Chu Daoqing, the Ancestor of the Hehuan Sect, faked her death and stayed dead for a hundred years. Then one day, she sat bolt upright in her coffin and came back to life.
A century ago, Chu Daoqing had been hailed as the most beautiful woman under heaven, living carefree and doing as she pleased. Now her little face was pale, her figure slender, and less than a tenth of her power remained.
The Heavenly Dao appeared to her in a dream and told her that because she'd started and abandoned too many relationships, she had to repay the romantic debts she'd incurred before she could regain all her power. Otherwise, she'd be reduced to ashes.
Debt One: Take care of the pet belonging to a beautiful creditor traveling far from home.
Though a scholar would rather die than be humiliated, the Ancestor swallowed her pride and did all the dirty, exhausting work.
Debt Two: Listen to the stunning descendant of a former beauty vent about her love troubles.
From the third watch to the fifth, from spring through summer. The Ancestor grew drowsy, and her ears practically sprouted calluses.
Debt Three...
The Ancestor finally couldn't take any more and slammed the table. What was all this supposed to be?!
After exhausting herself paying off several debts, she checked the romantic-debt repayment bar. Ninety-nine percent remained.
The Ancestor fainted.
Lazy Chu Daoqing began considering other plans.
Shen Yang, the Judicial Immortal Lord in flowing white robes who had unceremoniously brought her to the Sword Sect, was expressionless and stern every day, old-fashioned and fierce, and had made her copy three thousand sect rules for no reason.
She was gentle and kind to her disciples, but turned around and treated Chu Daoqing coldly.
Shen Yang must hate her, Chu Daoqing thought.
One day, Chu Daoqing inadvertently made Shen Yang laugh. Her romantic-debt repayment progress shot up by five percent!
She hadn't expected Shen Yang to be one of her creditors too.
Chu Daoqing racked her brains but couldn't remember what romantic debt she owed Shen Yang in her previous life.
They'd barely even met!
Still, putting the facts aside, Shen Yang's repayment progress was moving so fast that Chu Daoqing decided to keep her secret identity under wraps, figure out what would work, and devise the lowest-cost repayment plan for Shen Yang.
One day, Shen Yang caught Chu Daoqing returning from an outing to repay her debts.
"You remembered to come back?"
Shen Yang blocked the entrance to the Sword Sect, refusing to let her in.
"Immortal Lord~" Chu Daoqing's face bloomed like a peach blossom. Shamelessly, she bared one shoulder. "Please let me in. Have a heart, take pity on me! I don't have anywhere else to stay."
"You never change! Why do you insist on going out to look for those women?" Shen Yang's face remained cool, but her eyes reddened at the corners. She braced her scabbard against Chu Daoqing, keeping her three feet away.
"Please, my dear, forgive me~" Chu Daoqing pretended to cry, then took advantage of Shen Yang's distraction to press closer. "I have my reasons."
"You... What are you trying to do?" The usually dignified and composed Immortal Lord panicked.
"Just like that night a hundred years ago."
Note:
In her previous life, Chu Daoqing hadn't truly started and abandoned a relationship.
Blurb dated March 18, 2025
Theme: Be devoted to the one you love
