Summary
A snake woman faces death when her seasonal mating heat arrives just as Yun Lin, the beast slave who has served her for ten years, abandons her for her cousin. A mysterious captive named Xuan Ting is hastily bound to her instead—but he is powerful, infuriatingly flirtatious, and determined to break the Liu family’s lethal seal. Their search for a cure leads to the Beimang Imperial Mausoleum, buried dragon secrets, corpse-controlling sorcery, and a conspiracy that could plunge every city into war. While old loyalties turn into betrayal, she must protect Qingcheng, outmaneuver rival clans, and decide whether keeping Xuan Ting bound is really only strategy.