Gathering souls is his destiny, passed down through generations; revenge is her thousand-year-old grudge.
“You exchanged your life to give me eternal liberation, and I will wait for you for my whole life… ”
Two thousand years ago, he was a formidable emperor who brought destruction to the Fengjian clan.
She, the only surviving princess of the Fengjian clan, lived under the protection of her enemy for a thousand years.
Two thousand years later, he is a demon collector wielding the soul-guiding lantern, and she is a mischievous little demon at his side, using him to collect soul artifacts and playing around, all while under his protection.
When the truth of the past is revealed, they are destined to become enemies…
this is an extra sypnosis/plot summary from Douban for Yin Deng Jue ( I just copied it…):
The story centers on a female demon and a male exorcist who is the crown prince in disguise. The female lead is the only surviving member of the Fengjian clan, whose members were wiped out by the emperor.
Then the male lead exorcist appeared with a soul-guiding lantern and became a demon collector; she became a follower besides him, but was just waiting for an opportunity to obtain the soul-guiding lantern from him.
