Introduction to The Heartless Realm: A Beauty's Calamity
A down-and-out modern college student transmigrates into the body of a poor commoner in ancient times. Through sheer will, he rises from humble beginnings to the side of the emperor. Will this path bring him glory or damnation?
After Yan Che is reborn in another world, his romance is torn apart before it can begin. He joins the army on the frontier and earns fame through bloodshed, only to fall into Xiao Jinghan's chain of deadly schemes as soon as he arrives in the capital. He and Shen Qingci fall deeply in love, but suffer miscarriage, the disappearance of their legitimate son, and a marriage torn apart. His beloved wife is even kidnapped and imprisoned by their enemy.
Why does Xiao Jinghan, a sinister and ruthless man of low birth, go from constantly scheming against Shen Qingci to becoming madly and obsessively in love with her after she loses her memory?
Caught in court intrigue, turmoil in the Western Regions, and a palace coup that ends in regicide, Yan Che fights his way through every obstacle and eventually becomes an imperial merchant with power over the court. But why is he still unable to protect the woman he loves? Shen Qingci escapes death and regains her memories, so why can she not escape her fate? Yan Che's achievements surpass all others, so why does he end up dying to protect the emperor and his country?
The villains are executed, mother and child are buried together, and an illegitimate son is left to wander the streets. The legitimate son returns, and the ties of fate are settled. When the love and hatred of a past life have burned away, where will the soul return in this life? This tragic romance of power and passion, spanning life and death, ends at the farthest reaches of the realm, leaving behind only a grief that cuts to the bone.
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