Fate Begins and Ends: Opposites That Sustain Each Other

In the face of fate's unpredictability, human life is so small and powerless. Every struggle is like trying to stop a cart with one's bare arms, and ultimately accomplishes nothing.

The previous generation left behind unresolved grudges, and this generation remains entangled in love and hate. With a bizarre past and a mysterious search ahead, what kind of ending would count as a perfect reconciliation and release? Amidst the trials and tribulations of the martial world, is the love people speak of truly unbreakable, or is it merely a tragedy, with fate playing them like pawns?

A contentious crystal, fallen irises, childhood sweethearts caught in a mistaken marriage, and one who ultimately swallows the deadly poison, weeping; one who loses her heart and kills the person she once loved, then goes mad with laughter as her wedding approaches; one who willingly sacrifices her life for the sake of a familiar face; one hounded by rumors who cruelly changes her appearance to frame another; one who seeks revenge for her family, only to kill her own younger brother; one who dares to love but not to confess, only to discover in the end that the one she loved was merely a shadow.

No matter how vast the world, no one can escape the author's evil stepmother act.