Lone Swan of the Azure Sky

Branded a traitor and accused of murdering his master, Yun Guhong awakens in a hellish cultivation realm—only to discover he's been a pawn for nine lifetimes. Used as a sacrifice in the sinister "Nine Lives, One Furnace" sorcery, he must claw his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood to reclaim his fate. His only ally: the dragon-girl Su Ningmei, bound to him by a pact sealed in blood and scales. She endures the agony of nine lifetimes of flayed scales to anchor his corrupting soul; he gambles everything to sever the cursed destiny chaining them together. But when a bronze coffin…