This is what I saw on twitter. I saw spoilers about the whole plot including what lxy is and what lifei is as well and about her master as well , it made me more excited to watch this drama , but im not sure if the drama will take this route
The Origin of the Demon Lord (Yecha). It begins on the other side of the vast, impassable ocean a place called the "Foreign Lands" (海外).
There lived a terrifying and powerful race known as the Yecha Clan. These were not mere beasts or common demons, they were an ancient, warlike race of demon lords who commanded the seas and the skies. They were fiercely proud, incredibly strong, and feared across the lands.
However, their strength came with a terrible price. Because their history was soaked in endless bloodshed, the Yecha clan fell under a severe curse from the Ancient Gods. This curse was straightforward but utterly cruel.
They could not live as they were. The curse would slowly eat away at their souls. If they did not consume the "Essence of Jianmu" (the fruit of the sacred Jianmu Tree) across every single lifetime, they would suffer the agony of having their souls torn to shreds. Eventually, they would devolve into mindless, feral beasts and be damned to burn in hellfire for all eternity.
So, for the Yecha Clan, survival meant one thing. - Hunt the Jianmu fruit, eat its flesh, and devour its spiritual power.
But there was a cruel twist. The Jianmu fruit wasn't just a simple fruit one could pluck from a tree.
The Origin of the Flower Fairy (Xiaohuaxian / Jianmu).
In the middle of the vast ocean, there existed a legendary, isolated island. And on that island grew the Jianmu Tree a colossal, divine tree so massive that it appeared to connect the heavens and the earth. Its branches touched the sky, its roots delved into the abyss, and it was brimming with the purest, most infinite spiritual energy in existence.
But the Jianmu Tree only bore a single fruit once every five hundred years.
When that fruit finally ripened, it didn't just fall to the ground as a simple seed. Instead, at the very moment it left the branches, a divine miracle would unfold. The fruit would shimmer, transform, and blossom into the form of a beautiful, innocent, and pure-hearted young maiden.
This maiden was the Flower Fairy (huaxian). She was the very manifestation of The Jianmu's spirit. She had no past, no evil intent only a curious heart and a gentle soul. She was the embodiment of life and pure spiritual power.
This is where the tragedy begins.
In one of these lifetimes, a powerful Yecha Demon Lord found the Jianmu Tree. He should have killed her. He should have devoured her spiritual power and flesh to break his curse. But fate is cruelly ironic. He didn't just see a magical fruit to be consumed. Instead, as he stood before the Jianmu Tree, the ripe fruit fell. It transformed into a beautiful maiden right before his eyes.
She was entirely unafraid of his ferocious appearance. Instead, she tilted her head, stared at him with wide, curious eyes, and asked. 🧚♀️ : Who are you? Were you... waiting for me?
Then, she smiled. That innocent, genuine smile pierced through his cold, demonic heart. For the first time in his eternal life, the ruthless Demon Lord felt something soft and unfamiliar stirring inside him. He fell deeply in love with her. But the curse could not be denied. Loving her meant doom. Consuming her meant survival.
The Twelveth Lifetimes Cycle (Love, Death and Rebirth) What followed was not a single tragedy, but an endless loop of suffering and despair. For twelve lifetimes, the cycle repeated.
• The First Life : The Flower Fairy danced for him and gave him the "Twelve-Life Flower," a symbol of their bond. She offered herself to him willingly. But the curse forced Yecha's hand. He killed her, and in her final breath, she whispered, "I am willing." Her blood and petals scattered on the ground.
• The Second Life : He tried to resist the curse, but it overtook him again. He strangled the Flower Fairy, yet even as she gasped for air, she raised her trembling hand to softly caress his face, loving him until her very last moment.
• The Third Life : She tried to run away from him, but she ran straight into his arms. He caressed her face gently, full of tenderness, but then his hand suddenly thrust forward, piercing straight through her chest. The "Twelve-Life Flower" mark appeared behind her ear as she died in his embrace.
• The Fifth Life : He had imprisoned her in a barrier to protect her from himself. But as he struggled against the curse and began to transform into a feral beast, she broke free. She ran to him and held him tightly. He lost control and murdered her with his own hands.
• The Eleventh Life : The Flower Fairy was running away, desperate and afraid. The Demon Lord descended from the sky and caught her. She fell into his arms, and blood mixed with falling petals.
The Twelveth Life (500 Years Ago): When the great Haiyun disaster struck, when the demon armies from across the sea invaded the lands of Zhongtu.
Qingcheng (Wu Gen) stood at the forefront of the battle. While other cultivators fell or fled, Qingcheng faced the terrifying Demon Lord Yecha himself.
