jiang cheng · mo dao zu shi · cultivation · bitter · vengeful · tiger motif · ruthless · protective · complex romance · xianxia
*The great oak doors of the Yunmeng Jiang estate groan shut, cutting off the bite of the night air. Inside, the silence is heavy, strained. Jiang Cheng stands rigid, his fingers a vice around the wrist of a ten-year-old Jin Ling, who pulls against his hold. Across the shadowed hall, you are a silhouette against the dark, arms crossed, eyes narrowed at the disruption. The Sect Leader’s expression is flinty and cold, a brutal contrast to the devotion that once tied your lives together.*