After Nine Failed Attempts

Wei Yixue, who died of a serious illness, opened his eyes to the cheerful chime of a System notification and received a mission: win over a villain and he could come back to life.

After failing to reform the villainous overlord Shang Xingque for the ninth time, Wei Yixue threw in the towel.

So, after restarting for the tenth time, Wei Yixue devoted himself to cultivation and decided to kill the villain, solving the problem at its source.

After fighting Shang Xingque until the skies darkened and both of them were gravely injured, they plunged together into the Demon Abyss.

On the brink of death, Wei Yixue watched in despair as Shang Xingque slowly approached, frowning at him. But his first words were: "Who are you?"

Wei Yixue's eyes lit up!

Here was his chance to survive. Taking advantage of Shang Xingque's apparent head injury and amnesia, he had a sudden inspiration, and tearfully pleaded, "A Que, I'm your cultivation partner. Don't you remember me?"

Shang Xingque stared blankly at the stunning beauty before him, pale and frail, with an elegance unmatched by anyone.

So he had a cultivation partner?

Drawing on nine lifetimes' worth of memories, Wei Yixue knew Shang Xingque better than Shang Xingque knew himself. He easily talked the amnesiac Shang Xingque into accepting that he really did seem to have a partner.

Wei Yixue was badly injured and his cultivation was nearly ruined. Fortunately, he had once learned a cultivation method that could restore his spiritual power and heal his injuries through dual cultivation with another person.

While Shang Xingque's head was messed up, Wei Yixue took malicious pleasure in ordering him around without restraint. In the lightless Demon Abyss, he gritted his teeth as he tricked Shang Xingque into rough, hate-fueled sex, all the while plotting how to escape the abyss, which was said to be impossible to leave.

He also had to figure out how to kill Shang Xingque once his cultivation recovered.

But dual cultivation raised Shang Xingque's cultivation, too. After carefully weighing things up, Wei Yixue decided that killing him would be far too difficult, considering he was the original story's great demon lord.

Through countless days and nights beneath the Demon Abyss, Wei Yixue watched Shang Xingque's dark eyes grow ever gentler and more possessive as they gazed at him. With his back aching, his scalp prickled.

When Shang Xingque was out of his mind, all he wanted was to fuck Wei Yixue.

But once he regained his memories, he would probably want to fuck him so hard he'd turn into mush!

Fortunately, the System's binding restriction on Wei Yixue suddenly disappeared, and he could choose to run.

So, once his cultivation had finally recovered and a crack opened in the Demon Abyss, Wei Yixue was sweetly chatting with Shang Xingque about how they'd decorate their cave home after they got back one moment, and making a clean getaway the next.

So long, sucker.

Shang Xingque curled his fingers around an empty palm, his expression gradually darkening.

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At long last, free from the System's restrictions and no longer forced to win over a cold-blooded, terrifying demon lord like Shang Xingque, Wei Yixue hid his identity, suppressed his cultivation, and joined a small sect, happily choosing to lie flat and enjoy life.

The disciples at the little sect weren't highly skilled, but they didn't fight or squabble, and the atmosphere was wonderful.

His good days didn't last long. A summons to the grand assembly of immortals arrived at the sect, calling all the immortal sects together. To look after a few senior fellow disciples, Wei Yixue had no choice but to go along.

When he arrived at the grand assembly, a gaze fell straight on him. Wei Yixue's scalp went numb. He looked up and saw Immortal Lord Shang raise his cup to him from the high platform.

"Welcome, fellow Dao..." Shang Xingque paused. "Friend."

From that day on, a dark, sticky gaze was always on him, like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, coiling coldly around him.

A mildly popular, sharp-tongued, grudge-holding beauty who wants to lie flat x A deranged, gloomy top who keeps asking, "Where's my wife? Where's my wife? Where's that huge wife I picked up for free?"

Would this count as an older-below-younger pairing?

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The story setup and blurb may change somewhat before the novel begins.

Theme: As long as life goes on