Jing Yi transmigrates into a book.
The book's protagonist, Yan Xingchuan, is peerlessly elegant and aloof, like snow atop a mountain or the moon among clouds. He is Heaven's darling, born with extraordinary luck, and anything that stands in his way as he grows stronger is destined to be reduced to ashes.
Jing Yi doesn't want to be reduced to ashes.
So, knowing the book inside and out, he seizes every advantage he can, determined to take the original protagonist, the arrogant chosen one, down a peg.
Once everything is ready,
Jing Yi stands face to face with the chosen one. He gives a haughty smile, draws his sword, and strikes--
Then--
He gets struck down.
Jing Yi sees the other man's cool, indifferent eyes glance at him before he is reborn.
Impossible!
Unconvinced, Jing Yi carefully plans everything out again.
Once more, he stands before the chosen one, draws his sword, and strikes--
He gets struck down.
Jing Yi: "?"
Jing Yi: "I refuse to believe this!"
The chosen one kills him three hundred times.
Jing Yi: "..."
Jing Yi: "…"
After dying in three hundred different ways, he finally takes a long, hard look at himself and decides to try another approach instead of stubbornly charging in.
If he can't win in a head-on fight, he'll outsmart his opponent.
Appear weak, then strike when they're off guard!
And so--
A suave and elegant stranger suddenly appears by the side of Lord Qiongxiao, who has always been aloof and pure as snow.
The stranger follows Yan Xingchuan around all day.
Whatever Yan Xingchuan wants, he exhausts himself trying to find it for him.
Whenever Yan Xingchuan is in danger, he always rushes to his side, even if he has to take a serious wound and cough up blood to shield him.
He's completely devoted, deeply in love.
Jing Yi's take on it: "I've lived through hundreds of lifetimes. Making someone happy with a few little tricks is as easy as lifting a finger."
Taking out ancient books he'd read in his previous lives, Jing Yi wipes off his homemade blood and smiles brightly at Yan Xingchuan. "Xingchuan, if it makes you happy, I'll do it willingly."
At last,
Yan Xingchuan stops thinking about cultivation and lets his gaze linger on Jing Yi.
The unreachable heavens finally lower themselves for Jing Yi.
Beneath the peach blossoms covering the mountain at the immortal pavilion, Yan Xingchuan embraces Jing Yi and softly says, "I love you."
The next moment, his heart twists with pain.
Jing Yi coldly pulls out the blade, looks down at the fallen Yan Xingchuan, and smiles. "You love me? Then if I want your life, will you give it to me?"
You killed me three hundred times. You deserve this!
Jing Yi stabs him and runs.
His spirits are high, and the world feels vast and open.
He drinks at brothels and practices his sword at the Sword Pavilion.
He visits the sights he never saw in his previous three hundred lives and sees the mortal world he never paid attention to.
At last, he realizes that there's more to life than endless fighting and struggling for power.
It's carefree and elegant, and so much fun.
But what he doesn't know is this:
After he leaves,
Yan Xingchuan, Lord Qiongxiao, renowned among the immortal sects for being as bright as the moon and graceful as a drifting breeze, is gravely injured, his soul lamp barely alight. When he finally wakes, he suddenly goes mad.
His heart is consumed by inner demons. Every day, he locks himself in Jing Yi's immortal pavilion and spends all his time painting the other's portrait.
One day, a young Daoist enters and is horrified to find the pavilion filled with Jing Yi's likenesses, carved from jade, drawn on paper, cut from wood, and more.
Everyone says he's gone mad.
But only Yan Xingchuan knows that he hasn't.
He simply--
Regrets it.
He regrets not locking Jing Yi in a cage made of Heavenly Spirit Jade the moment he tried to leave.
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Yan Xingchuan has been reborn countless times.
He's long since grown tired of a life that never changes.
But after one of his rebirths, he suddenly discovers something interesting in this world.
At some point,
A man named Jing Yi starts showing up, drawing his sword and trying to kill him every time.
At first, Yan Xingchuan thinks nothing of him.
Later, after each rebirth, he gets to see the other man come up with a new way to kill him.
He suddenly begins looking forward to every rebirth, eager to watch that guy's performance before killing him with a single sword thrust.
Once again, after killing Jing Yi, Yan Xingchuan watches the light fade from his water-clear eyes and begins looking forward to their next meeting.
But he never expected that this time,
Jing Yi wouldn't try to kill him.
Jing Yi wants to love him.
Reading guide:
1. One-on-one romance, with both sides very much in love.
2. Extreme character loyalists may want to stay away, but fans who love shipping couples are very welcome.
3. To be added.
Theme: It's about salvation.
