Flower Pact

Mao 5201Baidu Novel2015

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Word count
257K words
Chapters
10

Tags

Girls' Fiction Historical Romance XianxiaDeities and DemonsDestined LoveForbidden LoveAngst RomanceIdentity Opposition

Summary

Yan Qingmo is the flower goddess of the heavenly realm, while Yi Huilian is the flower goddess of the demon realm. Though born into opposing camps, they drew close over the long ages and came to regard each other as their sole reliance in life. When their secret love is discovered by the heavenly realm, Yan Qingmo is subjected to extreme torture, and Yi Huilian rushes to share her suffering. They had thought it would be a separation of a few thousand years, but fate played a tremendous joke on them. The story unfolds around the opposition of their identities and the entanglement of their emotions, threaded throughout by the mournful refrain that everything was wrong from the very beginning. Blending elements of gods and demons, flower spirits, soul pearls, and illusionary realms, it lays out a destined love that spans three thousand years.

Editor's review

This work centers on the forbidden love between two flower deities, one from the heavenly realm and one from the demon realm. Its emotional tone is sorrowful and angsty, suited to readers who enjoy themes of divine-opposition conflict and fated entanglement. Its strengths lie in delicate emotional buildup and an invented mythological atmosphere, and its supporting cast and subplots are fairly rich. Its weaknesses are that it has been serialized for years, its pacing is slow, some chapter titles repeat, the structure is somewhat loose, and the early portion requires patience.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the prologue and first few chapters first to confirm whether you can adapt to the work's sorrowful tone
  2. Follow the main emotional line between Yan Qingmo and Yi Huilian; subplots can be skimmed selectively
  3. Where chapter numbers repeat or titles are vague, rely on the main text content to connect them

About the publisher

Baidu Novel

Baidu Novel is a publisher focused on online literature; public information about it is limited, and details of its founding background and location are not yet clear. Its catalog contains roughly more than 15,000 titles, mainly in categories such as women's fiction, modern romance, ancient romance, and time-travel or alternate-history stories, alongside selected quality novels and popular web fiction. Representative works include Rebirth in the Eighties: A Newly Rich Style of Romance, Treasures of the World, The Supreme Imperial Wife: The Crown Prince Is So Devious, and The Hard-to-Please Cute Wife: The CEO's Sweet Marriage, most of which revolve around rebirth, time travel, palace intrigue, and sweet romance, with titles styled for online serialized reading. Among its authors, Shuimu'er, Jiunian Chen, Cangyang Jiaoyue, Ming Fengqing, Su Xiaotang, and Tang Qiqi are frequently credited names, and the works are aimed mainly at female readers and web-fiction audiences. The overall publishing character lies in gathering large numbers of genre web novels, using detailed tags and serialized storytelling to meet demand for light romance and historical-style stories.

Contents

  1. Prologue
  2. Chapter 1: Taking Human Form
  3. Chapter 2: Facing the Tribulation
  4. Chapter 3: The Boy in Red
  5. Chapter 5: Catching Fish
  6. Chapter 6: The Name
  7. Chapter 7: Snatching
  8. Chapter 8: Swallowing the Pearl
  9. Chapter 9: The Wolf Demon
  10. Chapter 10: Apology

FAQ

Is this book completed? As of public information, the work is still serialized and not yet completed.
Is it a dual female lead or male and female lead story? The main line is the romance between the flower goddess of the heavenly realm and the flower goddess of the demon realm.
Is there a required reading order? Just read in the order of the prologue and main-text chapters; some chapter numbers repeat.

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About the author

Mao 5201 Author

Mao 5201 is a writer of romance fiction who works under an online pen name. Publicly available information about this author is limited: their real identity, nationality, and dates of birth and death are not recorded in reliable sources. According to the information currently available, Mao 5201 has only one work to their name, the ancient romance novel Hua Yue. The book is classified under women's fiction and ancient romance, suggesting that the author's writing leans toward emotional narratives aimed mainly at female readers and set against a historical backdrop. Given the small number of works and the limited material, it is difficult to form a full assessment of Mao 5201's style. The category does indicate, however, that Hua Yue likely revolves around emotional entanglements among characters in an ancient setting, with attention to developing relationships and building atmosphere—reading pleasures common to the ancient romance genre. For readers curious about Mao 5201, Hua Yue is currently the only available entry point and the starting place for observing the author's narrative interests.