It was a battle for the ages. Demonic energy clashed with immortal light. The sky split open, and the seas boiled. And in the decisive moment, with the help of his friend Ri Yan (the nine-tailed fox), Qingcheng delivered the killing stroke.
He severed Yecha's horns with a single, legendary cut.
This Demon Lord was trapped in a vortex of light. He watched helplessly as the Flower Fairy died once again. But this time, he snapped. Instead of just killing her, his grief turned to madness. In an act of despair and possessive rage, he screamed, "No one else is ever going to get the Jianmu!"
He summoned demonic fire and set the entire ancient Jianmu Tree ablaze. The Flower Fairy, who was still there, was engulfed in the flames alongside the tree. The Divine Tree burned to ash, and the Flower Fairy died with it.
Without his horns, the Demon Lord's power was broken. The demon armies scattered. Qingcheng became a hero celebrated across the immortal world.
But here's the thing Qingcheng didn't just kill Yecha and move on. Something about that battle, about that moment, haunted him.
While the other immortals celebrated their victory and returned to their comfortable lives.
Qingcheng became obsessed with understanding what had just happened. (Why did this war happen? Who were these "demons" from across the sea? What was this Jianmu tree that Yecha was so desperate to protect and destroy?)
He didn't just see Yecha as a monster to be killed. He saw a creature trapped by an ancient curse, a curse that seemed to repeat itself endlessly across lifetimes.
So instead of taking the easy path and returning to his comfortable life as a venerated sword immortal, Qingcheng made a choice that would change his life forever:
He decided to dedicate his life to research. He set aside his sword. He abandoned his cultivation progress. He walked away from the fame and the prestige. He became a scholar.
Qingcheng spent the next hundred years traveling across the "Thousand Isles and Ten Thousand Lands" of the foreign seas. He studied everything he could find about the Yecha clan, the Jianmu tree, and the ancient curse.
He wanted to understand. · Why did the curse demand that the Jianmu fruit be consumed by Yecha? · Why did the Flower Fairy always willingly sacrifice herself for Yecha? · Why did this cycle repeat, generation after generation, without end?
He learned that this was not just a one-time tragedy. It was a cycle that had repeated for twelve lifetimes. Twelve times, the Jianmu fruit had transformed into a beautiful maiden. Twelve times, she had fallen in love with Yecha. Twelve times, she had died in his arms.
And Qingcheng realized something terrible. It wasn't Yecha's fault.
The Demon Lord was also a victim of this cruel curse. He loved the Flower Fairy every time, but he was always forced to harm her by forces beyond his control. He was trapped in the same endless cycle of suffering and regret
Qingcheng made a decision. He would not just study this curse. He would find a way to break it.
He returned to Zhongtu with two things. a tiny baby Yecha, who had regressed to the form of a human infant after being defeated, and a tiny baby Jianmu fruit, who had survived the destruction of the ancient tree. And he raised them as his own children.
He placed three powerful seals on both of them. These seals. 1. Suppressed their memories of the twelve past lives. 2. Suppressed their true natures Yecha's demonic power, and Jianmu's divine energy. 3. Tied them together in a way that was meant to force them apart, hoping to prevent their paths from crossing dangerously.
He then gave the baby Yecha to a kind couple in a remote village, hoping he could grow up as a simple, ordinary human.
And he took the baby Jianmu with him, raising her and hiding her true identity, and teaching her simple arts to help her survive.
Qingcheng's hope was simple. If they don't remember their past lives, and if they never meet again, perhaps the cycle will finally be broken.
As Xiao Bangchui grew older, Qingcheng knew that his time was limited. His cultivation had been weakened by his years of wandering and his choice to abandon his path. The seals on Xiao Bangchui were also beginning to wear thin.
When Lei Xiuyuan and Xiao Bangchui finally met again in the city of Dongming forced together by circumstances beyond their control, Qingcheng knew the cycle was beginning once more.
He did everything he could to protect Li Fei. He gave her his protective talismans. He led her away from danger. He sent her to the Wuyue Sect to find her "older brother" Hu Jiaping, hoping that the safety of the immortal sect would shield her from her fate.
But there was a problem His old junior disciple, Cui Xuan, was hunting for Jianmu's power. Cui Xuan had never accepted Qingcheng's "soft-hearted" decision to protect the demon child and the Jianmu fruit. He wanted to steal Jianmu's power for himself. He wanted to become the strongest immortal in existence. So Cui Xuan set a trap. He pretended to be injured and called Qingcheng to meet him at an old residence. Qingcheng, trusting the bond of brotherhood, walked right into the trap. He was captured, imprisoned, and sealed within Cui Xuan's "Small World" (Xiao Qian Shi Jie) a pocket dimension where Cui Xuan could torture him endlessly without anyone knowing.
hmmm idk academy/sects play a big role in the drama so don't think we're escaping this🤣 it's wuxia
The Origin of the Demon Lord (Yecha). It begins on the other side of the vast, impassable ocean a place called the "Foreign Lands" (海外).
