chapter one

'Where we going after this' Chuntao asked

'To meet Boqin, we have to go back home for the engagement' said smiling, she was only like this around her best friend and her son to be fiancé, her parents only saw her as a tool to fulfil their political ambition, that's why she has spent every hour since she turned five practicing martial arts she was naturally gifted so she advanced faster than others she was only fifteen when she broke through to martial supreme which usually takes at least a hundred years but apart from being gifted she had her own divine pagoda where the qi was very pure, the keeper of the pagoda warned her to keep it a secret so she never told anyone, she's finally about to breakthrough to the final stage she spent time in her pagoda accumulating the purest form of qi and only came out because her best friend said she wanted to watch her breakthrough.

I'll go inside the cave to cultivate when u see the lighten trial pass u can come in, I already have my divine beasts guarding the area so no one would come here' Chú Yaō said but she forgot that the divine beasts would have a breakthrough too and after the lighten trail, she fainted and was left vulnerable, Chuntao walked in and saw her chance so she stabbed her. Chú Yaō woke up right before the blade touched her heart, but she was too shocked to react,

'why?' she asked

I always hated you since we were kids, why was I born a waste unable to cultivate but you were born super talented, even when I focused in learning the four arts and became the best in the kingdom but no matter how good I got I was only recognized as Chú Yaō best friend, even when I played at the royal banquet the emperor still called me Chú Yaō best friend, I love Boqin since we were kids I often dreamt of being his princess consort that's why I encouraged you to get close to him so I could be with him so why would you get to marry him. Why do you get all the good things of life while I only get the scraps, your parents are well known officials your mother is the first female general, your father the prime minister while I got stuck with two measly traders they are not even rich ones that's why when I saw you at the market that day I pretend to be lost and asked the rich young miss for help, then invited you to my parents store pretending to be nice, sweet and content. we became friends, the truth is all those things I told you about the young misses in the capital were false, I also met with them secretly and told them bad things about you, I started all the rumors of you having affairs with your head guard and you having your child removed secretly hoping Boqin would leave and I would comfort him then steal him from you who knew he would defend you, but it doesn't matter anymore you'll die here and I'll tell everyone that you were attacked after the lighten trail woke up and tried to defend me but you were still muddle headed so they were able to get some hits in and you died defending me you will be remembered as a hero that's my payment for your friendship see I'm not evil after all '

Chú Yaō was crying and trying to heal herself she trusted Chuntao with her life and she betrayed her

'don't try healing yourself that's not just a random blade its laced with poison from the crown prince it was taken from the royal treasury it can kill the highest level cultivator so just wait and died.' Chuntao started laughing hysterically it'll all be mine