Time travel + System missions + ascetic monk male lead + obsessive possessiveness + forced love + mutual devotion
After modern office worker Su Qinghuan dies from overwork, she transmigrates back to ancient times, only to be told by the System that she must seduce a holy monk to return to the present.
“How can one have the best of both worlds, staying true to the Buddha and to the beloved? But I only want to betray the Buddha, not you.”
“I was once a spotless monk before the Buddha. Now I am your Xie Heng. For you, I am willing to fall into the mortal world and suffer endless calamities, asking only that you stay by my side.”
“Qinghuan, you deceived me. I was angry, I hated you, but in the end, none of it could outweigh how much I missed you. You are my trial, and my salvation.”
Wuchen, look at these earthly lights and lively celebrations. Aren’t they far more bustling than the plain tea before the Buddha? Would you like to see them with me?
“Xie Heng, I’m not asking you to become a Buddha. I only want you to be my husband, by my side for all our lives, year after year.”
“The Buddha says all beings are equal, but I have eyes for only you. All other beings are ants; you alone are my treasure.”
“Don’t even think about running away. In this life, the next, and every life after that, you can only be mine.”
“My Buddha was never that clay statue. It has always been you, Su Qinghuan.”