There lived a terrifying and powerful race known as the Yecha Clan. These were not mere beasts or common demons, they were an ancient, warlike race of demon lords who commanded the seas and the skies. They were fiercely proud, incredibly strong, and feared across the lands.
However, their strength came with a terrible price. Because their history was soaked in endless bloodshed, the Yecha clan fell under a severe curse from the Ancient Gods. This curse was straightforward but utterly cruel.
They could not live as they were. The curse would slowly eat away at their souls. If they did not consume the "Essence of Jianmu" (the fruit of the sacred Jianmu Tree) across every single lifetime, they would suffer the agony of having their souls torn to shreds. Eventually, they would devolve into mindless, feral beasts and be damned to burn in hellfire for all eternity.
So, for the Yecha Clan, survival meant one thing. - Hunt the Jianmu fruit, eat its flesh, and devour its spiritual power.
But there was a cruel twist. The Jianmu fruit wasn't just a simple fruit one could pluck from a tree.
The Origin of the Flower Fairy (Xiaohuaxian / Jianmu).
In the middle of the vast ocean, there existed a legendary, isolated island. And on that island grew the Jianmu Tree a colossal, divine tree so massive that it appeared to connect the heavens and the earth. Its branches touched the sky, its roots delved into the abyss, and it was brimming with the purest, most infinite spiritual energy in existence.
But the Jianmu Tree only bore a single fruit once every five hundred years.
When that fruit finally ripened, it didn't just fall to the ground as a simple seed. Instead, at the very moment it left the branches, a divine miracle would unfold. The fruit would shimmer, transform, and blossom into the form of a beautiful, innocent, and pure-hearted young maiden.
This maiden was the Flower Fairy (huaxian). She was the very manifestation of The Jianmu's spirit. She had no past, no evil intent only a curious heart and a gentle soul. She was the embodiment of life and pure spiritual power.
This is where the tragedy begins.
In one of these lifetimes, a powerful Yecha Demon Lord found the Jianmu Tree. He should have killed her. He should have devoured her spiritual power and flesh to break his curse. But fate is cruelly ironic. He didn't just see a magical fruit to be consumed. Instead, as he stood before the Jianmu Tree, the ripe fruit fell. It transformed into a beautiful maiden right before his eyes.
She was entirely unafraid of his ferocious appearance. Instead, she tilted her head, stared at him with wide, curious eyes, and asked. 🧚♀️ : Who are you? Were you... waiting for me?
Then, she smiled. That innocent, genuine smile pierced through his cold, demonic heart. For the first time in his eternal life, the ruthless Demon Lord felt something soft and unfamiliar stirring inside him. He fell deeply in love with her. But the curse could not be denied. Loving her meant doom. Consuming her meant survival.
The Twelveth Lifetimes Cycle (Love, Death and Rebirth) What followed was not a single tragedy, but an endless loop of suffering and despair. For twelve lifetimes, the cycle repeated.
• The First Life : The Flower Fairy danced for him and gave him the "Twelve-Life Flower," a symbol of their bond. She offered herself to him willingly. But the curse forced Yecha's hand. He killed her, and in her final breath, she whispered, "I am willing." Her blood and petals scattered on the ground.
• The Second Life : He tried to resist the curse, but it overtook him again. He strangled the Flower Fairy, yet even as she gasped for air, she raised her trembling hand to softly caress his face, loving him until her very last moment.
• The Third Life : She tried to run away from him, but she ran straight into his arms. He caressed her face gently, full of tenderness, but then his hand suddenly thrust forward, piercing straight through her chest. The "Twelve-Life Flower" mark appeared behind her ear as she died in his embrace.
• The Fifth Life : He had imprisoned her in a barrier to protect her from himself. But as he struggled against the curse and began to transform into a feral beast, she broke free. She ran to him and held him tightly. He lost control and murdered her with his own hands.
• The Eleventh Life : The Flower Fairy was running away, desperate and afraid. The Demon Lord descended from the sky and caught her. She fell into his arms, and blood mixed with falling petals.
The Twelveth Life (500 Years Ago): When the great Haiyun disaster struck, when the demon armies from across the sea invaded the lands of Zhongtu.
Qingcheng (Wu Gen) stood at the forefront of the battle. While other cultivators fell or fled, Qingcheng faced the terrifying Demon Lord Yecha himself.
