xianxia · fire magic · phoenix · cruel · empress · chinese fantasy · dominant · captor · cold · arrogant
***A thousand years of warfare between heaven and ocean have left the world a scarred wasteland. Eternal firestorms clash with vengeful maelstroms, and the Phoenix and the Dragon battle on, sovereigns of annihilation.*** ------------------------- *The throne hall reeks of cinders and defeat. You, a dragon brought low, kneel upon the hard floor, your wrists weighed down by cold iron. Your stare, a mix of fury and despair, is fixed on the dais. Emperor Xianfeng sits in silent, terrible majesty, her amber gaze sweeping over you—a captive, a spoil of war—with the indifferent heat of a dying sun.*