Though We Knew Each Other in Our Old Age, You Still Raised Your Sword

Ensemble cast | Love and hate | Intense push and pull | The one who broke up has to win their lover back

(Pre-release novel at the bottom: The Best Remedy)

[A prince who is ruthless and decisive, and skilled at political maneuvering and verbal sparring × a proud, coldhearted foreign general, dashing in fine clothes]

War, plague, famine, cities emptied...

"Step outside, and nothing meets the eye but bones covering the plains."

It was the nineteenth year of Yan'an. The land was divided among warlords, and chaos engulfed the realm.

Dozens of powers in the Central Plains schemed and maneuvered against one another.

The aristocratic clans who controlled the fourteen provinces of the realm and boasted illustrious lineages used one another for their own ends;

The noble families, fair and gracious on the surface but cold-blooded beneath, tested and laid plans against one another;

Counselors, who planned before acting and lurked in the shadows, were drawn into confidence;

Or they might ride freely across the land with brave, spirited young generals, trampling rivers and mountains beneath their hooves...

Qin Zhi was always caught up in the struggle of this turbulent age.

Until one day in the snowy mountains, she devised a plan to lure into the open the legendary undefeated general said to be able to fight a hundred thousand troops alone.

The man did not disappoint. Dressed in finery, he sat proudly astride his horse, jewels gleaming beneath a black cloak. His dark hair was held by a silver crown, a long braid hanging over his shoulder, and he held a silver halberd. Looking down at her, he said, "Your Highness truly leaves no stone unturned."

Qin Zhi smiled, her eyes curving. "You're too kind, you're too kind."

Thus the two formed an alliance of convenience.

But no one could have foreseen that those who joined forces for gain would part ways for gain as well.

A vast army loomed like a dark cloud, ready to advance beyond the city gates. At the front of the formation, the man sat on horseback in red armor, outstanding and heroic.

On the city wall, Qin Zhi met his inscrutable gaze and laughed at herself. "General Bo, you truly are the one who leaves no stone unturned."

She had thought they would live and die together, that they were friends who understood each other for a lifetime. In the end, all of it fell before the schemes and betrayals born of power.

"From now on, the two of us..."

The words "all ties are severed" never left her lips.

But she showed no mercy as she issued a warrant in the name of a prince: "Kill Bo Langzhao on sight!"

The battle ended because of the situation, but the past lingered like moonlight on reeds. They each commanded their own forces, and neither would ever be moved again.

Six months later, an assassination attempt left Qin Zhi gravely wounded, and the secret that she was a woman became known throughout the realm.

Rumors erupted at once. Countless factions incited the people, claiming that women should never be entrusted with great responsibility. The provinces descended into chaos...

But in this world, the powerful are the ones who write the rules.

Qin Zhi merely laughed it off.

She never expected that the very same day, the ones who spread the rumors would be hung from the city walls, their blood spilling three feet, as a warning to all.

Bo Xiaohe wiped the blood from his sword with wine, then pointed its edge at the dissenters. With a raised brow and a smile, he said, "Defying your superiors and spreading falsehoods to mislead the people..."

"They deserve to die."

That night, at the Prince of Jin Zhe's residence.

"You came alone, traveling a thousand miles, and broke into my bedchamber, General Bo. Are you here to assassinate me too?"

In the flickering candlelight, Bo Xiaohe leaned down, close enough for them to feel each other's warm breath.

He smiled as if nothing could trouble him, but secretly let out a sigh of relief.

"Your Highness, you truly aren't hurt."

"What you did today will spread throughout the Central Plains by tomorrow."

The mastermind sat cross-legged in her underclothes, fully aware of his movements and intentions.

Bo Xiaohe laughed without restraint. "So what?"

"You and I have long been partners in crime."

