After Defying the Immortal Venerable

Yin Lang finds an old painting at an antique market.

The woman in the painting is beautiful, with a lithe, graceful figure and a frosty, aloof air. One glance is enough to steal Yin Lang's heart.

The night she brings the painting home, she has a dream that makes her blush and leaves her heart racing.

In the dream, she and the woman from the painting are passionately entwined. Soft lips kiss every inch of her skin as they share every kind of intimate moment lovers could have.

Yin Lang never expected that when she wakes up, she would transmigrate to the world of cultivation. Her gaze passes over layer upon layer of stone steps to the noble immortal standing on the white jade platform. It is the same woman she was entangled with in her dream.

It turns out the woman's name is Xie Yu, one of the twelve Immortal Venerables of the Taiqing Sect.

Yin Lang goes to great lengths and tries every way to win her over. At last, she gets her wish.

In the majestic Golden Jubilee Hall, before a solemn statue, Xie Yu takes her hand and swears an oath to become her cultivation partner. After that, Xie Yu goes to the Eastern Sea to quell the floods, and her return date is uncertain. Yin Lang eagerly awaits her safe return, looking forward to marrying her. But on the eve of their wedding, Xie Yu's junior sister, Xie Ziqing, runs her through with a sword, scattering her soul.

Only then does Yin Lang learn that Xie Yu wanted nothing more than the yin essence inside her body, which could greatly increase a cultivator's power. Xie Yu had never felt the slightest bit of sincerity toward her.

As her soul scatters, Yin Lang swears that Xie Yu will be tormented by inner demons and never know peace for the rest of her life.

Seventy-nine years after Yin Lang's death, the three realms are in turmoil and disasters plague the world. Through a body offered to her, she is reborn in the body of a weak little flower spirit.

After coming back to life, all she wants is to survive. But she still gets caught up in a conflict between two sects, and their leader immediately draws his sword, intending to offer her life as a sacrifice to Heaven.

She fights desperately, but she is still outnumbered. At the critical moment, she sees Xie Yu's white robes flutter as she lightly waves her sleeve and blocks every sword strike. Just before she loses consciousness, Yin Lang hears Xie Yu say:

"I want this one. I'll take her back to the sect and deal with her myself."

Reader's guide: 1. Mostly sweet, no groveling-after-the-fact arc. The misunderstanding is cleared up quickly, and the couple stands together against everyone else.

2. Both leads are virgins and faithful.

3. Not a traditional cultivation-leveling story. It focuses more on the couple fighting monsters together.

Theme: Cherish the person by your side.