[Cool and aloof master, bottom vs. unhinged Demon Lord, top]
The story, roughly speaking: I meant to save you, but you wanted to…?
[Master-chasing repentance arc · master-disciple romance · HE]
Immortal Venerable Shen Qingxian of Lingqing Peak is universally admired as the untouchable beauty of the cultivation world, cold and otherworldly, his sword flashing like a streak of light.
What no one knows is that inside, he’s panicking. His fated ending is to be ground to dust and have his soul scattered by the very wicked disciple he raised.
To save himself, he’s forced to take in the stubborn, lone-wolf-like youth Chu Ye, who bears a demonic seed, as his personal disciple.
He plans to go through the motions of being a “kind master with strict lessons,” raise the youth’s affection to the max, then make a graceful exit.
But his little disciple’s gaze grows more and more unsettling. He’s certainly obedient and dependent, but the possessiveness and obsession hidden deep in his eyes could almost burn right through Shen Qingxian.
“Master, don’t look at him…” “Master, teach only me…” “Master, stay by my side forever… all right?”
Shen Qingxian, internally screaming: Wait! This isn’t how the script goes! What happened to respecting your master? Why does this wicked disciple keep trying to turn the tables on me?!
Until the immortal sects can no longer tolerate the demonic seed, and everyone condemns him, swords and blades drawn.
He punishes his disciple harshly, though it breaks his heart and he doesn’t mean a word of it. All he gets in return is his disciple’s boundless hatred and complete fall into demonic ways.
Years later, they meet again. The once-obedient disciple has become the supreme ruler of the demon realm.
His black robes billow, his murderous aura surges, as he binds Shen Qingxian tightly in the depths of the Demon Palace.
Cold fingertips brush across his cheek, but his voice burns with hatred and desire:
“Master, back then you said you never cared about me…” “Now, are you satisfied with your disciple’s insolence?”
