Xie Jingxuan, Venerable Immortal Qingguang, was the first to take charge of the Demon Realm in an immortal body. He ruled the Demon Realm for hundreds of years, and its people all respectfully addressed him as Venerable Immortal.
No one knew that in the first half of his life, Xie Jingxuan had been nothing more than a villain in a storybook, fated to be cast down into the dust.
Before taking charge of the Demon Realm, he had been a disciple of the immortal sects and had successfully risen to become an elder of Daoqing Sect, a major immortal sect.
But when he crossed paths with the storybook's protagonist, Elder Xie, once as otherworldly as an immortal, suddenly became a wretched figure.
Xie Jingxuan refused to accept this fate. At the most crucial moment, he severed all worldly ties and entered the Demon Realm alone. Daoqing Sect never spoke of this traitor to the immortal sect again, and his name became taboo.
From then on
Elder Xie Xuanyi of Daoqing Sect died, and Xie Jingxuan, Venerable Immortal Qingguang of the Demon Realm, was born.
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Xiao Linghuai was born indifferent, with no particularly strong love or hate.
So even though he had sensed from the start that he and Xie Jingxuan were destined to become entangled, he didn't pay it much mind.
Until the day Xie Jingxuan severed every worldly tie and karmic bond with others, leaving himself utterly alone.
At the same time, Xiao Linghuai saw those eyes.
Bright and unyielding, as if they held a blazing fire.
When Xie Jingxuan was on the verge of death, Xiao Linghuai was the one who took him away.
Yet that single act entangled Xiao Linghuai and Xie Jingxuan in karma, making them impossible to separate.
Several hundred years later, a red thread wound around their wrists.
Xie Jingxuan smiled and said, "If you care about this red thread, just cut it."
Xiao Linghuai lowered his eyes and clasped Xie Jingxuan's hand. His voice hoarse, he said, "Don't you dare."
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Five hundred years after Xie Jingxuan betrayed his sect, heavenly lightning fell from a clear sky. Within it was a message from the Heavenly Dao, which revealed many things to him.
It turned out that this world's Heavenly Dao had been invaded. Many people who possessed storybook plots had been cast into this world to destroy its child of fortune.
And the Heavenly Dao wanted to make a deal with Xie Jingxuan.
Accept the Heavenly Dao's commission: root out the corruption and eliminate those who possess storylines, settling life and death and severing love and hatred.
*Each person with a storyline will develop different stories, and the protagonists of those stories may not be the ones who possess storylines. These stories include familial love and romance.
Theme: Break free from one's shackles.
