The Princess Has a Trial to Face

The person who understands Yan Wangzhi best in this world isn't Yan Wangzhi herself. It's Bai Qing.

Bai Qing knows that when Yan Wangzhi was born, songbirds filled the sky to celebrate the Yan royal palace welcoming a princess. She knows that Yan Wangzhi is refined and reserved by nature, and that she cultivated half a phoenix form from birth.

She knows that Yan Wangzhi's favorite spirit pet is actually a strange wind called Chui Liaoyuan. She knows that her favorite treat isn't some rare delicacy, but an ordinary bowl of osmanthus almond pudding.

But none of this is because Bai Qing loves her so deeply. It's simply because Yan Wangzhi is the target Bai Qing is meant to win over in the game.

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The cultivation game Ascend to Heaven's Gate, which felt like a second life, sparked an unprecedented craze. Liao Baiqing brought her hardworking motto into the game. She completed quests and explored side stories diligently. Naturally, she was clever in pursuing NPCs, trying every trick in the book. Even she hadn't expected that Princess Yan Wangzhi, whom the forums said was so hard to approach, would let her hold her hand and kiss her cheek.

It feels so realistic, Liao Baiqing thought. But she isn't a real person. Winning her over is inevitable.

That was until revival stopped working and all the players were trapped in this magnificent game, like a grand dream. In the chaos, their wedding ceremony was called off. The NPC Yan Wangzhi gazed at Bai Qing with tears in her eyes and told her that no matter what happened, she would love her forever and stand by her side.

Bai Qing could no longer be Liao Baiqing from the real world, but she couldn't be this Bai Qing, either. She had betrayed Yan Wangzhi's sincere love. She loved Yan Wangzhi for the benefits she could provide, and their meeting had been the result of her careful planning.

She... couldn't face the living, loving Princess Yan, who had been deceived by her and had willingly fallen for her.

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Bai Qing, Yan Wangzhi thought. I'll find you, then kill you with my own hands.

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A beautiful, melancholy schemer, equally righteous and sensual x the refined, noble Princess Yan, who made a fierce threat but loves her more than anyone under heaven

Theme: Life is like a river.