Poison Cured, Heart Won

Xie Yunlan, the foremost disciple of an immortal sect, is poisoned by the strange toxin “Ashes of Lovesickness.”

He needs the heart’s blood of the Demon Lord Mo Yan as a catalyst, and has three years to get it. Disguised as a low-powered little demonic cultivator called “A Lan,” he infiltrates the Demon Palace as a personal attendant, trembling with nerves as he slips poison into Mo Yan’s drink and draws his blood each day, all so he can leave once the poison is cured.

Mo Yan fell in love with Xie Yunlan at first sight three hundred years ago, but never dared approach him because immortals and demons were destined to stand on opposite sides. The day he learned Xie Yunlan had been poisoned, he spent the entire night searching through the Demon Palace’s ancient books. He discovered the antidote required him to willingly offer his heart’s blood: taking it by force wouldn’t work. So he set this whole plan in motion, “tricking” his beloved into staying by his side. Each day, he drips his blood into Xie Yunlan’s teacup, while pretending not to know who he is. Watching him clumsily drug Mo Yan and draw his blood is both heartwarming and hilarious.

Xie Yunlan thinks he’s putting on an act, never realizing the Demon Lord has been acting along with him for three years. The little bit of blood he “steals” every night is carefully measured and prepared in advance by Mo Yan. Everyone in the Demon Palace, from the protectors to the maid who sweeps the floors, is helping their lord court his beloved.