A pair of pure-hatred master and disciple, tormenting each other!
Two souls in one body, a faux narcissistic romance! Shen Xianjun, tormented by inner demons, and Fu Linzhou, who practices unorthodox cultivation, clash at every turn. The only variable is Shen Yi'an, who transmigrates into their world.
A dignified and upright Immortal Venerable gong x a gentle, beautiful mortal shou
Outline One:
The disciple has gone astray in his cultivation, disgracing Junlan Sword. He struggles in agony in the woodshed, while several senior martial siblings can't bear to watch and plead for mercy.
Shen Yi'an shares a body with Shen Junlan, who threatens him not to do anything unbecoming of his station. Shen Yi'an only gives a soft laugh. When Shen Junlan is too weak to control their body, Yi'an waves a hand and casually teaches Fu Linzhou the ways of the Dao.
Fu Linzhou has been alone and helpless since childhood. At the border battlefield of the Thirteen Lands of Qinglin, he kindly rescues Immortal Venerable Qiu, who was wounded while fighting for the Immortal Alliance, and carries him out of the demonic world's corrupting miasma to a place where the spiritual energy is a little cleaner.
Later, Immortal Venerable Qiu recognizes Fu Linzhou as a cultivation prodigy with exceptional talent. Grateful for his rescue, he is inclined to take him as a disciple. But because he owes Shen Junlan an unrepayable favor from long ago, he writes Fu Linzhou a heartfelt letter of recommendation, sending the exceptionally gifted youth to become a disciple of Shen Junlan of Tianyan Sect.
But no one knows that Shen Junlan and Immortal Venerable Qiu have spent half their lives at odds, maintaining only a veneer of politeness. Yet Qiu, by some fluke, believes things have never gone that far.
Fu Linzhou's arrival is like a thorn lodged in Shen Junlan's throat. But Fu Linzhou's talent is truly exceptional. With such a promising disciple offered to him, and as a fellow member of the Immortal Alliance, Shen Junlan has no reason to slight Immortal Venerable Qiu.
So, resentfully, he takes him in.
Shen Junlan was a prodigy even as a youth, but because of Immortal Venerable Qiu's mistake, he was trapped in the demonic world for decades. Though he eventually returned in triumph and won great glory in the war between immortals and demons, washing away his past humiliation, his inner demon had already taken root. Over the years, it grew stronger and came to consume him.
Without realizing it, Shen Junlan began treating Fu Linzhou unfairly. No one knew that the smallest spark of malice could, before long, leave someone covered in wounds. Fu Linzhou had eagerly and joyfully become the disciple of Shen Junlan, a living legend, only to face harsh criticism day after day.
He stubbornly refused to yield, and Shen Junlan only became more hostile toward him.
And so, one grew resentful, while the other grew hateful.
They committed more and more wrongs against each other, until they became lifelong enemies, sworn to never coexist.
When Shen Yi'an arrived, all he could do was sigh. Why put yourselves through this?
He slowly drew closer to the two of them, then smiled gently as he turned Shen Junlan's unsheathed, twisted sword toward Immortal Venerable Qiu.
"To dispel an inner demon, you have to find its source."
"Even if it all came down to fate's twists and turns, and no one can be blamed, go find the cause that set all this in motion. With such an elegant, orchid-like bearing, why destroy yourself?"
"Even if it means challenging him in front of everyone and fighting to the death, what's wrong with bringing the truth about what happened back then into the open?"
Outline Two:
His master has been stuck at the bottleneck of late Nascent Soul for hundreds of years, tormented by inner demons day after day. Just as he is about to fall, a moment of clarity briefly suppresses the inner demon, accompanied by the voice of another, unfamiliar soul.
"Who are you?"
"A body snatcher?" Shen Junlan's aura turns murderous.
"My name is Shen Yi'an. A body snatcher?"
Shen Yi'an has no desire to take Shen Junlan's body. He sees a cultivation world where disciples are full of hatred for their master, who is a madman. He had the chance to take over Shen Junlan's Nascent Soul body, but he has never taken advantage of him.
He lives alongside Shen Junlan's inner demon, and every so often, he even pulls Shen Junlan back from the brink.
First observe the world, then enter it.
In his previous life, Shen Yi'an was always a little different. After starting work, he became good friends with a Daoist priest on a mountain. He worked like a drudge in the city, while also developing a desire to withdraw from worldly affairs. Gradually, he learned to take things in stride.
"I don't know why you and I share a body, either."
"But your soul was already here. I would never steal what belongs to someone else and take it for myself. Let fate take its course, and we'll see what happens!"
"If there's a chance, Shen Junlan, make me a body of my own so I can live independently. That would be a nice thing to do for a friend. It's been a pleasure working with you."
Theme: There is a proper order to hearing the Dao, and those who cultivate their hearts come first on the path to the Great Dao. May everyone become a better version of themselves.