“Immortal maiden, are you sure you want to drink this bowl of Wangchuan water? Once you drink it, in seven days you’ll leave and return to the Father God’s embrace. You’ll cease to exist in all the realms.” Seeing me take the bowl of Wangchuan water, which no one had drunk in a hundred thousand years, the celestial maiden hesitantly crossed my name off the Book of Life and Death. “I don’t know what you’ve been through, immortal maiden, but since you’ve made up your mind, I can only…” She paused, her gaze suddenly falling on the golden gemstone around my neck. She sprang to her feet. “Wait! You’re Yun He, the Demon Lord’s wife! The first flower of the other shore to bloom in the world after the creation of heaven and earth!” Everyone across the realms knew that the current Demon Lord adored his wife above all else. For her, he had fallen from immortal grace to become a demon, and given her his own golden core as a necklace to protect her for life. “My lady, anyone in the world can drink this, but you mustn’t!” Her voice broke as she rushed toward me. I dodged the celestial maiden’s attempt to stop me and, as she stared at me in horror, raised the bowl and drained it in one gulp. Only by dissolving back into primordial chaos could I be sure I’d never have to see Chong Lou, the Demon Lord who had once loved me with all his heart, again.
