Binding the Dragon for the Empress
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.In order to save the empress, the emperor goes deep into the thousand-year-old pond without regard for safety, tricks a dragon abandoned by his clan out of the pond and back to the palace, coaxes people to pull out its scales and dig out its heart, and finally discovers… that it is the lover he has been looking for for ten thousand years.
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One entry per lineCaught a dragon become my wife
缚龙为后
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The reason is because 100 chapters of MC abuse/torture is too much for readers to take, unless you're the type to embrace the dog blood and pain the MC goes through (not worth it). I would've rated it 5 stars if the author had shortened the story to 30-40 chapters of abuse balanced with the remaining 61 chapters of ML redemption. Nevertheless, it will be a shame if you miss this out simply because you saw the 2.7 rating. On MC's abuse:He goes through a lot of shit. I won't go into details because others already had. He was also abused partly because ML had demonic Gu planted in his body, but what I appreciated about this that I never did in 2HA (because I saw many comparisons to this) was that the novel never excused ML from the atrocities he committed just because of the Gu. Everything and I mean everything was his fault, and he knows.
I will focus on ML because not much was said about him here hence why I decided to drop in my two cents: I came for scum gong regret, and I got it in droves. When Yan Yuan (ML) realized exactly who Xuan Long (MC) was, the partner who he had been searching for, and coupled with the sheer absurdity of pain XL went through because of him, absolutely destroyed him. You will see the start of his redemption arc kick in akin to 2HA'S where YY goes to collect XL's soul fragments, and YY willingly sacrificing parts of his 5 senses amongst other things just for a chance to bring XL back.
YY's anguish, remorse and desperation is shown plainly as you continue reading. By the end, YY was reduced to a near physical waste, consequences he welcomed of his own volition, and I f*cking loved every minute of it because where else can you find an ML who willingly sacrifices all his senses, embrace heaven's tribulations AND destroy his lifeforce to almost nothing just for a chance to earn XL's forgiveness and try to stand on par with him? (If you're a xianxia novel reader, you would instantly understand what YY was trying to do.)
NEVER ONCE did YY ever went 'I need him back, he is mine' bullsh*t like others, he knows he is not qualified to stand beside XL at all; he clearly states that he owes XL too much in two lifetimes. By the end, my anger at YY dissipates, and I felt he truly proved himself remorseful, and coming from me, this is not an easy thing to say.
To expound on the Love Gu part, I was afraid YY's wrongdoings would be whitewashed by this horrid cheap plot device. Have you been burned by this before in other novels? So have I. Thank goodness it was not so here. I would've dropped the novel if it had. YY knows he is fully 100% responsible for this even though he took revenge on the people that led them to this point. Perhaps this is the reason why he willingly lets himself die near the end, and even XL came out to give him some comfort before he does. You can see that XL does still care to an extent, but what REALLY matters here is that YY would never know as he is deaf and blind by then, nor did I, as a reader, felt it was necessary for him to know. At that point, I felt YY's redemption arc wraps up nicely, as it couldn't have ended any other way: XL died because of him, and so, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth in this lifetime.
XL truly suffered in one of the worst ways imaginable. So much so that I had wondered whether the author could pull off YY's redemption WITHOUT any interference from XL. Have you ever read those stories where ML grovels back and the MC swings back and forth like a ping pong, not knowing whether they should hate or love and just annoy the hell out of you?
Not here. XL came back from the dead and the first thing he did was to accept the tragedy of their mortal lifetime, formally sever the bond between them AND made it clear to YY that XL hated him and wanted nothing more than to stay away from him. Almost all the way until the end, XL never gave in and maintained his dignity as one who was wronged but chose to move on (or try to, but we never get much of his POV during this time.) A shou quickly forgiving a gong after horrific abuse is a MAJOR deal breaker for all - here, there is no such nonsense, and one of the reasons why I'm able to accept YY's redemption arc.
This is a HE. After all that shit, this is a HE, you say? Yes it is. Didn't ML die? Yes he did... in his second life. But the xianxia tag is there for a reason. I personally had no issues with this after reading up to the end because by then, you can tell that even though things can never go back to the way they were, things are hopeful for both of them. XL's forgiveness came at the right time. I liked how someone phrased it at another series as it describes how I felt about the ending perfectly:
For me, a good wife chasing crematorium is when the shou forgives the gong exactly at the moment when I, the reader, is ready to forgive him. A little earlier - and I feel disappointed with the shou's weakness and think the gong hasn't suffered enough. A little later - and I feel the shou is too cruel. Here the author's timing is perfect.
In this case, it would've been entirely justified if XL stayed away from YY forever. But he didn't, and I'm actually fine that YY got a second chance as I would like to see how their tale of being literal star-crossed lovers will resolve in the next few chapters.
I'm quite upset that the rating was at 2.9 just because of the tags. The abuse and all didn't happen without proper reasons and the whole redemption was handled very well. The plot is very similar to cdrama Eternal Love and also 2ha. The first 100 chapters were insanely painful for the MC and for me as a reader. So many times I just prayed for a BE and for MC to find peace and love for himself. The ML at first was just scummy, deceiving the MC but still had a heart. However after some events, he became so horrible that I doubt how the author could still do a HE after all these. The author proved me wrong with ML's redemption arc. He didn't give any excuse for being the scum that he is and went through a lot to get back his wife. By a lot, it is A WHOLE BIG LOT. So much that I forgave all his wrongdoings and hoped for a HE then. I was worried the plot on
demon voodoo being implanted in him was too much like 2ha's flower plot - which ended up not being convincing enough for the scum's wrongdoings, but I'm glad things like usual xianxia plots heaven's tribulations and all came into play. It makes much more sense for such a novel.