Three hundred years ago, when Wushuang was still the junior sister of the Cangwu Yunhua Sect, she once loved someone.
He was the Yunhua Sect’s second senior brother, its most gifted disciple and the one with the best chance of ascending to immortality.
To help her senior brother ascend, Wushuang disguised herself as the eldest senior sister and entered his tribulation of love.
She knew she was too insignificant for him to ever love her.
So throughout his trial, she trod carefully, terrified he might discover who she really was.
Later, at the final moment of his tribulation, when her senior brother was about to kill her, she was afraid he wouldn’t be able to bring himself to do it, so she revealed her identity of her own accord.
The sword’s edge was cold and sharp, and it stabbed painfully into her chest.
Yet she smiled. Her senior brother had passed his tribulation of love and could now ascend.
But she couldn’t hold back the tears welling at the corners of her eyes. In an instant, they streamed down her face.
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Xie Wuwang had loved only one person in his entire life.
That day, sword in hand, he drove the blade through her heart, leaving her drenched in blood.
Through the beautiful face before him, he saw the one face he could never mistake.
He heard her laugh through blood and tears. “Wushuang congratulates Senior Brother on ascending to the Upper Realm.”
He hadn’t heard his heart shatter then. Later, he tore out his immortal marrow, destroyed his immortal body, and scoured all eight directions of the world, all to find her.
A short story.
One-on-one romance, both leads’ first and only, happy ending.
Theme: Happiness comes full circle.