It was a battle for the ages. Demonic energy clashed with immortal light. The sky split open, and the seas boiled. And in the decisive moment, with the help of his friend Ri Yan (the nine-tailed fox), Qingcheng delivered the killing stroke.
He severed Yecha's horns with a single, legendary cut.
This Demon Lord was trapped in a vortex of light. He watched helplessly as the Flower Fairy died once again. But this time, he snapped. Instead of just killing her, his grief turned to madness. In an act of despair and possessive rage, he screamed, "No one else is ever going to get the Jianmu!"
He summoned demonic fire and set the entire ancient Jianmu Tree ablaze. The Flower Fairy, who was still there, was engulfed in the flames alongside the tree. The Divine Tree burned to ash, and the Flower Fairy died with it.
Without his horns, the Demon Lord's power was broken. The demon armies scattered. Qingcheng became a hero celebrated across the immortal world.
But here's the thing Qingcheng didn't just kill Yecha and move on. Something about that battle, about that moment, haunted him.
While the other immortals celebrated their victory and returned to their comfortable lives.
Qingcheng became obsessed with understanding what had just happened. (Why did this war happen? Who were these "demons" from across the sea? What was this Jianmu tree that Yecha was so desperate to protect and destroy?)
He didn't just see Yecha as a monster to be killed. He saw a creature trapped by an ancient curse, a curse that seemed to repeat itself endlessly across lifetimes.
So instead of taking the easy path and returning to his comfortable life as a venerated sword immortal, Qingcheng made a choice that would change his life forever:
He decided to dedicate his life to research. He set aside his sword. He abandoned his cultivation progress. He walked away from the fame and the prestige. He became a scholar.
Qingcheng spent the next hundred years traveling across the "Thousand Isles and Ten Thousand Lands" of the foreign seas. He studied everything he could find about the Yecha clan, the Jianmu tree, and the ancient curse.
He wanted to understand. · Why did the curse demand that the Jianmu fruit be consumed by Yecha? · Why did the Flower Fairy always willingly sacrifice herself for Yecha? · Why did this cycle repeat, generation after generation, without end?
He learned that this was not just a one-time tragedy. It was a cycle that had repeated for twelve lifetimes. Twelve times, the Jianmu fruit had transformed into a beautiful maiden. Twelve times, she had fallen in love with Yecha. Twelve times, she had died in his arms.
And Qingcheng realized something terrible. It wasn't Yecha's fault.
The Demon Lord was also a victim of this cruel curse. He loved the Flower Fairy every time, but he was always forced to harm her by forces beyond his control. He was trapped in the same endless cycle of suffering and regret
Qingcheng made a decision. He would not just study this curse. He would find a way to break it.
He returned to Zhongtu with two things. a tiny baby Yecha, who had regressed to the form of a human infant after being defeated, and a tiny baby Jianmu fruit, who had survived the destruction of the ancient tree. And he raised them as his own children.
He placed three powerful seals on both of them. These seals. 1. Suppressed their memories of the twelve past lives. 2. Suppressed their true natures Yecha's demonic power, and Jianmu's divine energy. 3. Tied them together in a way that was meant to force them apart, hoping to prevent their paths from crossing dangerously.
He then gave the baby Yecha to a kind couple in a remote village, hoping he could grow up as a simple, ordinary human.
And he took the baby Jianmu with him, raising her and hiding her true identity, and teaching her simple arts to help her survive.
Qingcheng's hope was simple. If they don't remember their past lives, and if they never meet again, perhaps the cycle will finally be broken.
As Xiao Bangchui grew older, Qingcheng knew that his time was limited. His cultivation had been weakened by his years of wandering and his choice to abandon his path. The seals on Xiao Bangchui were also beginning to wear thin.
When Lei Xiuyuan and Xiao Bangchui finally met again in the city of Dongming forced together by circumstances beyond their control, Qingcheng knew the cycle was beginning once more.
He did everything he could to protect Li Fei. He gave her his protective talismans. He led her away from danger. He sent her to the Wuyue Sect to find her "older brother" Hu Jiaping, hoping that the safety of the immortal sect would shield her from her fate.
But there was a problem His old junior disciple, Cui Xuan, was hunting for Jianmu's power. Cui Xuan had never accepted Qingcheng's "soft-hearted" decision to protect the demon child and the Jianmu fruit. He wanted to steal Jianmu's power for himself. He wanted to become the strongest immortal in existence. So Cui Xuan set a trap. He pretended to be injured and called Qingcheng to meet him at an old residence. Qingcheng, trusting the bond of brotherhood, walked right into the trap. He was captured, imprisoned, and sealed within Cui Xuan's "Small World" (Xiao Qian Shi Jie) a pocket dimension where Cui Xuan could torture him endlessly without anyone knowing.
