Qu Shunhua stood on the broad back of the Mechanical Garuda, feeling the wind of the Mountain and Sea Realm rushing toward her.
Mystical, magnificent, ancient—these were the charms unique to this realm.
Clouds and mist, the Azure Sea, floating mountains: everything raced backward.
She loved this romantic freedom.
If she wanted to hate, she hated. If she ought to love, she held nothing back.
Long or short, it was all a life.
How to live it? She only asked herself what would make her happy.
Of all the powerful women in All-Under-Heaven, the one she admired most was Qi Xiao.
Qi Xiao never smiled. When she did, someone was sure to die.
And there was no one under heaven who could not be killed.
She lived freely and did as she pleased, never caring what others said.
She had wrested command of the Summer Corpse Army from the Qi Clan by force, guarded Jueming Island for many years, and made her name resound across the Near-Sea.
"No one has ever been able to restrain Qi Xiao. Qi Xiao is loyal only to herself."
Qu Shunhua could never be Qi Xiao.
The Qu Family was ancient beyond measure and immensely powerful.
But she still wanted as much freedom as she could have within her limits.
She liked Zuo Guangshu, so she openly built the See Me Pavilion for him, climbed through his window in the middle of the night, slipped into his carriage on the road, and walked everywhere holding his hand, unafraid of anyone under heaven finding out.
After Zuo Guanglie's death, she was all the more determined to live that way, regardless of what anyone in the Qu Family might say.
The Mountain and Sea Realm was a place that fascinated her beyond measure.
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