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A major event has shaken Miaojiang. The tribe’s sacred maiden, Wu Ruo, is about to form a spiritual bond.
Her chosen partner is a woman she rescued from the base of a cliff. At the time, the woman was barely breathing. Wu Ruo brought her back and nursed her to health. Over time, their feelings deepened, and they prepared for the sacred bonding ceremony.
The wedding was solemn and sacred. The Miao people celebrated with lanterns and decorations. No one noticed Wu Ruo’s pale lips as she quietly swallowed the blood rising in her throat.
Only she knew the truth. Her partner did not truly love her.
That love was born from a Gu spell Wu Ruo had cast.
“This Gu will bind her to you. She will love you with unwavering devotion and remain by your side in life and death. But if you break the spell, her love will turn into endless hatred. She will loathe you to her very bones until the day she dies.”
Later, Wu Ruo discovered that the woman she had saved was Luo Qingyi, the master of Luoxue Peak and the top cultivator of the Zhiyuan Immortal Sect. She was the only inheritor of the ruthless path in centuries.
After returning to the sect, Luo Qingyi was condemned by everyone because of her connection to Wu Ruo. Miaojiang had always been mysterious and rejected by the cultivation world. Wu Ruo’s existence became the only stain on Luo Qingyi’s otherwise perfect life.
Wu Ruo watched as Luo Qingyi’s pride was trampled by her former peers. Her once boundless cultivation was reduced to nothing. The sect leader stripped her of her title and demoted her to a mere servant. She was left with nothing.
“I don’t care.” As Wu Ruo held her and cried, the once cold and proud sword master gently embraced her. Her face, usually indifferent to outsiders, softened with warmth. “Having you by my side is enough.”
“Yes. We will be together forever,” Wu Ruo replied.
She believed their days would continue like this. But when the great Dao began to collapse and the laws of the world unraveled, Luo Qingyi was chosen by the sect’s ancestral spirit to become the only hope of salvation for the cultivation world.
On that day, Wu Ruo made a decision.
She shattered the porcelain bottle she always kept close. The thread-like Gu worms crawled onto Luo Qingyi’s body. The ten-year love spell was broken.
Luo Qingyi’s gaze turned ice cold. Her ruthless cultivation surged back to its peak.
Wu Ruo took the sword through her heart without resistance. She looked at Luo Qingyi one last time and quietly disappeared from the martial world.
From then on, Luo Qingyi would no longer carry the stain of her.
As for the consequences of breaking the Gu spell, Wu Ruo accepted the hatred.
After the great war, the world lay in ruins. As sects rebuilt, everyone praised Luo Qingyi, the greatest prodigy of the cultivation world, for turning the tide.
“I heard Immortal Luo once had a former wife. They say she used vile Miao Gu magic to force Luo into love. She nearly destroyed Immortal Luo and almost doomed the entire realm.”
“Exactly. If I were Immortal Luo, I would tear her apart and grind her bones to dust.”
Amid the gossip, Luo Qingyi, dressed in white, entered the prison beneath Luoxue Peak. She gently turned the key to the iron cage.
The once proud sword master knelt on one knee. She reverently lifted the pale wrist of the Gu maiden and kissed her trembling lashes.
The silver chains clinked softly across the floor.
“Ah Ruo.” She brushed her lips against Wu Ruo’s pale mouth and bit down until blood bloomed on her soft skin. “Don’t think you can leave me. You promised we would be together forever.”
One-line summary:
After killing her wife to ascend, the ex regrets it.
Theme:
True love is built on sincerity, not manipulation. Growth comes from mutual respect and becoming better together.