It begins on the other side of the vast, impassable ocean a place called the "Foreign Lands" (海外).
There lived a terrifying and powerful race known as the Yecha Clan. These were not mere beasts or common demons, they were an ancient, warlike race of demon lords who commanded the seas and the skies. They were fiercely proud, incredibly strong, and feared across the lands.
However, their strength came with a terrible price. Because their history was soaked in endless bloodshed, the Yecha clan fell under a severe curse from the Ancient Gods. This curse was straightforward but utterly cruel.
They could not live as they were. The curse would slowly eat away at their souls. If they did not consume the "Essence of Jianmu" (the fruit of the sacred Jianmu Tree) across every single lifetime, they would suffer the agony of having their souls torn to shreds. Eventually, they would devolve into mindless, feral beasts and be damned to burn in hellfire for all eternity.
So, for the Yecha Clan, survival meant one thing.
- Hunt the Jianmu fruit, eat its flesh, and devour its spiritual power.
But there was a cruel twist. The Jianmu fruit wasn't just a simple fruit one could pluck from a tree.
The Origin of the Flower Fairy (Xiaohuaxian / Jianmu).
In the middle of the vast ocean, there existed a legendary, isolated island. And on that island grew the Jianmu Tree a colossal, divine tree so massive that it appeared to connect the heavens and the earth. Its branches touched the sky, its roots delved into the abyss, and it was brimming with the purest, most infinite spiritual energy in existence.
But the Jianmu Tree only bore a single fruit once every five hundred years.
When that fruit finally ripened, it didn't just fall to the ground as a simple seed. Instead, at the very moment it left the branches, a divine miracle would unfold. The fruit would shimmer, transform, and blossom into the form of a beautiful, innocent, and pure-hearted young maiden.
This maiden was the Flower Fairy (huaxian). She was the very manifestation of The Jianmu's spirit. She had no past, no evil intent only a curious heart and a gentle soul. She was the embodiment of life and pure spiritual power.
This is where the tragedy begins.
In one of these lifetimes, a powerful Yecha Demon Lord found the Jianmu Tree.
He should have killed her. He should have devoured her spiritual power and flesh to break his curse.
But fate is cruelly ironic. He didn't just see a magical fruit to be consumed. Instead, as he stood before the Jianmu Tree, the ripe fruit fell. It transformed into a beautiful maiden right before his eyes.
She was entirely unafraid of his ferocious appearance. Instead, she tilted her head, stared at him with wide, curious eyes, and asked.
🧚♀️ : Who are you? Were you... waiting for me?
Then, she smiled. That innocent, genuine smile pierced through his cold, demonic heart. For the first time in his eternal life, the ruthless Demon Lord felt something soft and unfamiliar stirring inside him. He fell deeply in love with her.
But the curse could not be denied. Loving her meant doom. Consuming her meant survival.
The Twelveth Lifetimes Cycle (Love, Death and Rebirth)
What followed was not a single tragedy, but an endless loop of suffering and despair. For twelve lifetimes, the cycle repeated.
• The First Life :
The Flower Fairy danced for him and gave him the "Twelve-Life Flower," a symbol of their bond. She offered herself to him willingly. But the curse forced Yecha's hand. He killed her, and in her final breath, she whispered, "I am willing." Her blood and petals scattered on the ground.
• The Second Life :
He tried to resist the curse, but it overtook him again. He strangled the Flower Fairy, yet even as she gasped for air, she raised her trembling hand to softly caress his face, loving him until her very last moment.
• The Third Life :
She tried to run away from him, but she ran straight into his arms. He caressed her face gently, full of tenderness, but then his hand suddenly thrust forward, piercing straight through her chest. The "Twelve-Life Flower" mark appeared behind her ear as she died in his embrace.
• The Fifth Life :
He had imprisoned her in a barrier to protect her from himself. But as he struggled against the curse and began to transform into a feral beast, she broke free. She ran to him and held him tightly. He lost control and murdered her with his own hands.
• The Eleventh Life :
The Flower Fairy was running away, desperate and afraid. The Demon Lord descended from the sky and caught her. She fell into his arms, and blood mixed with falling petals.
The Twelveth Life (500 Years Ago):
When the great Haiyun disaster struck, when the demon armies from across the sea invaded the lands of Zhongtu.
Qingcheng (Wu Gen) stood at the forefront of the battle. While other cultivators fell or fled, Qingcheng faced the terrifying Demon Lord Yecha himself.
