Blurb:
Xie Hui, Consort of the Immortal Venerable Qingyu, was born into a family of cultivators. Unlike Qingyu, who came from humble beginnings and rose to greatness, he was a gentle, kind, and somewhat pampered noble young master.
That was what Shen Yaoqing had always believed.
So when she learned that she needed to fake her death to follow the plot, she couldn't help worrying. What if her gentle, kind consort was bullied after she "died"?
When she returned from faking her death, she was heartbroken to hear that her consort had died with her out of love.
That was until she was unexpectedly captured as a substitute offering for the recently renowned Lord of Luoxia Mountain.
When the red veil was lifted, the face before her was exactly the same as her late husband, who had died for love.
The man's hand gently brushed her cheek. His voice was like the spring waters of March, touched with a chill. "Has anyone ever told you that you look a lot like someone?"
But his gaze was cold to the bone, as if he wanted to carve her face away inch by inch.
After thirty years apart, her ex-husband seemed to have gone a little dark.
Bound by a confidentiality agreement, Shen Yaoqing did not reveal her identity to Xie Hui.
But Xie Hui still insisted on staying by her side.
Luckily, she had plenty of time now to help him "get better."
Later, she failed to cure him and learned his terrible secret.
It turned out he had captured hundreds of demons for experiments, imprisoned old friends, and activated an ancient forbidden array, all to resurrect his former lover.
He truly had gone completely mad.
Reader notes:
(1) Female lead is not a virgin; she has had former lovers, with feelings of varying depth.
(2) Sweet on the outside, dark within x gentle and passionate.
Theme: To love someone, you must learn to love every part of them.
