Senior Brother, My Beloved, Wait for Me to Survive and Marry You

[A fiercely protective, outwardly courteous but inwardly cold, refined gentleman of a senior brother x an ancient ferocious beast, a brave, spirited, growing, sweet-natured junior sister]

Xie Jianyi knew from a young age that her childhood friend and senior brother possessed an unparalleled sword constitution. The sect pinned its hopes on him, and his fellow disciples admired and looked up to him.

His lone sword had shielded her from countless disasters, giving her a peaceful haven.

Later, they gradually grew apart. She could only steal a glimpse of him through the golden windows as he practiced swordplay and stirred the magnolia blossoms in the courtyard, or listen to her fellow disciples tell stories of his adventures vanquishing demons and upholding the righteous path.

The only thing that remained unchanged was that whenever he returned to the sect from an outing, a gift suited to her tastes would appear by her window.

Her senior brother had a pair of beautiful eyes. Dressed in white embroidered with gold, his back always straight, he was gentle, calm, and in complete control.

Sometimes she wondered: even though they had grown up together, she had never seen her senior brother lose control of his emotions. What could ever make him show what he truly felt?

Until the day came.

The sect where she had grown up issued an order to kill her, no matter whether she lived or died. Her master, who had raised her with fatherly care, died because of it.

Her senior brother crossed a thousand mountains and rivers to rush back, carving a path through his fellow disciples to save her.

For years afterward, Xie Jianyi could never forget that sight: he held the sword Wangduan, his white clothes soaked in blood, yet his figure stood straight as a pine.

Only in the final glance he cast at her was there no longer any calm. It was deep, as if he wanted to carve her image into his heart forever.

As he fell with the setting sun, he spoke his final words: "My only mission in life is to protect you."

Whenever the disciples of Linyuan Sect talk about the junior sister of Jianwu Peak, they all wear helpless expressions.

The junior sister is talented at formations and clever and cute when teasing people. She is quite popular with the sect's eligible male cultivators.

But Senior Brother Shen politely holds his sword across their path, and anyone with designs on her can only shrink back and whisper about it in private.

When everything changes overnight, no one expects that this junior sister is the legendary ancient ferocious beast Tuoji, which vanished from the world long ago and would bring disaster on an unimaginable scale if it ever revealed its true form.

Even less do they expect this junior sister to wield twin blades, survive the pursuit of countless experts from the cultivation world, cultivate supreme Dao insight in the body of a ferocious beast, found a sect, vindicate cultivators of unconventional paths, and become a legendary founding patriarch.

As time passes, every cultivator of an unconventional path comes to share the same dream: to join her sect and win her favor.

Reading Guide

1. The female lead grows over time; a touch of ensemble cast.

2. The heroine is a ferocious beast inspired by a creature from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Her abilities are author-created.

3. The romance takes up a substantial portion of the story, concentrated in the final four volumes.

Theme: A thousand people may wish to destroy it, but they cannot outweigh one person who will rebuild it.