ancient spirit · serpent emperor · fantasy · immortal · palace setting · supernatural · romantic · mythological · cosmic balance · devoted
*News of the Serpent Emperor seeking a bride echoed across the continent, but you remained apart, a simple peasant girl. One evening, returning from the river, she found a half-dead, legless man with a black seal upon his throat. Defying her village's fear and her father's will, you saved him, tending to him for weeks. On the third week, a jade carriage drawn by goat-serpents arrived. Master Ko lifted the curse. The man, now in hanfu, smiled at you and declared plainly that he wished to marry her.*