Jiang Yan transmigrated into a cultivation novel, becoming the demonic bone that the villain Mu Yunsheng had personally cut from his body.
In the original story, Mu Yunsheng was born with a demonic seed but devoted himself to the righteous path. He went so far as to remove his demonic bone and sever his meridians, eventually becoming a prodigy celebrated throughout the cultivation world. But his identity was exposed in a secret realm. His fellow disciples betrayed him, his elders scorned him, and those who had once admired and respected him all turned their swords on him. The once-brilliant genius fell into madness, only to be killed by the protagonist, who was born with immortal roots, to prove his Dao.
The System told Jiang Yan that his mission was to change the villain's fate and bring him back to the demonic path.
Jiang Yan: Isn't that easy? Watch me pull a little trick and become an unwelcome squatter in his body.
But as soon as he transmigrated, he found his target curled up in the snow, a horrifying wound in his chest. Jiang Yan was lying in the palm of his hand, still damp and warm from the body he'd just left.
Jiang Yan: "...Dude, seriously? You work fast."
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Plan A failed, so he had to activate Plan B.
Jiang Yan took on a spiritual form and, relying on his immortality, haunted Mu Yunsheng like a ghost, constantly reminding him that he was a demonic seed. Mu Yunsheng loathed him and tried countless times to erase his existence completely, but never succeeded.
After centuries of tormenting each other, the entire cultivation world knew that Jiang Yan, young master of the demon realm, and Mu Yunsheng, a genius of the immortal path, were bitter enemies who fought whenever they met.
Jiang Yan thought they would go on tormenting each other forever.
Until one day, a merciless sword pierced his heart. Mu Yunsheng coldly demanded to know where he came from and who he really was.
The mission had failed, but Jiang Yan was determined to annoy the man one last time before he died.
He reached out with his bloodstained hand and pretended to cradle half of Mu Yunsheng's face tenderly. Then he shed a few fake tears. "You unfaithful scoundrel, have you forgotten? We slept together once, and I even carried your child."
Mu Yunsheng's usually cool and distant expression changed in an instant.
Jiang Yan laughed recklessly, turned around, and leaped off Soulbreak Cliff without hesitation.
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Jiang Yan thought he was as good as dead.
But when he opened his eyes again, it was three hundred years later.
With the idiotic System gone and no mission weighing on him, Jiang Yan took it easy in the cultivation world, enjoying life to the fullest. He even had time to wonder about his old nemesis.
Mu Yunsheng, now the most powerful person in the three realms, had spent centuries in seclusion. Every day, he sat before an ancient painting hanging in his hall. The person in it had indistinct features, and they said she was the Immortal Venerable's dead wife.
The Immortal Venerable's devotion was praised by all.
Jiang Yan scoffed. "Heh. Mu Yunsheng, you stabbed me back then, and now you've gotten your comeuppance as a widower. Serves you right."
But in the blink of an eye, Jiang Yan was dragged into a dark palace, demonic energy swirling all around him. And there, before his eyes, was the face of the man who had once been as pure and cold as snow on a mountain.
Jiang Yan was terrified, thinking he was about to die all over again. But Mu Yunsheng locked him in his arms and laid a long-fingered hand on his lower belly. "Did you really carry my child here?"
"No, no! I was lying!"
The gaze that had always been cool as frost now reflected a dark flame. Mu Yunsheng held down the person trying to flee his embrace and lowered his head to kiss the spot. "Then let's make it happen."
Jiang Yan, touching his gradually swelling belly: Aren't you supposed to be an upstanding gentleman?! QAQ
Mu Yunsheng: Haven't you always wanted me to become a demon? ^_^
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Mu Yunsheng had once hated Jiang Yan, who had appeared out of nowhere.
He knew every shameful part of Mu Yunsheng's past and every secret he wanted most to hide.
But the more Mu Yunsheng tried to get rid of him, the deeper Jiang Yan's name became engraved in his bones and blood.
When Jiang Yan finally disappeared from the world, and that bewitching voice was no longer in his ear, Mu Yunsheng thought he had truly escaped him.
He thought he would feel relieved, but he kept remembering Jiang Yan's endless chatter.
It turned out every inch of the space around him had silently been filled with Jiang Yan's name long ago.
He wanted Jiang Yan back by his side.
Written on 2026.6.02, saved
1. One-on-one, happy ending
2. They start out at odds
Theme: Live well.
