Seven Hundred Years After His Death

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The name Chi Ci is one that cannot be spoken in this world.

Seven hundred years ago, he brought about the calamity that nearly destroyed the world. The Three Realms rose and fell, countless lives were lost, and innumerable people died in that disaster.

Chi Ci committed countless atrocities and was ruthless to the core. He had once been the closest friend and sworn brother of the current Heavenly Venerable, as dear to him as family. Yet he betrayed the Heavenly Venerable and wreaked havoc across the world. In the end, the Heavenly Venerable killed him with his own hands and restored peace to the world.

Seven hundred years have passed since that demon's death.

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Chi Ci is the invincible villain in a power-progression fantasy novel about a chosen hero.

He conceals his identity and infiltrates the male lead's inner circle, calling him brother and playing the part of a loyal friend, all while committing every sort of evil behind his back. He makes the male lead hate him to the core, and ultimately dies at his hands in the final battle.

He is cruel in his methods: he gouges out the eyes of the first member of the protagonist's group, takes the life of the second, wipes out the entire clan of the third, and betrays the male lead's trust.

But seven hundred years after his death...

The villain who once terrorized the world, feared by everyone, opens his eyes once more.

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Yan Jiangchi has lost count of how many times he has dreamed of him.

Ever since Yan Jiangchi became the Heavenly Venerable, the greatest person in the world, he has dreamed of him even more often.

Through the haze, he catches glimpses of an old friend's figure. They once roamed the world with swords at their sides and wine in hand, sharing laughter. They faced danger together, shared tender moments in the falling snow, and walked side by side, step by step.

But Chi Ci once severed the tendons in his hands and feet, then tossed him into the perilous Ten Thousand Demon Caverns with a cold, haughty look. Chi Ci also slaughtered his entire household: his senior brothers, junior brothers, and master all died because of him. And Chi Ci killed every companion around him until Yan Jiangchi had nothing left and went mad with obsession.

Back then, Yan Jiangchi crawled out of the Ten Thousand Demon Caverns, covered in blood and torn flesh. His nails were broken, his bones twisted, and not an inch of him was uninjured. He was utterly battered.

All his blood debts began with Chi Ci. All his companions died because of him. All his suffering came from him.

He hated him.

So this was how long and fierce hatred could be, burning away every trace of affection.

It burned away the spirited young man he had been and turned him into a Heavenly Venerable who cared only about growing stronger, all so he could kill Chi Ci with his own hands.

Yan Jiangchi killed Chi Ci with his own hands.

And with that, his hatred was complete.

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In the seven hundred years after Chi Ci's death, Yan Jiangchi went more than once to the courtyard where he and Chi Ci had sworn brotherhood. There, hazy with drink, he dreamed of him again.

In his dreams, Chi Ci was at his side and his friends were nearby. When he awoke, he was alone once more.

His inner demons grew, fate showed no mercy, and the solitary wanderer returned alone to a place from his past.

But returning to the past was like trying to retrieve a sword by marking a boat.

The sword Chi Ci had given him was already broken, and could never be restored.

In the haze of dreams, caught between drunkenness and inner demons, seven hundred years after Chi Ci's death, the Heavenly Venerable once again sensed a familiar presence that pierced him to the bone and made him tremble.

It was Chi Ci.

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Everyone feared him, dreaded him, and hated him to the core.

Yet they could not help loving him, living for him and dying for him.

1. The actual love interest is the chosen son of Heaven, a power-fantasy hero who can do whatever he wants after the novel ends.

2. A tale of deep grievances, blood feuds, and love and hate intertwined. The male lead is not purely evil. The hero loves and hates him, loves him again, loves him some more, hates him again, and loves him once more.

3. It's all about that love and hate, the male lead dies and the love interest goes mad. It's a thrilling ride.

4. Both leads are beautiful, powerful, and tragic.

5. Cover artists: Zhucheng Xumeng and Furulu.

Theme: A lotus leaves its homeland for a thousand years.