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“You really are the one.” He stepped closer, lifting Phong’s chin. “My curse: I must find a soul who willingly binds theirs to mine, not out of fear, but out of… se duyên . True affinity. I’ve eaten ninety-nine greedy cultivators. I’ve scared away ninety-nine brides. But you? You care about brushes.”

Genre: BL, Dark Fantasy, Horror Romance, Reincarnation Tags: Sentient Palace, Ghost King x Human Scholar, Cursed Love, Se Duyên (Fated Connection) Prologue: The Cursed Palace Deep within the mist-laden mountains of Độc Sơn, there stood an abandoned palace no living soul dared to enter. They called it Ma Cung —the Demon’s Labyrinth.

Linh stared. Then, for the first time in a thousand years, he laughed. ------- Ma Cung di Se Duyen Bl

“Your line ‘moon like a cold dumpling’ is terrible, husband.”

The palace showed Phong his deepest wish: not fame or gold, but a warm hand holding his while reading poetry under a peach tree. The illusion placed Linh beside him, softer, mortal. Phong almost surrendered. Then he noticed—the phantom Linh had no poetry book. “Real Linh would mock my bad verses,” Phong said. “You’re fake.” The illusion shattered. “You really are the one

Linh appeared in a wedding robe, no longer joking. “Last trial. Kiss me willingly, or the door opens. One is freedom. The other is me.”

Phong kissed him. Deep. Desperate. Willing. The curse broke. The labyrinth did not vanish—it became a home. Villagers later whispered that Ma Cung now glowed with warm lanterns, and from within came two voices arguing over poetry: I’ve eaten ninety-nine greedy cultivators

Legends said the palace was alive. Its corridors shifted at midnight. Its walls bled black incense. And at its heart slept a Ghost King, , bound by a thousand-year curse: he would remain trapped until a mortal with a specific duyên (fated affinity) willingly stepped through the main gate.

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