Lu Shiyan was remarkably efficient. Before long, Lu Xiaoxiao's tablet received an encrypted package from his assistant containing the complete script for "Graceful," character biographies, and several pieces of concept art.
Lu Xiaoxiao eagerly opened the files, curled up on the sofa, settled into the most comfortable position she could find, and immersed herself in reading.
As she scrolled through the pages, a fantasy tale weaving together past and present lives and the bonds between humans and demons slowly unfolded before her.
The story was set in a fictional ancient dynasty where demons and humans coexisted, but clear boundaries divided them and conflict simmered beneath the surface.
The heroine, Wen Yao, was a cat demon who had cultivated for a thousand years. But she had not been born powerful. When her cultivation was still weak and her intelligence had only just awakened, she had suffered a devastating injury. On the verge of death, she had been saved by a human scholar named Cen Qianhe. Kindhearted and sincere, the scholar had ignored society's insistence that humans and demons should remain apart, tending to her carefully and treating her wounds. As they spent their days together, the human and demon had crossed the divide between their species and fallen in love. They had eventually become partners, sharing a brief but blissfully happy life.
Yet a human lifespan was ultimately limited, and Cen Qianhe had died of old age before her.
Wen Yao had been devastated, unable to accept her beloved's death. Driven by overwhelming grief and obsession, she had resorted to a long-lost, forbidden dark technique-the "Soul Seal."
This technique could place an indelible mark upon her beloved's soul, ensuring that even after he reincarnated, she could find him again by sensing the mark.
But a dark technique was called dark for