After the Substitute Was Seized by the Immortal Lord's White Moonlight

Xi Jue was a substitute doll.

From the moment he was made, he had only one purpose: to imitate his master's beloved, the late Immortal Lord Yuqing.

Immortal Lord Yuqing was as bright and noble as the moon, a heaven-blessed prodigy, and no less than the immortal realm's beloved ideal.

Xi Jue, however, was a timid, defective doll, unlike him in both appearance and temperament. He could only do his best to play the part, yet his master still came to despise him.

His master obtained a forbidden soul-summoning art and declared that once Immortal Lord Yuqing returned, he would burn Xi Jue alive.

Xi Jue didn't want to be burned to death. He was made of wood, and there would be no bringing him back.

With nowhere left to turn, he could only tamper with the ritual array.

That night, he lay in bed listening to the chilling incantations outside his room. His heart pounded like a drum until the room grew colder and colder.

“You summoned me. Is there anything you want me to do for you?”

A gentle voice sounded. Xi Jue's eyes flew open, and he saw the man from the portrait.

-

Before, when people said Immortal Lord Yuqing was wonderful, Xi Jue had no idea what they meant.

That changed when Cen Qingyu appeared before him and helped him learn how to play his role better.

From his appearance and the way he walked to his clothing and even his tone of voice, Cen Qingyu patiently taught him everything.

His master loved all of it. Lately, whenever he looked at Xi Jue, he would get lost in thought.

It was the same expression he wore only when looking at the portrait.

Xi Jue was overjoyed.

Cen Qingyu gently stroked him, too. “How will you repay me?”

Repay him?

Xi Jue didn't understand. Confusion filled his bright, dark eyes.

Cen Qingyu's smiling face soon appeared in them, and his cold hands crawled over Xi Jue like snakes.

Soon, as the world rocked around him and his vision blurred, Xi Jue sobbed.

At last, he understood how to repay him.

-

The calamity star had returned. After lengthy deliberations, several major sects joined forces and came to the place of its descent, ready to wipe it out.

They found the courtyard of a small sect draped in white mourning cloth.

The tightly shut gates slowly opened. As a powerful wave of yin energy surged out, a familiar man walked slowly from within, carrying a beautiful person in mourning clothes who had cried herself unconscious.

Cen Qingyu, the man they had once suppressed, smiled as he looked at them.

“What, have you come to pay your respects to my wife's former husband, too?”

[Clumsy, timid, weak, and honest doll bottom x False gentleman, true villain, hypocritical mad ghost top]

[Reader's Guide]

1. One-on-one romance, both are virgins.

2. The bottom has an irresistible charm that draws everyone to him.

3. The “master” has a substantial role, but the top doesn't know him.

Theme: Lovers will ultimately be together