The Heavenly Bead: Yaoguang Tribulation

In the Yaohua Sect of Qingming Mountain, there is an outcast lay disciple named Qiu Guofu. Mediocre in talent and despised by all, he spends five years chopping wood and carrying water, burdened by the legacy of a fallen kingdom and a heavy black sword mockingly called 'stubborn iron.' Until the sect's minor competition, the unremarkable sword reveals its eerie power to devour spiritual energy and extinguish fireballs. Qiu Guofu's name, along with his sword, becomes the target of scrutiny and suspicion from the sect's higher-ups. But no one knows that this sword is actually the ancient divine artifact 'Heavenly Bead' incarnate. Nor does anyone know its karmic entanglement with Qiu Lizhu, the aloof and peerless prodigy of the Qingqiong Sect. Childhood sweethearts now separated by status, their betrothal remains, but feelings are unclear. When Qiu Guofu sacrifices himself by blood-offering the Heavenly Bead to save Qiu Lizhu from a desperate situation, triggering the Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment and dying—the Heavenly Bead shatters, and memories buried for ten thousand years awaken in Qiu Lizhu's soul. The sealed true name pierces through reincarnation. She looks down at the cooling body in her arms, tears falling like rain. It turns out she is...