It was a battle for the ages. Demonic energy clashed with immortal light. The sky split open, and the seas boiled. And in the decisive moment, with the help of his friend Ri Yan (the nine-tailed fox), Qingcheng delivered the killing stroke.
He severed Yecha's horns with a single, legendary cut.
This Demon Lord was trapped in a vortex of light. He watched helplessly as the Flower Fairy died once again.
But this time, he snapped. Instead of just killing her, his grief turned to madness. In an act of despair and possessive rage, he screamed, "No one else is ever going to get the Jianmu!"
He summoned demonic fire and set the entire ancient Jianmu Tree ablaze. The Flower Fairy, who was still there, was engulfed in the flames alongside the tree. The Divine Tree burned to ash, and the Flower Fairy died with it.
Without his horns, the Demon Lord's power was broken. The demon armies scattered. Qingcheng became a hero celebrated across the immortal world.
But here's the thing Qingcheng didn't just kill Yecha and move on. Something about that battle, about that moment, haunted him.
While the other immortals celebrated their victory and returned to their comfortable lives.
Qingcheng became obsessed with understanding what had just happened.
(Why did this war happen? Who were these "demons" from across the sea? What was this Jianmu tree that Yecha was so desperate to protect and destroy?)
He didn't just see Yecha as a monster to be killed. He saw a creature trapped by an ancient curse, a curse that seemed to repeat itself endlessly across lifetimes.
So instead of taking the easy path and returning to his comfortable life as a venerated sword immortal, Qingcheng made a choice that would change his life forever:
He decided to dedicate his life to research.
He set aside his sword. He abandoned his cultivation progress. He walked away from the fame and the prestige. He became a scholar.
Qingcheng spent the next hundred years traveling across the "Thousand Isles and Ten Thousand Lands" of the foreign seas. He studied everything he could find about the Yecha clan, the Jianmu tree, and the ancient curse.
He wanted to understand.
· Why did the curse demand that the Jianmu fruit be consumed by Yecha?
· Why did the Flower Fairy always willingly sacrifice herself for Yecha?
· Why did this cycle repeat, generation after generation, without end?
He learned that this was not just a one-time tragedy. It was a cycle that had repeated for twelve lifetimes. Twelve times, the Jianmu fruit had transformed into a beautiful maiden. Twelve times, she had fallen in love with Yecha. Twelve times, she had died in his arms.
And Qingcheng realized something terrible.
It wasn't Yecha's fault.
The Demon Lord was also a victim of this cruel curse. He loved the Flower Fairy every time, but he was always forced to harm her by forces beyond his control. He was trapped in the same endless cycle of suffering and regret
Qingcheng made a decision.
He would not just study this curse. He would find a way to break it.
He returned to Zhongtu with two things.
a tiny baby Yecha, who had regressed to the form of a human infant after being defeated, and a tiny baby Jianmu fruit, who had survived the destruction of the ancient tree.
And he raised them as his own children.
He placed three powerful seals on both of them. These seals.
1. Suppressed their memories of the twelve past lives.
2. Suppressed their true natures Yecha's demonic power, and Jianmu's divine energy.
3. Tied them together in a way that was meant to force them apart, hoping to prevent their paths from crossing dangerously.
He then gave the baby Yecha to a kind couple in a remote village, hoping he could grow up as a simple, ordinary human.
And he took the baby Jianmu with him, raising her and hiding her true identity, and teaching her simple arts to help her survive.
Qingcheng's hope was simple.
If they don't remember their past lives, and if they never meet again, perhaps the cycle will finally be broken.
As Xiao Bangchui grew older, Qingcheng knew that his time was limited. His cultivation had been weakened by his years of wandering and his choice to abandon his path. The seals on Xiao Bangchui were also beginning to wear thin.
When Lei Xiuyuan and Xiao Bangchui finally met again in the city of Dongming forced together by circumstances beyond their control, Qingcheng knew the cycle was beginning once more.
He did everything he could to protect Li Fei. He gave her his protective talismans. He led her away from danger. He sent her to the Wuyue Sect to find her "older brother" Hu Jiaping, hoping that the safety of the immortal sect would shield her from her fate.
But there was a problem
His old junior disciple, Cui Xuan, was hunting for Jianmu's power.
Cui Xuan had never accepted Qingcheng's "soft-hearted" decision to protect the demon child and the Jianmu fruit. He wanted to steal Jianmu's power for himself. He wanted to become the strongest immortal in existence.
So Cui Xuan set a trap. He pretended to be injured and called Qingcheng to meet him at an old residence. Qingcheng, trusting the bond of brotherhood, walked right into the trap.
He was captured, imprisoned, and sealed within Cui Xuan's "Small World" (Xiao Qian Shi Jie) a pocket dimension where Cui Xuan could torture him endlessly without anyone knowing.
