Synopsis
Xiao Yin transmigrated into a cultivation novel and racked her brains, thinking of every xianxia novel she'd ever read, but couldn't find a character with the same name.
Xiao Yin was relieved: Thank goodness, thank goodness. At least I didn't transmigrate as an evil villainess.
Not only was she not an evil villainess, she'd been brought back to Shifang Isle and become the beloved junior sister of the entire immortal sect.
Her eldest senior brother was the son of Yinglong, with an immortal's bearing and peerless beauty. He'd traveled thousands of miles from the North Sea to bring her a precious divine mirror.
Her second senior brother was the Crown Prince of Nanyue, handsome and charming, considerate in every way, and attentive to every detail of her daily life.
Her master, Lord Ta Yue, pitied her mortal body, fearing she might not live long, so he bestowed upon her the surname Xiling and shared his fortune and half his lifespan with her.
After spending three years on Shifang Isle eating her fill and waiting for death, the mighty army of Kong Sang closed in, laying waste to the island. The island's ruler planned to hand her over in exchange for peace.
Her senior brothers all let go of her at once, and even her master remained silent.
*
The Heavenly Dao granted Immortal Xiling three strands of a departing soul, while entrusting her with the duty of protecting all living beings.
In her first life, Xiling sacrificed herself to fill in the North Sea, stopping a great flood from the land of Suji that would have swallowed countless lives.
In her second life, Xiling scattered all her cultivation and became an apricot grove stretching a thousand miles across Nanyue, protecting the people there from deadly miasma.
In her third life, Xiling climbed alone to the summit of Kunlun to shield Shifang Isle from the once-in-ten-thousand-years tribulation.
With all three lives spent, Xiling's soul scattered, and she entered the cycle of rebirth once more.
Thirty years after her death, a junior sister arrived on Shifang Isle.
She looked exactly like Immortal Xiling. Her spiritual roots came from the same source as Immortal Xiling's, and most importantly, her body was an excellent vessel for a soul, capable of restoring Immortal Xiling's spirit.
Shifang Isle raised her for three years, then, on the eve of the Holy War, welcomed back the beloved figure revered by all.
On the destiny stele, Xiao Yin's name, once linked to Lord Ta Yue's fortune, was erased and replaced with the name of his true Dao companion: Xiling.
Xiao Yin, meanwhile, was married into Kong Sang under the name of Immortal Xiling.
*
Thirty years ago, on a moonlit night atop Mount Kunlun.
Li Jingren, ruler of Kong Sang, was stabbed through the heart by Immortal Xiling's sword. His five senses were shattered and his body destroyed, leaving only one of his three souls and seven spirits to be reborn within his only son, Gu Guang.
In the third year of the Dali era, Gu Guang broke through the ninth level of the Mirror Realm and led a hundred thousand Kong Sang demon soldiers to attack Shifang Isle. Atop Mount Kunlun, where he'd suffered the humiliation of that sword years before, he declared: "Hand over Immortal Xiling, and I'll give you peace across the ten realms."
He forced her to stay by his side, took her hand, married her, and made love to her, vowing to avenge the wrong he'd suffered in the past.
At last, he thrust his sword toward her heart, but she didn't even try to dodge.
"You're not her. You don't deserve my sword." Gu Guang lowered it.
Then he turned the sword around and placed the hilt in her hand.
"Pick it up."
Seven years later, a rainbow shot into the sky from Kong Sang. The Emperor and Empress joined hands, broke through the tenth heaven, and ascended to godhood.
The people of Shifang Isle saw someone ascend and knelt in prayer, gazing up from afar.
It was the obscure junior sister from all those years ago.
*
[The heroine's name and the title and blurb are subject to change]
Theme: Above the nine heavens, you and I stand side by side
