"That's fitting. Now I can really call myself a ghost and demon. Turns out I've been one all along."

Han Abrial Chae-young hasn't stepped foot outside of her parents' house even once in her life.

She knows there's a world out there, with towns and cities, mountains and rivers, marketplaces and people — her dear friend and (technically) her servant, Finley, has told her all about it.

But it's all out of her reach.

That is, until one day, when a series of chaotic and inexplicable events leads to Finley revealing that she is a powerful magician and subsequently sending Abrial far away on a gust of wind for her own safety.

In the outside world, Abrial discovers that she has locked-away forbidden powers that make her both more dangerous and more powerful than anyone in the Empire of Gongkua.

Anyone, that is, except for the heartless immortal Emperor, who's been set on killing her from the beginning.

How a Reckless Girl Defeated the Heartless Emperor is a fantasy/drama novel with themes of magical/spiritual cultivation, action, adventure, mystery, suspense, and LGBTQ+ romance (including, but not limited to, GL and BL). There is also a lot of food — Abrial loves a good bowl of chili oil noodles, almost even more than she loves to blade fight. This is a story to bring you to furious anger, pitying tears, and laughter.