The Sickly Little Darling Is Kept Like a Cat by the Demon Lord

A pitiful little thing (?) who can fight, a beautiful catlike bottom.

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Li Yanqing was born with disabilities. His eyes, ears, and mouth were all afflicted with chronic ailments. Though born into a prestigious family as its legitimate son, he was never valued. By the age of eighteen, he had yet to begin cultivating qi, and everyone saw him as a disgrace to his clan.

Knowing he wasn't liked, he kept to himself for years. But then disaster struck.

After his younger brother was born, golden clouds appeared at his birth. He had a single innate spiritual root, and an Immortal Venerable came to take him as a disciple. But he was born unable to walk, and the family spent a great deal to obtain a prescription that could help him cultivate. It lacked only one ingredient.

That ingredient was his only full brother.

The family broke into the small courtyard that had been sealed off for years and spoke solemnly of the glory of the righteous path, telling Li Yanqing to consider the greater good.

But when the door opened and they saw the clan's disgrace, who could neither see nor speak nor hear, they were all stunned.

Li Yanqing had already attained the rank of a Venerable.

He was among the top ten in the world.

And he was the junior fellow disciple of the leader of the greatest immortal sect in the world.

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No one knew that Li Yanqing had been reborn. Since birth, he had been unable to see the world, hear the sounds of humanity, or speak properly.

After turning eighteen, following his rebirth, he began to hear a voice from beneath the earth.

A voice there spoke with a smile, sounding like a murmur, or perhaps gentle coaxing.

Cultivation manuals, magical treasures, anything he needed, the voice could provide.

It taught him to speak and listened to him ramble.

Li Yanqing could see a faint shadow: a demon sealed beneath the earth. The demon was wrapped in chains from head to toe, but didn't seem to notice. He simply taught Li Yanqing in a gentle, soft-spoken voice.

Li Yanqing knew all too well that beneath that tenderness lay desire and delusion.

This demon was definitely raising him so he could possess his body!

But when Li Yanqing killed his own relatives in a duel and drew down heavenly punishment, the demon emerged calmly from beneath the earth, and the punishment vanished without a trace.

Li Yanqing was on high alert, but when the demon reached out, he only...

Gently pinched his cheek.

"Kitty."

"I've caught you."

Theme: Love can redeem.