Daoist, My Heart Hurts

[Jealous, secretly passionate Taoist priest x Flirtatious succubus snake demon] [Ghosts and monsters | Episodic | Both devoted to each other | Devoted husband | Ensemble cast | Fussy heroine | Not a power fantasy | Plot-focused]

Bai Meier is a thousand-year-old snake demon. To ascend and become a dragon, she needs a Ten-Life Exquisite Heart freely given to her.

And Xie Nanyan, a Taoist priest who has just come down from the mountains, possesses that very heart.

Bai Meier takes the form of a mortal woman and follows him as he hunts demons and exorcises evil, witnessing every facet of human life. After sharing life-and-death experiences, she figures Xie Nanyan must have fallen for her.

But no one told her that his affection had already been maxed out from the very beginning!

Xie Nanyan seems like the sort of person who keeps everyone at arm's length, but he's actually a cold-faced cutie.

The reason for his mood swings is that he's jealous of himself.

When Bai Meier calls him “husband,” he's secretly thrilled. Then he starts wondering: if she calls the present-day him her husband, what does that make his past self?

Bai Meier stops calling him “husband.” Xie Nanyan: What does this mean? Is there someone else in her heart? Who is it? (sharpening a knife)

Bai Meisheng: You, from three... three... three lives ago.

Xie Nanyan: Oh. Then it's fine.

And that's how the Jealous King Xie was born: I'm jealous of myself, and then I get even more jealous.

When a fellow disciple tries to take Bai Meier in, Xie Nanyan stays calm on the outside, but thinks: Didn't you hear her call me her husband? And you still dare to take my wife?!

Bai Meier wants his heart. Xie Nanyan: I would've given it to you if you'd only said so. Want it fresh? I'll pull it out right now.

Bai Meier: I was just asking you to breathe.

Xie Nanyan: You're quite the schemer.

“What Do You Mean, You Remember Every Lifetime?”

“My Wife Lost Her Memory, So Now I'm Jealous of Myself”