Twin Fiends

[Gong-focused, younger gong, equally matched, master and disciple, not a wish-fulfillment story, dark Chinese-style fantasy] Date saved: 2026-04-24

Blurb:

The master said to his disciple, “I accompanied you through a thousand reincarnations.”

The disciple asked, “Really? What was I in my previous life?”

The master sighed. “You were a maggot. You couldn't cultivate, so to help you reincarnate, I crushed you to death.”

The disciple: “...”

The disciple asked again, “What was I in the lives before that?”

The master: “Fish, shrimp, mice, all kinds of little animals.”

The disciple: “Did you crush all of them to death, too?”

The master: “Of course not. They all died in different ways.”

The disciple eyed him suspiciously. “...After a thousand reincarnations, did you kill me every time?”

The master: “...”

*

Ji Ye passed on everything he had learned in his life, even calculating his own life into the plan, all to pave a way for Bai Jinghan to survive.

But he never expected that, no matter how much he sacrificed, everything he did would be futile against someone at the absolute pinnacle of power.

Bai Jinghan went from a monster who couldn't bear to look anyone in the eye to a madman bold enough to tear open the sky.

He thought he had finally become strong enough to fight Ji Ye.

Then he saw that Ji Ye, who had always seemed invincible to him, had his spine broken with a single move.

With his last breath, Ji Ye cried, “Run!”

But Bai Jinghan was already held fast by that person, unable to move.

Like Ji Ye, the man had a pair of red eyes. He seized Bai Jinghan and examined him carefully.

With a cold laugh, he said, “Ji Ye, is this why you linger in the mortal world? What... makes him special?”

*

The Three Realms are vast enough to hold all living things,

yet too small to save a demonic heart and a baleful soul.

While my master lives, even a thousand calamities are home;

while my disciple lives, even the end of the road is a return.

[Reading Guide]

1. Clever, sharp-tongued disciple gong x gloomy, loyal-dog master shou.

2. They seem to scheme against each other, but are actually both looking out for the other. Their love is mutual.

3. Younger gong; the gong is raised by the shou. The age gap is just under ten thousand years, though the shou doesn't know how long he's been alive.

4. Both male leads are powerful, but there is always someone stronger, and a higher heaven beyond the sky.

5. Shares its world and setting with Ghost Eye Demoness, and the plots overlap.

6. The gong is only half human; the shou isn't human and has no human emotions.

Theme: The Three Realms are all a prison. I need only a fragment of your flesh and bone to make my tomb.