Xun Yao is cold and aloof, yet suffers from a condition that leaves him consumed by desire:
He was born with an enchanting scent and needs pure yang energy to suppress it, or he suffers unbearable pain.
He was married off to Pei Yue, the foremost disciple of the Qingxuan Sect, for the sake of their families. But Pei Yue thinks his spiritual root is inferior and has someone else in his heart. In three years of marriage, he has never cultivated with Xun Yao...
Xun Yao has become the biggest joke in the immortal sects: "A taciturn dullard with an alluring scent, daring to set his sights on a prodigy."
But no one knows that he has made an even bigger joke of himself.
He accidentally slept with a black snake.
And that snake is his dao companion's master: the foremost figure in the immortal sects, the rule-abiding Immortal Venerable Gu Chen!
He's doomed...
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Xun Yao lives with a turtle and a donkey on a tiny, run-down peak.
One day, he finds a black snake that's been struck by lightning and is half dead.
The little snake is clingy. It likes to crawl into bed in the middle of the night and wrap itself around him, getting cheeky, but it loves him too and brings him a pile of spiritual treasures every day.
One day, he wakes to find that the snake has taken human form. It is as beautiful as an immortal, but not in its right mind. Two things rub wildly against his back. "Like you, like you, Master."
Xun Yao: ??
He assumes the little snake has just taken human form and doesn't know the rules, so he patiently teaches it.
But it never learns, no matter how many nights he teaches it! Oh, well...
The result of indulging it is that desire overwhelms them both. The man pins him beneath himself and shamelessly parts his snake scales. "Master, I want you..."
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Qi Gu Chen fails to survive his heavenly tribulation and reverts to his true form, a horned serpent. He is saved by a young disciple named Xun Yao.
Only after he regains his senses does he realize that he has broken the rules and defiled his own direct disciple's dao companion. He warns himself not to make the same mistake twice, but his desire grows wilder with every passing night.
People say Xun Yao's alluring scent is irresistible, but he knows Xun Yao is pure and innocent, more sacred than moonlight. He was the one who seduced Xun Yao first...
Xun Yao: "Um, that day neither of us was in our right mind. It was an accident. I have a dao companion, and you're not a little snake anymore, so let's go our separate ways from now on."
Qi Gu Chen's dao heart falls into chaos, and his demonic heart grows wild. "An accident? Go our separate ways? We will only ever be bound together until death..."
Only later does Xun Yao learn that being bound together until death really does mean until death!
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After realizing how precious the thing he lost was, Pei Yue regrets it. But when he finally turns back, Xun Yao is already gone...
Theme: Love
