Blurb:
Only after Xue Ran died did she learn that she was the villain in a book. She was supposedly destined to have her entire family slaughtered, to be trampled and humiliated by everyone. Even though she crawled out of a sea of blood and devoted herself day and night to avenging her parents and younger sister, she was still in the wrong. In the end, the so-called righteous male lead shot through her heart with an arrow, and everyone but her lived happily ever after.
She refused to accept it. She refused to admit she was wrong. She couldn't understand why.
Reborn, the first thing she did after crawling out of that sea of blood was pick up a sword and walk up to the male lead, still a boy.
She returned the exact same sword thrust he'd dealt her in her previous life.
But she never imagined that the male lead couldn't be killed. Once his body was gone, the Heavenly Dao actually arranged another one for him.
She was forced to share her own body with the person she hated most.
In that case, she would make this god, so lofty and full of pity for all living things, be slowly swallowed by the filth and blood of the mortal world.
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Tu Xun was a gifted cultivator from childhood, the most admired disciple of his immortal sect. Radiant and untouched by the mortal world, he believed everything was within his grasp. He thought that throughout his life, he'd rid the world of evil and never betrayed his conscience.
But he had no heart.
The irony was that in his next life, someone pierced his heart with a sword.
He remembered this person. Those eyes, holding back bloody tears, had stared at him for a long time before she died, unable to close them. She haunted his dreams at midnight.
Later, he followed her across mountains and seas, witnessing her obsession, her darkness, and her willingness to do anything.
He watched with his own eyes as she climbed higher step by step, as her hands were stained with countless lives, as she risked everything and still refused to regret or admit defeat.
At that moment, his nightmare broke.
He took the bloodied blade from her hand, wiped the bloody tears from the corners of her eyes, and told her,
“Let me.”
Only much later did Tu Xun realize that what held him captive wasn't a nightmare. It was the first sign of something more.
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Theme: I'll walk my own path