Joy Without End

From a common girl to a ruthless powerbroker, Lou Jin left a trail of bones in her wake. She cast aside the joys of ordinary life, became mired in the whirlpool of power, and refused to pull herself free.

After entering the Crown Prince's household and putting down roots in the capital, Lou Jin finally realized that she could make use of anything and everything to help her leap onto the Golden Terrace.

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In a time of chaos, a youth descended from the heavens. He controlled floods, subdued demons, and was hailed by the world as a heavenly god sent to endure a tribulation among mortals. Though he fell to demons in battle and died, his soul extinguished, people still said he had freed himself from all earthly attachments and cast aside every emotion. After death, he would ascend to immortality.

Later, he returned from the dead and secretly pledged himself to a mortal woman. People then said he was still burdened by worldly attachments and emotions, and had fallen short of his goal at the very end.

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Yun Shuo had always been the untouchable little immortal in Lou Jin's heart: close at hand, yet lofty and beyond her reach. She could not help but admire him.

Until one day, Lou Jin discovered that this otherworldly being who had descended from the heavens knew nothing at all about the customs and ways of this land. He had learned every notion of right and wrong from her, and regarded her words and actions as the absolute standard, willingly placing himself beneath her.