Reborn After Martyrdom, My Mad Disciple Turns on His Master

[Two Male Leads + Cultivation + Younger Top + Master and Disciple + Mutual First Love + Happy Ending]

Immortal Venerable Xie Yunshu of Xuanqing was peerlessly handsome, with a mastery of the Dao that reached the heavens. Yet when it came to feelings, he was a block of rotten wood.

He had raised his adopted little disciple, Ling Zhuo, from childhood. For over a decade, the boy had clung to him, acting sweet and endearing, while carefully hiding his deep affection. Xie Yunshu simply mistook it for a disciple's filial love and accepted it all without question.

A rare flower that bloomed once every ten years was about to blossom atop Tianshan Mountain. Ling Zhuo, holding plum blossom pastries he had made with his own hands, blushed as he invited his master to attend the flower banquet with him.

Xie Yunshu patted his head and smiled as he agreed.

That night, a rift to the demon realm suddenly split open, bringing devastation to all living things.

To protect the people of the three realms, Xie Yunshu sacrificed his soul and used his body to seal the rift. As he died, all he left behind was a soft sigh: "I did not fail the people of the three realms... but I failed you."

By the time Ling Zhuo rushed there in a frenzy, only countless fragments of spiritual light remained.

Ten years later, Xie Yunshu opened his eyes in a marsh of gathered spiritual energy. His newly formed body had little spiritual power, but he could just barely fly his sword back to the mountain.

The clingy little disciple of the past had become the cold-faced lord of the immortal sect. His whole body radiated barely contained malice. He treated Xie Yunshu's name as taboo and imprisoned him in the palace as a suspected spy.

Xie Yunshu thought his disciple was merely throwing a tantrum. He had no idea that over the past ten years, Ling Zhuo's inner demon had grown beyond his control.

Only when the demonic rift opened again and Ling Zhuo took the path of no return in his place, his consciousness shattering as he fell into the demon realm, did Xie Yunshu finally understand what it meant to love deeply and to break a promise.

This time, he would enter the demon realm and bring him back.