Blurb:
Yun Fu is of noble birth, the Emperor’s beloved daughter.
But the stories she writes herself and hides by her pillow conceal a secret she can’t bring herself to admit, one she has to suppress every day with medicine.
Just as the medicine was about to stop working, Yun Fu had a dream.
She dreamed she was the reincarnation of an immortal, a once-in-a-generation genius of the Hehuan Sect in her previous life. Her partner had been Xie Changhen, the aloof and handsome leader of the Heartless Dao.
But she suffered from a hidden condition, and Xie Changhen was so restrained and cold that their dual cultivation never satisfied her.
Over the years, Yun Fu eventually went mad in her cultivation, turning Xie Changhen into a furnace cauldron without love or desire, who knew only how to please her.
To save her life, the sect elders sent her into the cycle of reincarnation, hoping she would cultivate her character and mend her ways.
After waking, Yun Fu didn’t take the dream seriously.
That is, until one day.
The eldest legitimate son of the Xie Chancellor’s household returned to the capital and appeared at the polo grounds. Rumor had it that beneath his striking looks, he was completely devoid of romance, cold and ill-tempered.
Yun Fu was so startled that she dropped her handkerchief.
This Xie Changhen was exactly like the furnace cauldron from her dream.
No one understood why Princess Yongning chose Xie Changhen as her consort.
Only Yun Fu knew just how much this man suited her.
From then on, every day the Princess’s residence was arranged to match the scenes in her stories.
Every time they shared a bed, Xie Changhen was tender in his movements, yet his eyes brimmed with hatred.
From the day he became her furnace cauldron, he could no longer refuse her.
That was how things worked when they cultivated immortality. It was even more so now that he was only a mortal.
Yun Fu lived the blissful life she had longed for in both her past and present lives.
Until one day, when she awoke to find Xie Changhen had regained his cultivation. Clad in white and holding a sword, he could barely conceal his hatred. “Hand over the marriage contract, and I’ll spare your life.”
Yun Fu saw the intense humiliation and disgust in his eyes, and suddenly lost interest.
Long ago, they had once loved each other.
Yun Fu burned the marriage contract on the spot.
The contract was bound by their souls. If it was burned, their souls would be forever at odds, and they would never be able to form a pact and join in spiritual union again.
From now on, they would have nothing to do with each other.
The next day, Yun Fu had someone bring a new furnace cauldron into her residence.
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Xie Changhen hated Yun Fu.
She’d said she fell in love with him at first sight, forced him to sign a marriage contract, turned him into a furnace cauldron, and never repented. Even after they were reborn as mortals, she still forced him to marry her.
He told her to hand over the marriage contract, intending to live apart for a few days and give her time to reflect.
But Yun Fu never reflected.
She burned the contract and walked away without looking back.
Xie Changhen suspected she had put a spell on him, too.
Otherwise, why was he going mad trying to win her back?
Reading guide:
1. The heroine is a dark, seductive tease, and the hero hits every one of her aesthetic preferences, right down to the last strand of hair. She thought about him day and night until she went mad in her cultivation and did some immoral things to him :)
2. Both are each other’s first and only, one-on-one romance, happy ending.
Theme: Face life with optimism.