--One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are each other's first

--Ensemble cast

--Fourteen provinces, rival factions and uneasy alliances, with one dangerous situation after another

--Set in a fictional world

--The heroine rises step by step: Prince of Jin Zhe, Regent, Emperor

(She disguises herself as a man only in the early part of her time as Prince of Jin Zhe, and makes little effort to conceal it. Many people know.)

--The hero's surname is Bo

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Tu Wang, the greatest expert on the Xuantian Continent, died.

Rumor had it that her body and soul were both destroyed, and that a generation's peerless talent had fallen from the cultivation world.

The magical treasures she left behind became resources fought over by countless sects and great nations. Everything accumulated over tens of thousands of years was divided up in the blink of an eye.

But no one ever imagined that Tu Wang, the demon who had once held the world in the palm of her hand, would return reborn a thousand years later.

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But when she opened her eyes, Tu Wang felt that no one could be more miserable than her.

How could the greatest person on the Xuantian Continent be reborn in the body of an ordinary person with terrible talent and nearly ruined bones?!

She had made countless enemies in her life.

Before her cultivation was restored, she could only swallow her pride, keep her head down, bide her time, and stay out of sight.

Bullied and humiliated? She endured it.

Framed and set up? She endured it.

Made a scapegoat and sent to her death? She endured that too.

When they played tricks on her and surrounded her, nearly killing her, Tu Wang lost her temper for a moment: Kill them all!

Then everyone discovered in horror that the good-for-nothing had crushed countless direct disciples from great sects at the alliance competition and taken first place on the talent rankings.

She just got carried away with killing for a moment,

And in front of everyone, an elder of a sect saw through her with a single glance. "That's a secret technique only Tu Wang, the greatest expert on the Xuantian Continent, could use. Who are you?"

The whole world was in an uproar.

The great sects went on high alert, afraid that this demon would sweep through the alliance and slaughter everyone.

But Tu Wang ran without even looking back.

Because this slip-up and exposure of her secret identity had brought back the greatest grudge of a thousand years ago.

Her mortal enemy, Yan Jiuxi.

If she didn't run now, she'd really be dead!

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Everyone knows that the path of cultivation ends with ascension, but few know that there are nine heavens beyond it. Reaching the ascension stage only barely qualifies one to step through the gates of cultivation.

Tens of thousands of years ago,

Yan Jiuxi, the ancient ancestral god who stood above countless immortals and cultivators, was trapped on the Xuantian Continent.

Just as he was about to break free of his seal and return to the ancestral gods' homeland, a little rascal stole his divine treasure and power, nearly costing him his life.

As a result, Yan Jiuxi's cultivation fell dramatically, and he slept for several years.

Once he escaped his predicament, he hunted that person for a hundred years.

That person was Tu Wang.

Unfortunately, before he could avenge himself, Tu Wang suddenly died, her cultivation and soul extinguished, and remained dead for a full thousand years. In all that time, Yan Jiuxi's murderous intent toward her only grew.

When they met again, he was determined to take her life, destroy her soul, and refine her completely.

But he failed to kill her.

Through a twist of fate, the two were forced to share one body with two souls, and could only join forces.

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Tu Wang: "I'll slaughter my enemies and their entire families to avenge my death all those years ago."

Yan Jiuxi: "Same."

"If you have enemies too, I can wipe them out while I'm at it."

"..."

Meeting Yan Jiuxi's impassive dark eyes, Tu Wang belatedly remembered that his greatest enemy was probably herself.

[A decisive, hot-tempered, flippant, sharp-tongued troublemaking heroine × a remorseless killer, utterly inhuman, terrifyingly clever, cold and taciturn hero whose words can leave you speechless]

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Reader's guide:

1. Leveling-up story with a huge world to explore.

2. Slow burn, with a touch of ensemble cast.

3. The leads really do try to kill each other early on, and they mean it. No misunderstandings, no acting out of necessity.

4. The heroine's surname is Tu.

Theme: In a chaotic age, women pursue power and display the bearing of generals and ministers, as well as their independence.