**Crouching Dragon, Hidden Phoenix**
In a world where dragons and phoenixes shine alongside one another and the weak are prey to the strong, Feng Fen, an illegitimate daughter of the Phoenix Clan born into lowly circumstances, needs spirit stones to enter the Dragon-Phoenix Selection. Forced to take the place of another bride, she marries Long Keng, the disabled eldest son of the Dragon Clan. This seemingly glamorous marriage hides deadly dangers: they say Phoenix Clan women who marry into the Dragon Clan either die or are left crippled. But Feng Fen stakes everything on the marriage, hoping to use her dowry to change her fate.
On their wedding night, Feng Fen discovers that her "disabled husband" is actually a genius young man pretending to be mediocre. Long Keng, meanwhile, sees through her disguise and realizes she is not Feng Sha, the legitimate daughter of the Phoenix Clan. Each has their own agenda: she schemes to survive and qualify for the selection, probing the Dragon Palace's power struggles at every turn; he bears the secret of his birth and wants to protect her freedom, yet struggles to contain the feelings he has hidden for years. From the humiliation of the proxy marriage to their unexpected encounter at Sun-Moon Lake, from sharing a bed while keeping their hearts apart to facing the bloody trials of the Dragon-Phoenix Selection together, the pair from vastly different backgrounds gradually uncover the long-buried past of their time studying in the Kunlun Mountains. It turns out their fates were intertwined from the moment they first met as children...
Theme: There is no such thing as destiny. Only those who refuse to give in dare to face death and live.
Wow, Fenkeng is so sweet [covering face and peeking] When will it be updated? 🥺 [Orange Candy] I got it