The Imperial Marshal’s Darling at the Tip of His Heart

Yun Shu is the backbone of the Xi Lan Nation—the Chief Architect who plans with unfailing precision, and a terminal patient suffering from late-stage Crystal Erosion Disease.

Dragging his broken body, he infiltrates the powerful neighboring Chenhuan Empire. His sole purpose is to steal a glimmer of hope for the billions of his fellow countrymen before death claims him. Even if it means a head-on confrontation with that notoriously ruthless and formidable Empire Marshal.

Ling Yao has been very frustrated lately. He is responsible for tracking the “Turbid Core,” the source of pollution, but his missions are constantly interrupted by a sickly beauty. That man looks as though he might shatter with a single cough, yet time and again, he slips away from right under Ling Yao’s nose, taking key clues with him.

Until one particular mission, amidst the ruins of an explosion: Ling Yao looked at Yun Shu whom he had subconsciously shielded in his arms and saw the man coughing until the corners of his eyes turned red. Gritting his teeth, Ling Yao snarled: “Are all you Xi Lan people this crazy and suicidal?”

Yun Shu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a faint smile actually tracing his pale face: “Not as much as you, Marshal Ling so ruthless, and yet so fond of meddling in others’ business.”

Later, the entire Empire knew that their cold-blooded, heartless Grand Marshal had acquired a new “reverse scale” (a fatal weakness).

The sickly, frail Chief Architect from the enemy nation. Touch him, and you die.

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One-sentence summary: He is the only variable in his exhaustive calculations.

Theme: Two powerful individuals joining forces to save all living beings.