[Major revision]
[Slow-burn, gentle sword cultivator heroine x fierce, fiercely protective wolf-boy]
At eighteen, Ji Mingrong was framed by her fiance, and her spiritual meridians were completely destroyed.
She had once been the greatest swordswoman in the Immortal Continent. At the height of her power, the Demon Realm knew only the Ji family's Sword Lord and had no regard for the great clans of the Immortal Continent.
It was her own fault for having such poor taste in men. Since she'd fallen for it, she accepted her fate.
She figured this was how the rest of her life would be. So she found a remote mountain to recuperate and, in her spare time, rescued a frail young man.
The man, named Chang Ting, was half-demon, but his eyes were like distant mountains, his manner cool as a pine, and he was gentle and courteous to others. Who could have known that after he went berserk, he would become someone else entirely?
His hot breath brushed against her neck, and his overpowering possessiveness was impossible to ignore.
Their gazes met. As their breaths mingled, he smiled and lowered his head, placing a kiss among her hair with almost reverent tenderness.
Utterly gentle.
Later, to save Chang Ting's life, Ji Mingrong was sealed away in Guixu by the great clans.
At the very moment the path to life closed, she saw Chang Ting holding her bonded spirit sword, devastated, his tears of blood falling like pearls.
Ji Mingrong thought she would die and vanish from the world, but when she opened her eyes, everything outside had already changed beyond recognition.
The name of the Netherworld Demon Lord resounded across the Immortal Continent. Everyone said that despite his handsome face, he was dark, bloodthirsty, cruel, and ruthless, able to slay thousands of Seventh-Realm cultivators with a laugh.
He despised the great clans of the Immortal Continent because the pure-hearted love of his youth had died at their hands.
After hearing these rumors, Ji Mingrong quietly took note and decided not to provoke this formidable figure, until...
She heard that the Demon Lord was also named Chang Ting.
Theme: Watch the splendor of the mortal world with calm eyes, and take life's ups and downs in stride.
