived, falling into the mortal realm.
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Bai Yujing issued a kill order, accusing the goddess Lianqing of colluding with the demon realm and slaughtering the immortals:
Across the ten directions and six realms, the four seas and eight wilds, anyone who sees her soul may kill her.
As she fled her pursuers, she happened upon a market and spotted a little black chick whose feathers glimmered purple in the sunlight.
She grabbed the fluffy bird by the scruff and lifted it up. The black chick put on a fierce act, chirping angrily.
"Stallkeeper, I'll take this charcoal-roasted chick."
As soon as she said "charcoal-roasted chick," the fluffy thing in her hand seemed to curse even more furiously. Too bad she couldn't understand bird language.
Lianqing pinched the loudly squawking chick's beak. "Quiet. Keep making noise and I'll stew you for soup."
The chick, actually Chu Yan, the demon lord and a divine phoenix called a Yue Zhuo, widened its little black-bean eyes and chirped so furiously that sparks flew.
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Only later did Lianqing learn that she was never meant to suffer this tribulation.
The person behind her spoke in a low, husky voice and covered her hand on the sword. He glanced at the immortals kneeling all around them, his murderous intent fixed on the divine lord protecting his beloved.
"What, can't bring yourself to do it? Let me help you."
"No."
"I'll do it myself."
[A carefree, forthright goddess who always gets even x a sharp-tongued, arrogant, self-obsessed little firecracker who later becomes a ruthless, unrestrained demon lord]
P.S. 1. The heroine's name comes from the line, "Though I know the vastness of the world, I still cherish the green of every blade of grass." It suggests that even after enduring countless trials, she still loves the world.
2. The hero is based on the Yue Zhuo, one of the Five Phoenixes. It is black or purple in color. In this story, he's a black phoenix whose feathers take on a purple sheen in the sunlight.
The synopsis was screenshotted on 2023.12.16.
Theme: If a giant wave erases the path behind me, I am both sail and boat
