[Two male leads + bottom protagonist + time reversal + black lotus turns traitor + intense emotional push and pull]
[Gentle, patient, protective bottom × obsessive, unhinged mastermind top]
Nan Jiang never imagined that the interstellar peace he had protected for five million years would turn out to be a carefully planned “game.”
A higher-level human from a fifth-level civilization, he finds his soul transported into his past life. But everything has changed: Xueya has mutated, evil spirits are running rampant, and the Temple’s pursuit is closing in. Through it all, Min Xiu remains the companion he trusts most.
Then, during a deadly pursuit, Min Xiu unfurls black wings and turns back time to save him. The truth comes crashing into the open: Min Xiu summoned him back from the Second Universe, wrote the program for their companion G, manipulated the Temple and the villains, and even made every crisis a “controlled trial” to put him through his paces.
Nan Jiang: “You treated me like a chess piece?”
Min Xiu, the unhinged one with a secret crush: “I just didn’t want to watch you go to your death alone again. I want to stand by your side.”
Later:
Yan Jinghan loses control and breaks through the dimensional barrier, bringing the interstellar realm to the brink of destruction. The two, now estranged, are forced to join forces once more.
Nan Jiang is gravely wounded protecting Min Xiu, and only then understands the “devotion behind the manipulation”: “So this is what it feels like when someone you care about is in danger.”
Min Xiu, red-eyed and crazed, uses himself as bait to give Nan Jiang a chance to live: “Nan Jiang, this time, let me protect you.”
When the crisis is over and balance returns to the stars, Nan Jiang looks at the obsessive yet devoted man before him and finally reaches out without hesitation: “For all the years ahead, we’ll share our mission and protect each other.”
