Beyond the Clouds

Legend says a mermaid's thread of love can bring the dead back to life.

But mermaids don't have human emotions, so how could they have a thread of love?

Yun Shui was a mermaid in her first life. When mermaids die, nothing remains. She made a deal with that person, trading for the chance to be reincarnated as a human.

In her second life, she was a princess, the darling of the entire nation. Unexpectedly, in that life she became the trial that person had to endure to overcome his attachment to love.

Yun Shui entered the cycle of reincarnation twice.

The first time, she thought: The road ahead is bright.

The second time, she thought: A man's mouth is full of lies.

Qing Yu was descended from an ancient divine clan. But when his mother was in labor, the Demon Lord ambushed her and caused Qing Yu to lose one of his souls. Born without emotion, he was unable to ascend and become a god.

A thousand years later, the Demon Lord sealed by his mother showed signs of breaking through the barrier. To seal it again, he arranged everything, only failing to account for the fact that human emotions can't be arranged.

Fortunately, the result was what he had hoped for.

(Revision four of the blurb. Well, I'm still terrible at writing blurbs. -18/06/24)

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