(The main story is complete; currently revising.)
Linghu Yuan, the illegitimate son of a nine-tailed fox demon from the Qingqiu Kingdom in the Eastern Wilderness, has suffered damage to his heart meridians and urgently needs the inner core of a thousand-year-old Teng Snake demon to stay alive.
His demon power is weak, so he sets his sights on Ye Qingyu, a naive young Taoist from Fuzhou Mountain.
He can enter the game himself, then repay her kindness with betrayal, use a Gu worm to take her hostage and bring her to Lingyun Sect. Surely the inner core will soon be his?
But after searching high and low, he comes up empty-handed. Instead, she saves him again and again, and before long, he finds himself falling for her.
In the end, he seeks the inner core not to save his own life, but because
he wants to be with her forever, her devoted servant beneath her skirts...
Note: Some place names and settings in this novel are inspired by the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Theme: Chronicles of Mountains and Seas
