Lu Heng and I were locked in a bitter struggle for ten years. He used someone else to kill my parents, and I used forbidden magic to cripple him for life. Everyone thought the grudge between us would tie us together until death. But on the day of the mountain-collapse ritual, evil spirits ran rampant. Lu Heng shoved me aside like a madman, only to be dragged into the endless abyss himself.
“Don’t get the wrong idea. I just didn’t want to owe you...”
“Bai Yue, if there’s another life, don’t meet me again...”
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day of the sacrificial drawing. I went straight to the clan chief and volunteered. “A Zhi is too frail. She might offend the Ghost King, so let me go instead.”
Lu Heng, let this repay you for your life. This time, I’ll enter the underworld of my own accord, so you can grow old in the mortal world.
