Slay the Heavens

Here is the blurb for this story. Key point: a world of women only.

[An unloved, self-isolating "sacrifice" x a once-cold immortal, now driven mad by love x a carefree Ghost King]

Ying Bur ran was seen as an ill-omened presence from the day she was born.

The day she came into the world, both her mothers died mysteriously. When she was ten, a sudden plague took the lives of her adoptive mothers.

After that, every place she went seemed to suffer a disaster, until one person appeared.

For the first time, someone told her that none of it was her fault. She took Ying Bur ran away from the abyss and gave her the stable life she had always dreamed of.

It was inevitable that she would fall in love with this immortal.

-

Ying Bur ran would always remember that day.

That day, she worked up the courage to confess her feelings to Zhao Qingxun, already prepared to be rejected.

After all, one of them was a sect genius revered by countless people, while the other was a worthless person, burdened by calamity and unable to cultivate. There was a world of difference between them.

But Zhao Qingxun accepted her confession.

It was the happiest time of her life.

But it had all been a lie.

When the giant sword that symbolized Heaven's punishment descended and mercilessly struck her, the formation beneath her drew out her life force without end, offering it up to Heaven.

She said this was her fate.

She said she had taken Ying Bur ran away for the sake of the Heavenly Sacrifice.

With blood blurring her vision, Ying Bur ran held on to her last breath and asked the person she had once loved most, "What about everything before? Was that a lie too?"

Zhao Qingxun answered with a long silence. Her silence said everything.

Ying Bur ran understood: the so-called love had been nothing but a way to keep her in line.

But it seemed she hadn't died completely. Someone who called herself the Ghost King rescued her.

"Do you want revenge? On everyone who brought about all the misfortunes you've suffered?" the Ghost King asked, cradling her broken soul.

"Forget her. How about coming with me from now on? I'm not like her. I'll never betray you."

Ying Bur ran heard her own voice, filled with boundless resentment, speak a single word.

"Fine."

-

She heard that the immortal had come to regret what she had done, and was searching everywhere for the soul of her former lover.

The immortal who had once been aloof and untouched by worldly affairs now followed behind her, begging humbly. But Ying Bur ran was unmoved.

She knew she had been wrong, but so what? The person she used to be was already dead. All that remained here was a lonely soul, half human and half ghost.

She had never imagined Zhao Qingxun would go this mad.

Familiar darkness swept over her. When it faded, Ying Bur ran found herself back in the familiar room. The difference was that this time, her hands and feet were shackled.

"I didn't understand anything before, but your arrival changed all that. I was wrong before, and I'm sorry. As long as you don't leave me, I'll give you anything you want..."

The immortal cupped her face, madness coloring her eyes red. At the same time, another voice rang out by her ear.

"Looks like... you're having fun?"

Ying Bur ran: ...

We weren't playing. I was just fishing for information.

Using them and throwing them away is my principle now.

Content warnings:

1. A world of women only, no men. If you think a term is problematic or have suggestions for changes, feel free to bring them up. However, I will not accept claims that the word "woman" can't be used to describe people or similar arguments. Discussion is welcome, but don't try to moralize at me.

2. Zhao is truly heartless at first, and only realizes her feelings later. She is genuinely a scumbag in the early stages of the relationship.

3. Not an absolute 1v1. The timelines overlap, and there are two Zhaos, two individuals with the same origin who split after making different choices at the same point in time.

4. This is a second attempt at a groveling-for-forgiveness arc. I don't know how it'll turn out.

5. Happy ending. She forgives Zhao, and Zhao wins her back, in the ending (looks away).

80% anti-piracy.

Theme: Face your true feelings and cherish the present.