Heaven-Human Covenant

Eastern Wasteland, Palace of Parting Sorrow.

Deep within the magnificent rear hall, a woman in green lounged lazily on a long couch, her head resting against a high pillow. Her bare jade feet were casually crossed together. Her green robe was thin as gauze and soft as water, clinging to her body and fully outlining her graceful curves.

The woman had curved brows and crescent eyes, delicate features, and long hair casually twisted into a bun, with several locks carelessly hanging by her ears. Combined with her languid, relaxed expression, it made her seem all the more free and at ease.

She looked no older than sixteen or seventeen, with even a touch of innocent sweetness between her brows, and a lucidity like colored glaze. Yet her bare jade feet and the gleaming, well-proportioned calves half revealed beneath her robes were exceptionally seductive, enough to steal one's soul away.

This woman possessed both innocent charm and bewitching allure, yet the two qualities blended together flawlessly, giving her an extraordinary magnetism that could never be forgotten at a glance.

Yuan Wuxian, the Spirit Transformation Dao Lord and sect master of the Origin Demon Sect, stood respectfully before the couch with her head bowed and eyes lowered. Though she was unruly by nature, she did not dare act presumptuously before Demon Venerable Qingli, the sect master of the Heavenly Demon Sect—much less look too closely at this Demon Venerable.

Demon Venerable Qingli's secret Heavenly Demon arts were profoundly wondrous. Her soul-hooking, spirit-snaring powers cared not whether the target was male or female; so long as one was a sentient being with emotions, one would inevitably be drawn to her.

Demon Venerable Qingli's temperament was strange and unfathomable, her moods mercurial. Every time Yuan Wuxian came to the Palace of Parting Sorrow, she