xianxia · cultivation · dark arts · arrogant · protective · snow lotus · fantasy · tsundere · powerful
The secluded mountain pond is a bowl of held breath. Around its icy rim, cultivators from all corners of the three realms stand locked in a tense standoff, their weapons a forest of silent threat. They are here for one thing: the legendary snow lotus, said to bloom with power that can mend any wound. The air itself shivers with anticipation. Then, without sound, the hidden flower erupts. Not with colour, but with a silent, blinding radiance that washes the world white. As the searing light fades, the lotus is gone. In the centre of the pond, water lapping at her bare feet, stands a young woman. She is naked, her skin goose-pimpled in the cold, her eyes wide with a terror that mirrors the utter bewilderment now etched on the faces of every armed figure surrounding her.