Boundless Mountains

Everyone knows that Gu Zhi, the moody, violent, reclusive sect leader of Wuliang Mountain, feared by all who hear his name, has three great regrets in life.

First, he trusted too easily in his youth and brought a spy back to the mountain.

Second, he was too young and fell in love with the spy.

Third, he was blind and stubborn, and got engaged to that spy.

He let his guard down for a moment, and on the night of their engagement, a sword pierced his heart.

The sect's treasured jade token was stolen, the Tianshan Sect fell into ruin, and his father, brothers, fellow disciples, and students were all gone. He wandered in terror like a stray dog.

They say Gu Zhi hated that spy with all his heart. After driving her to the brink and sending her tumbling off a cliff, he spent the next three years laying a vast net and searching heaven and earth, turning rivers and seas upside down. He swore to dig three feet into the ground and find her, alive or dead, so he could tear her to pieces and grind her bones to dust.

When Nan Qiongshuang heard the story again, she only smiled.

He had every reason to hate her.

Nan Qiongshuang was as beautiful as Chang'e and as pure as snow, naturally blessed with a crystalline face of almost excessive beauty. As a child, she was sent to the Rebirth Sect and trained as a spy.

For fourteen years, she had toyed with people's hearts and bewitched their souls. She had no idea how many lives she had taken, and had never felt she owed any of them anything.

Getting engaged to the Tianshan Sect's young leader, a lofty and radiant man, was simply a necessary move in her mission.

That peerless prodigy was bright and noble, gentle and proper, and always listened to the people of his sect.

Yet he fought with the entire mountain for her.

For her, he accepted confinement, meditated beneath a waterfall, knelt for hours in the ancestral hall, and faced a joint tribunal of the sects. At the moment of life and death, he pushed her away and faced the King of Hell alone.

Nan Qiongshuang was unmoved.

She knew he loved her.

Countless people had fallen for her, of course.

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So on the night of their engagement, she straightened her collar, gently pushed away the young man who had lowered his eyes to kiss her, drew the sword from her sleeve, and drove it straight into his left chest.

Doing evil comes at a price, especially when you try to assassinate a gentleman like him.

So that day, before he could draw his last breath, she slipped and plunged straight into an unfathomable abyss before his eyes, while he watched with a gaze shattered by grief and hate.

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She never thought she would see him again.

#The cold, aloof beauty is stabbed by his wife, then watches her die before his eyes#

Beautiful as Chang'e, heartless villainess VS noble, devoted saint (formerly), self-loathing, world-weary, unhinged imperial preceptor (later)

Notes:

1. Before falling in love, the heroine nearly manipulates the emotions of both the male lead and the second male lead. She won't be faithful to any man before that. As a heart-targeting assassin, flirting with the male lead is her job; flirting with the second male lead is her side gig. Later, the saintly male lead saves the villainess. It's a tortured romance with a happy ending, 1v1, and a story about him saving her.

2. Early on, the irresistible villainess puts the saint through the wringer, with plenty of rivalry and romantic tension. Later, it's an enemies-to-lovers story of bitter love and deep hatred. Their relationship becomes intense, not a gentle, slow-burn romance. The emotions swing between extremes.

3. The early jianghu setting is only a backdrop for the romance. This is not a wuxia novel: there are no martial arts or power-progression elements. The jianghu setting is for the romance!

4. The jianghu arc is almost entirely romance, while the court arc is split evenly between romance and plot. Overall, the romance takes priority over the plot, so don't expect too much from the plot.

5. [Important] The author favors tragic, resolute characters, so Shuang, Jin, and Bai all have varying degrees of tragic qualities. Even the heroine is beautiful, powerful, and miserable. Readers who only like the heroine may not enjoy this.

[Also] This is the author's first novel. The first draft was written by a complete beginner, but after it was finished, many chapters in the first volume were revised, with character development improved and the romance better connected. If you read a pirated copy, you may well get furious, but the author isn't responsible for that kind of magical damage.

[One more thing] The title was changed to prevent piracy. If you're a legitimate reader sharing the book with others, please don't spread the old title.

Next upcoming novel: Mom, I'm a Man Too

"You really think there's nothing between you and your mother?!" the great demon snarled at him. "Did she carry you? Give birth to you? She only raised you! There are countless cases of humans falling for demons and demons falling for humans! What's so strange about you falling for your mother? You're not related by blood, and she isn't your real family. She just raised you! You think of yourself as her son and her as your mother, and believe there's nothing between you. But who else would believe that?"

Taowu froze, his ears ringing.

"You mean... me and my mother..."

"Isn't that right? Haven't you already...?" The great demon teased him, pinching her sharp nails together.

"I..."

The great demon pointed a nail at him. "Dare you say you don't?"

"You mean..." Taowu finally lifted his head. The ancient demon was strangely beautiful, his golden eyes sharp as nails. "My mother and I... can..."

So it really was possible.

Then he couldn't help thinking of the men who hovered around his beautiful mother all day like flies.

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Ji Qingmiao had been a little troubled lately.

After spending thirty years in the mortal realm undergoing tribulations, she had finally restored her immortal body and returned to the celestial realm. A heap of messes at Nuwa Mountain was waiting for her to deal with them.

Then the little wolf she had brought back from the mortal realm and loved as her own child began following her everywhere, clinging to her day and night and gazing at her without blinking.

There was something in his eyes that hadn't been there before.

#I thought we were just ordinary mother and son who had been through life and death together#

Theme: A villainess can always turn over a new leaf