It begins on the other side of the vast, impassable ocean a place called the "Foreign Lands" (海外).
There lived a terrifying and powerful race known as the Yecha Clan. These were not mere beasts or common demons, they were an ancient, warlike race of demon lords who commanded the seas and the skies. They were fiercely proud, incredibly strong, and feared across the lands.
However, their strength came with a terrible price. Because their history was soaked in endless bloodshed, the Yecha clan fell under a severe curse from the Ancient Gods. This curse was straightforward but utterly cruel.
They could not live as they were. The curse would slowly eat away at their souls. If they did not consume the "Essence of Jianmu" (the fruit of the sacred Jianmu Tree) across every single lifetime, they would suffer the agony of having their souls torn to shreds. Eventually, they would devolve into mindless, feral beasts and be damned to burn in hellfire for all eternity.
So, for the Yecha Clan, survival meant one thing.
- Hunt the Jianmu fruit, eat its flesh, and devour its spiritual power.
But there was a cruel twist. The Jianmu fruit wasn't just a simple fruit one could pluck from a tree.
The Origin of the Flower Fairy (Xiaohuaxian / Jianmu).
In the middle of the vast ocean, there existed a legendary, isolated island. And on that island grew the Jianmu Tree a colossal, divine tree so massive that it appeared to connect the heavens and the earth. Its branches touched the sky, its roots delved into the abyss, and it was brimming with the purest, most infinite spiritual energy in existence.
But the Jianmu Tree only bore a single fruit once every five hundred years.
When that fruit finally ripened, it didn't just fall to the ground as a simple seed. Instead, at the very moment it left the branches, a divine miracle would unfold. The fruit would shimmer, transform, and blossom into the form of a beautiful, innocent, and pure-hearted young maiden.
This maiden was the Flower Fairy (huaxian). She was the very manifestation of The Jianmu's spirit. She had no past, no evil intent only a curious heart and a gentle soul. She was the embodiment of life and pure spiritual power.
This is where the tragedy begins.
In one of these lifetimes, a powerful Yecha Demon Lord found the Jianmu Tree.
He should have killed her. He should have devoured her spiritual power and flesh to break his curse.
But fate is cruelly ironic. He didn't just see a magical fruit to be consumed. Instead, as he stood before the Jianmu Tree, the ripe fruit fell. It transformed into a beautiful maiden right before his eyes.
She was entirely unafraid of his ferocious appearance. Instead, she tilted her head, stared at him with wide, curious eyes, and asked.
🧚♀️ : Who are you? Were you... waiting for me?
Then, she smiled. That innocent, genuine smile pierced through his cold, demonic heart. For the first time in his eternal life, the ruthless Demon Lord felt something soft and unfamiliar stirring inside him. He fell deeply in love with her.
But the curse could not be denied. Loving her meant doom. Consuming her meant survival.
The Twelveth Lifetimes Cycle (Love, Death and Rebirth)
What followed was not a single tragedy, but an endless loop of suffering and despair. For twelve lifetimes, the cycle repeated.
• The First Life :
The Flower Fairy danced for him and gave him the "Twelve-Life Flower," a symbol of their bond. She offered herself to him willingly. But the curse forced Yecha's hand. He killed her, and in her final breath, she whispered, "I am willing." Her blood and petals scattered on the ground.
• The Second Life :
He tried to resist the curse, but it overtook him again. He strangled the Flower Fairy, yet even as she gasped for air, she raised her trembling hand to softly caress his face, loving him until her very last moment.
• The Third Life :
She tried to run away from him, but she ran straight into his arms. He caressed her face gently, full of tenderness, but then his hand suddenly thrust forward, piercing straight through her chest. The "Twelve-Life Flower" mark appeared behind her ear as she died in his embrace.
• The Fifth Life :
He had imprisoned her in a barrier to protect her from himself. But as he struggled against the curse and began to transform into a feral beast, she broke free. She ran to him and held him tightly. He lost control and murdered her with his own hands.
• The Eleventh Life :
The Flower Fairy was running away, desperate and afraid. The Demon Lord descended from the sky and caught her. She fell into his arms, and blood mixed with falling petals.
The Twelveth Life (500 Years Ago):
When the great Haiyun disaster struck, when the demon armies from across the sea invaded the lands of Zhongtu.
Qingcheng (Wu Gen) stood at the forefront of the battle. While other cultivators fell or fled, Qingcheng faced the terrifying Demon Lord Yecha himself.
It was a battle for the ages. Demonic energy clashed with immortal light. The sky split open, and the seas boiled. And in the decisive moment, with the help of his friend Ri Yan (the nine-tailed fox), Qingcheng delivered the killing stroke.
