On the day Cassie Yate of the Cloud Sect was to wed Jacob Lambert, he collapsed on the brink of death. Cassie entered the forbidden zone to retrieve the Heart Lotus, unaware it was a trap set by her sister and Jacob. In seizing the Lotus, she awakened Leo, the Demon Lord, and formed a Life-and-Death Bond. Back at the sect, she faced the tribunal—and Jacob’s betrayal. Then Leo appeared…