The Goddess’s Revenge: So Begins His Ruin

Zoey is a goddess of the highest rank in the celestial world, and she spends her divine power forging a sword for Shawn, a mortal man she loves. The sword carries him to the imperial throne. The cost falls entirely on her: her powers drain away and her hair turns white. Once crowned, Shawn breaks the vow he swore to her. He takes consorts, fathers children, strips Zoey of her position and shuts her up in confinement, and takes her heart's blood for himself. She stays there, ruined, until the Bridge of Meeting opens on the lovers' festival and the way back to the heavens is briefly passable. Zoey crosses it and her divine body is restored to her. Below, Shawn's reign comes apart. The state's affairs decay and the people turn on the emperor who has nothing left to hold them with. Zoey takes up her old work of putting down demons, and she does it beside Mo Yuan, the war god who guarded her through all the years she had no power. Shawn tries to force her back to him.