He severed Yecha's horns with a single, legendary cut.
This Demon Lord was trapped in a vortex of light. He watched helplessly as the Flower Fairy died once again.
But this time, he snapped. Instead of just killing her, his grief turned to madness. In an act of despair and possessive rage, he screamed, "No one else is ever going to get the Jianmu!"
He summoned demonic fire and set the entire ancient Jianmu Tree ablaze. The Flower Fairy, who was still there, was engulfed in the flames alongside the tree. The Divine Tree burned to ash, and the Flower Fairy died with it.
Without his horns, the Demon Lord's power was broken. The demon armies scattered. Qingcheng became a hero celebrated across the immortal world.
But here's the thing Qingcheng didn't just kill Yecha and move on. Something about that battle, about that moment, haunted him.
While the other immortals celebrated their victory and returned to their comfortable lives.
Qingcheng became obsessed with understanding what had just happened.
(Why did this war happen? Who were these "demons" from across the sea? What was this Jianmu tree that Yecha was so desperate to protect and destroy?)
He didn't just see Yecha as a monster to be killed. He saw a creature trapped by an ancient curse, a curse that seemed to repeat itself endlessly across lifetimes.
So instead of taking the easy path and returning to his comfortable life as a venerated sword immortal, Qingcheng made a choice that would change his life forever:
He decided to dedicate his life to research.
He set aside his sword. He abandoned his cultivation progress. He walked away from the fame and the prestige. He became a scholar.
Qingcheng spent the next hundred years traveling across the "Thousand Isles and Ten Thousand Lands" of the foreign seas. He studied everything he could find about the Yecha clan, the Jianmu tree, and the ancient curse.
He wanted to understand.
· Why did the curse demand that the Jianmu fruit be consumed by Yecha?
· Why did the Flower Fairy always willingly sacrifice herself for Yecha?
· Why did this cycle repeat, generation after generation, without end?
He learned that this was not just a one-time tragedy. It was a cycle that had repeated for twelve lifetimes. Twelve times, the Jianmu fruit had transformed into a beautiful maiden. Twelve times, she had fallen in love with Yecha. Twelve times, she had died in his arms.
And Qingcheng realized something terrible.
It wasn't Yecha's fault.
The Demon Lord was also a victim of this cruel curse. He loved the Flower Fairy every time, but he was always forced to harm her by forces beyond his control. He was trapped in the same endless cycle of suffering and regret
Qingcheng made a decision.
He would not just study this curse. He would find a way to break it.
He returned to Zhongtu with two things.
a tiny baby Yecha, who had regressed to the form of a human infant after being defeated, and a tiny baby Jianmu fruit, who had survived the destruction of the ancient tree.
And he raised them as his own children.
He placed three powerful seals on both of them. These seals.
1. Suppressed their memories of the twelve past lives.
2. Suppressed their true natures Yecha's demonic power, and Jianmu's divine energy.
3. Tied them together in a way that was meant to force them apart, hoping to prevent their paths from crossing dangerously.
He then gave the baby Yecha to a kind couple in a remote village, hoping he could grow up as a simple, ordinary human.
And he took the baby Jianmu with him, raising her and hiding her true identity, and teaching her simple arts to help her survive.
Qingcheng's hope was simple.
If they don't remember their past lives, and if they never meet again, perhaps the cycle will finally be broken.
As Xiao Bangchui grew older, Qingcheng knew that his time was limited. His cultivation had been weakened by his years of wandering and his choice to abandon his path. The seals on Xiao Bangchui were also beginning to wear thin.
When Lei Xiuyuan and Xiao Bangchui finally met again in the city of Dongming forced together by circumstances beyond their control, Qingcheng knew the cycle was beginning once more.
He did everything he could to protect Li Fei. He gave her his protective talismans. He led her away from danger. He sent her to the Wuyue Sect to find her "older brother" Hu Jiaping, hoping that the safety of the immortal sect would shield her from her fate.
But there was a problem
His old junior disciple, Cui Xuan, was hunting for Jianmu's power.
Cui Xuan had never accepted Qingcheng's "soft-hearted" decision to protect the demon child and the Jianmu fruit. He wanted to steal Jianmu's power for himself. He wanted to become the strongest immortal in existence.
So Cui Xuan set a trap. He pretended to be injured and called Qingcheng to meet him at an old residence. Qingcheng, trusting the bond of brotherhood, walked right into the trap.
He was captured, imprisoned, and sealed within Cui Xuan's "Small World" (Xiao Qian Shi Jie) a pocket dimension where Cui Xuan could torture him endlessly without anyone knowing.
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