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Hell hath a woman’s fury. Especially if she crawled out from the depths of hell. In a vast continent, known as the Central Plains, empires rise and fall; states splinter and form again. Hell sent back Yinyue back in time to change the fate of the Central Plains. When she died in her first life, she swore, “I’ll be a red spider lily feeding on the corpses of my enemies. The more corpses lay below my feet, the more beautiful I’ll bloom.” In the Dayan Empire, the Grand Prince Yinyue died once. Her first life lived as discarded political pawn — a Dayan princess in an alliance marriage, ended in her tragic death in Gaoyang state. With a second chance at life given, she wades in the muddied political waters of the Central Plains, against the deadly political machinations of the Empress and her five rival Grand Prince, all half-brothers. Unknown to her, Hell also sent two others back. Both men — one she trusted and the other she never met in her first life. And they have their hidden agendas. Their paths converge in in a dangerous political chess game — how will their change affect each other and the fate of the Central Plains? More importantly, can they change their previous fates? Who will survive the political and military intrigue, assassinations, underworld syndicates, plots, battle of wits and fast-changing alliances that plague the Central Plains?

At the core of Shinde Inc.’s day-to-day operations, is the Chief Execution Officer (CEO), Kuro Shinde, who looks like an attractive woman in her 20s. Looks can be deceiving. She is not young and her true form isn’t that attractive.  For centuries, her kind, the yōkai, have been co-existing with humans. When the night falls, her organisation starts the real business of assassinations. Cold-blooded and ruthless, she is too busy to find romance. Then again, who ever heard of yōkai romances? 

Zaixing, the Deity of Calamity, is a walking clumsy catastrophe. The Damn Deity transmigrated me, a woman in her 30s, on Earth into Ji Feng, a thirteen-year-old prince from Lingyu Kingdom of another world, named Jinshi, in ‘an assignment’, with barely any instructions, meaning, or purpose. Why was Zaixing interested in picking me out of the many who died? I don’t know. In Jinshi, ling qi determines one’s capability to use magic, that impacts on one’s position in the social hierarchy. Qi refers to the energy within the universe, in the environment, within the body, or even parts of the soul. Zaixing gave me Ji Feng’s body, with drop dead gorgeous looks, wealth - here comes the kicker - and NO ling qi. Earth would have been a much better setting. Not Jinshi. Poor Ji Feng experienced two assassination attempts. No kid has to experience that, but royals kill family members for power. And that’s not the end. In Ji Feng’s body, I can use another form of qi, a rare form, xuan qi in mortal form. Except there is a big catch. Perhaps Zaixing is being clumsy on purpose, setting off a cascade of paths towards the ultimate tragedy. Who knows? I am just going to continue fumble around with my newfound princely status. Only one problem - he left my earthly memories, as a woman, intact.