My brother is the only phoenix in the Divine Realm. After our divine father and mother fell, my brother and I had only each other. When I was a hundred, the demon race invaded. I nearly died saving my brother, and he slaughtered the demons in a fury, letting demonic energy enter his body. I tore apart my true phoenix-blossom form to save his life. After that, I was bedridden for a long time. My brother searched everywhere for a cure, sparing no effort. Those who mocked me as a burden had their immortal bones crushed and their cores destroyed by his own hand. When the Heavenly Emperor's only son lusted after me, my brother dismembered him and cast him into the beast realm. To protect my heart meridians, he even gave me his own lifeline phoenix feather to wear as a hairpin. My brother is noble and powerful, but whenever I'm involved, he loses all restraint and becomes cruel and violent. To restore my phoenix-blossom form, he sent me down to the mortal world to undergo tribulation. The day I successfully returned to the Divine Realm was also the day my brother was to marry the Dragon Clan princess. But my future sister-in-law stopped me outside the Phoenix Palace.
“A lowborn who has only just ascended to the Divine Realm dares to seduce my Phoenix Lord?”
She broke my immortal bones, crushed the true form I'd painstakingly restored, then stripped off my beautiful skin and stuffed it into a gift box to send to my brother.
“Darling, look at the wedding gift I got you. Do you like it?”
