Synopsis
[Weak, helpless, scheming little flower fairy x Arrogant, overbearing, strongest demon lord of the Three Realms]
Peach Blossom Fairy Taoyao x Cangyuan, Lord of the Demon Realm
Also known as When the Moon Falls and Flowers Break. One-on-one romance, opposites attract, sweet at first, angsty later.
Five hundred years ago, a peach tree formed from the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth sparked a war between the immortals and demons. After the war, the tree was destroyed and the Demon Lord captured. The Immortal Venerable Dijiang brought the tree’s seeds back to the Celestial Realm and planted them in the peach grove on Mount Dusuo. After a hundred years, the peach tree gathered the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, gained consciousness, and became Taoyao, a little flower fairy with meager magical powers. She then met the Demon Lord, who had escaped from the Nine Heavens Divine Prison.
1. The Beginning
Who could have guessed that this little flower fairy, who spent all day lazing around in the peach grove, would run into a world-destroying demon?
She didn’t know who he was when they first met. Moved by a sudden kindness, she tried to save him, only to make things worse with every attempt...
The Demon Lord clamped a hand around her throat. “You’re asking for death!”
She screamed inwardly, utterly aggrieved: Lord Demon, I really am trying to save you! The Star Lord only said my blood could save people! He didn’t say it could drive demons away!
The Demon Lord remained expressionless and cold. “So what?”
2. Deepening Ties
When Taoyao woke, she was already in the Demon Realm. The Demon Lord acted arrogant, overbearing, and infuriating every day, and even treated her like a servant!
Taoyao raged: You may be handsome, have an incredible figure, and be the strongest fighter in the Three Realms, but that sour expression of yours makes me want to punch you!
The Demon Lord’s lips curved into a doting smile. “So what?”
3. The Fall of Fate
Dijiang brought her back to the Ninth Heaven and said to her tenderly, “Taoyao, in your previous life, you were the Peach Blossom Goddess of Mount Dusuo. You were responsible for destroying all the demons in the Three Realms, and you were betrothed to me long ago. You were always meant to be my wife.”
But by then, she had already fallen for the Demon Lord. She shook her head and answered firmly, “But now, I’m only Taoyao.”
Dijiang’s heart shattered. He pointed his sword at the Demon Lord. “She is an immortal, and you are a demon. You can never be together.”
The Demon Lord looked indifferent and unconcerned. “So what?”
4. The End of Fate
To save the Demon Lord, Bai Ze willingly gave up his life. In a rage, the Demon Lord broke through the barrier between the worlds of yin and yang, rallied the demon clans, and attacked the Ninth Heaven, determined to avenge Bai Ze.
To deal with the Demon Lord, the people of the Ninth Heaven devised a plan to capture Taoyao and bring her back. They told her that the Demon Lord was immortal, but that her true form was a peach tree, and only the yin-yang spiritual blood in her body could destroy him once and for all.
But she refused. Bai Ze and Youlian had both died because of the Ninth Heaven. She had already seen through the true nature of the people of the Celestial Realm.
In the end, before everyone’s eyes, she drew her sword and took her own life in the Hall of the Nine Heavens.
When Immortal Venerable Dijiang arrived, he was too late to stop her. Watching the person he loved die before his eyes, he ultimately became a Fallen Immortal for love.
5. The End of All Ties
Everyone says that hearing is the last sense to disappear when a person is close to death. Taoyao smiled bitterly to herself. It really was true.
At the brink of death, she heard him crying. He held her in his arms and wept as if his heart were breaking.
Wasn’t the Demon Lord supposed to be devoid of love and compassion? Why was he crying so sorrowfully?
Only when Taoyao, with no more than a wisp of her soul remaining, saw the peachwood hairpin in the Demon Lord’s hand, still waiting to be given to her, did she understand:
He had fallen in love with her long ago.
A Past Life
The celestial goddess of the Nine Heavens looked down at the woman from on high.
“Fangfei, are you willing to forge yourself into a sword, become peachwood, and slay the Demon God?”
For the safety of the Three Realms, the woman leapt resolutely into the furnace. “I am willing.”
Theme: Good and evil can hinge on a single thought.
Theme: Good and evil can hinge on a single thought.
