A HEART THAT YEARNS FOR MILORD
Chen Xing has finally arrived in Changan and is to meet the Great Chanyu, a man rumored to be so beautiful and adorned in finery that hes beset by marriage proposals. So why is Xiang Shu sitting on the Great Chanyus throne? Meanwhile, rumor has it that His Majesty, Fu Jian, will soon enact a decree that any Hu to marry a Han will receive a stipend. Whats more, anyone could become a wife, be they woman or man. But those feelings of love are not exactly reciprocal, as a plot to take down His Majesty is afoot, and a mysterious assassin leaves the Hu Dynasty scrambling for answers. But danger or not, Xiang Shu remains conspicuously hesitant to make himself Chen Xings protector. Questions abound as Chen Xing, Xiang Shu, and Feng Qianjun fall deeper into a tangled web of secrets. Will the inscrutable Great Chanyu finally say I do to Chen Xings proposal? Will Chen Xing uncover clues to the Mara case? And can the three men quell the winds of revolt?
Series Overview: It has been three hundred years since magic disappeared from the Divine Land. Chen Xing is the last Great Exorcista young man with a tenuous grip on magic whose life is destined to end on his twentieth birthday. As whispers about the return of the demonic entity known as Mara echo across the land, Chen Xing is burdened with a daunting task: to seek out his fated counterpart, the Protector Martial God, and together, to save the world. Enter Xiang Shu, a condemned man with a haunted past. Accused of unspeakable atrocities, Xiang Shu is an enigmahandsome, skilled, and facing execution for crimes he claims he didnt commit. As their destinies intertwine, Chen Xing and Xiang Shu embark together on a journey where the salvation of everything they know hangs in the balance.