“A hundred years ago, we were already husband and wife…”
“How can you be my junior sister now?”
*
After Ning Tan transmigrated into a cultivation world, she once followed the System’s instructions and briefly married someone.
The red wedding candles burned for seven full days, like a dream.
When she awoke, she hadn’t forgotten why she was there: to eliminate the Demon King wreaking havoc in the mortal realm and restore peace to the world.
So she plunged her sword into the Demon King, whose crimes were notorious, and removed the Li Core that should never have belonged to him.
The assassination was over, the System’s task was complete, and everything had settled.
Over the years, the Demon Realm had quieted and the mortal world had been at peace. Ning Tan had lived a fairly content life.
That is, until a frail young man joined the same immortal sect as her.
*
When Chi Yunsheng lost his demonic powers and fell into the mortal world, he once loved someone.
She was domineering and rude. They had barely met a few times when she offered to help him regain his powers, on the condition that he marry her.
At first, Chi Yunsheng was deeply reluctant to be with her. With his powers still unrestored, he had no choice but to humor her.
But in the days that followed, Ning Tan devoted herself to him. When he fell seriously ill, she asked after his health, brought him soup and medicine, and cared for him attentively.
The heart that had been lonely for a hundred years finally began to beat uncontrollably in her presence.
When the day came to honor their promise and marry, he was unusually nervous.
After all, the Demon Realm had been in turmoil for many years, and there hadn’t been a joyous occasion like the wedding of a Demon Queen for a long time.
Chi Yunsheng thought that once his powers had fully recovered, he could take Ning Tan back to the Demon Realm to meet everyone.
The seventh day of their marriage was his birthday.
He never expected that the birthday gift he’d been looking forward to would be a dagger pointed at his heart…
Years later, with his injuries barely healed, he defied his subordinates’ objections and dragged his frail body to Wangxu Mountain, where he joined the sect and became Ning Tan’s senior brother.
He hated her and was determined to avenge the betrayal he had suffered all those years ago.
But on that day
In the cold rain pouring from the sky, Chi Yunsheng stood before Ning Tan and removed the remaining half of his Li Core. Tormented by the burning pain in his heart, his hair hung loose and he looked utterly broken.
When he looked up at her, however, he smiled softly.
“A hundred years ago, you killed me for this. Now I’m offering it to you with my own hands… Do you still want it?”
Reading guide:
1. The male lead doesn’t seek revenge. He’s truly lovesick and is here to win his wife back.
2. Early on, the female lead forces him into marriage.
Theme: Keep moving forward against the current.
