On the day of Qiao Lingshu's wedding, members of the immortal sects came to visit.
That's when she learned that her gentle, refined husband, Mu Shaotang, who called himself a healer, was the most gifted disciple of Kunlun Mountain and the undisputed leader of the righteous path.
He had a master who placed great hopes in him, siblings who had spent three years searching for him, and a fiancée who had been waiting for him to come home.
The disciples from the immortal sects told Qiao Lingshu that their senior brother was the future of the sects. He could never marry a mortal.
Qiao Lingshu refused to believe them. She stubbornly put on her wedding dress and waited alone on the night they had agreed to marry.
But the hall was full of guests, and the groom never arrived that night.
In the end, it all came to nothing.
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Mu Shaotang of Kunlun Mountain and Lin Xuanyu of Penglai Island have been sworn rivals for a hundred years. The former is cold and aloof, as if beyond the world, while the latter is unruly and arrogant.
They have fought many times, but neither has ever won, so opinions differ on who truly stands at the top of the righteous path.
They had agreed to fight once a year, but Mu Shaotang disappeared without a trace for three years.
Thinking he must have found some great opportunity, Lin Xuanyu made inquiries in every direction, only to uncover a shocking secret.
During those three missing years, Mu Shaotang had fallen in love with a mortal woman and willingly stayed in the human world, spending every day and night by her side. If the head of Kunlun Mountain hadn't stepped in personally and forced him to take a Forgetting Love Pill, that guy still wouldn't have come back.
What kind of woman could be so remarkable as to drag that so-called celestial being down from the clouds and into the mortal world?
As it happened, the village where the woman lived was being plagued by demons and monsters and needed help from the immortal sects. Penglai Island was among those sent to help. Lin Xuanyu took the opportunity to descend the mountain and see for himself what kind of woman could be so bewitching.
But the moment he laid eyes on her, why did his cultivation disappear?
The farther he got from that woman, the weaker his cultivation became. He was even in danger of losing his life.
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Lin Xuanyu at first: Getting involved in other people's business is dangerous.
Lin Xuanyu later: I might as well stay close. She's quite easy on the eyes.
Lin Xuanyu in the end: Cuddle up, cuddle up with me!
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“There is a mortal woman who keeps catching my attention. She is upright and kind, strong and brave. Beneath her quiet exterior is a playful heart. Her voice is lovely, and she is usually very polite, though sometimes she has a sharp tongue. I think I may have fallen for her.”
“But the truth is, when an accident happened, my long-lost spirit weapon appeared in her hair and protected her. It was a hairpin I had crafted by hand from the demigod sword I forged after sitting alone atop a snowy mountain for three years. I remember now. This is the second time I have fallen in love with her.”
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Theme: Stay true to yourself
