An adoptive son endures prison for his brother, acquires a fatal ailment, and discovers his forced bride can heal him.
Caleb Jarell spends five years incarcerated as a substitute for his adoptive brother, mastering a formidable cultivation method that ultimately triggers a life‑threatening internal injury. Upon release he returns to his adoptive household desperate for the rare constitutional match required to survive, but the family coerces him into an alliance marriage with the wealthy Smiths. Inside the Smith estate he learns the concealed daughter, long dismissed because of her disfigurement, possesses the exact constitution his cure demands, turning a transactional union into his only chance at survival.
Elements
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Prison and aristocratic household
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Adoptive brothers and forced marriage
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Lethal cultivation injury and constitutional cure
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