The Princess Has the Perfect Script for a Dramatic Downfall

A gentle white moonlight saves a world-weary young princess:

Huan Ning is the most ruthless sword wielder in the Demon-Slaying Bureau. Whenever she encounters a demon, she kills it with a single strike, earning the title “Demon-Slaying Sword” from the Three Bureaus, Five Offices, and Thirteen Halls.

One day, she learns she has to marry a merman lord from the Western Wastes.

Huan Ning: “...Is it illegal to kill my husband?”

The merman lord is gentle and rich, kind and rich, devoted and... rich.

As the poorest princess in the Celestial Realm, Huan Ning feels conflicted.

One day, after teaching Huan Ning how to legally inherit her husband’s fortune, he is trapped by a formation. She points to the Nine Evil Wastes and declares with utmost confidence, “If you jump down there, you’ll save me.”

The merman lord jumps in without hesitation.

But good times don’t last. Huan Ning fails in her bid for power, and her elder brother seals her cultivation and throws her into the Nine Evil Wastes too. As she struggles to survive, the familiar Dingxuan Sword comes to rest against her throat.

By then, the merman lord has become the ruler of the Nine Evil Wastes. His voice is as gentle as ever. “Princess, what a coincidence.”

Huan Ning: “...”