Back Before My Husband Turned Evil

Shen Chu was a total slacker. After transmigrating from the modern world as a college student, he had relied on his husband to raise him every step of the way, until he became the youngest cultivator to reach the Mahayana stage. So he kept a low profile, doing nothing but eating and drinking in the Demon Palace and never showing off. Then one day, his husband made all the arrangements for him before turning around and seeking a mutual death with his enemy. Shen Chu was horrified. He searched through ancient texts and finally managed to change a death-summoning formation into one that could turn back time. As the stars shifted, he closed his eyes and opened them again to find himself back before his husband, the Demon Venerable, had turned dark. His husband hadn’t had his spiritual root stolen yet, hadn’t turned dark, hadn’t become twisted, and had no power. He was still a bleeding-heart do-gooder. Meanwhile, Shen Chu had kept all his cultivation and become the Demon Venerable on the spot. Shen Chu ovo: ? Me? -- After unifying the Demon Realm, Shen Chu hurried off with two subordinates to find someone. A rumor spread through the Immortal Realm that the new Demon Venerable would seize the winner of the martial competition and keep him as a cultivation cauldron. The selection at Liuxian Sect had just ended, and a crowd of young Immortal Dao prodigies were still watching warily when the sky suddenly darkened. A figure appeared, wrapped in a mass of black clouds. The Demon Venerable had come to snatch someone! At the sight of him, the unremarkable senior disciple of Liuxian Sect lifted his head ever so slightly. The young champion, still green and gentle, stood out from the panicked crowd as he looked up at the Demon Venerable floating in midair. “Did Your Excellency come for me?” The young man showed no sign of resistance. He even smiled at him and said, “I’ll go with you.” Wei Lie had once been a mortal prodigy of extraordinary talent. After being brought to an Immortal Dao sect, he endured one hardship after another. His dazzling talent dimmed, and he became a rough, ignorant laughingstock. He had planned to climb his way up, one step at a time, but then he happened to spot what seemed like a better path. Wei Lie didn’t care what the Demon Venerable was really thinking. For some reason, though, the Demon Venerable seemed to think he was a softhearted, soft-spoken do-gooder who couldn’t bear to see anyone killed. Under the Demon Venerable’s careful guidance, Wei Lie gradually developed a dark side. Later, he realized the Demon Venerable seemed to have mistaken him for someone else. But even if he had, it made no difference. Wei Lie slipped on his outer robe, his black hair spilling down his back. Sitting beside the bed, he spoke gently to the Demon Venerable lying there. “He doesn’t know what’s good for him.” “I’ll serve Your Lordship.” -- Shen Chu: I didn’t mistake him! I didn’t! I didn’t! -- Also known as: Turns Out My Husband Is a Beautiful, Tragic Powerhouse The Plan to Save My Demon Venerable Husband A little advance notice for everyone: My Desperate Straight Man Lin Yu came from a mountain village. Though he got into a university in the city, he was still the most unremarkable person in any crowd. He should have spent his whole life being ordinary, but then he got a boyfriend. His boyfriend was a golden boy. His family background was a mystery, but he was generous and popular. By his side, Lin Yu felt as if he, too, had been born into a wealthy city family. His boyfriend bought him a phone, clothes, and snacks, took him to upscale restaurants, taught him to lose his accent, and forced him to change every bad habit. His boyfriend loved him so, so much, as if he wanted to swallow him whole. He was even obsessive enough to install a tracking app on Lin Yu’s phone. Lin Yu accepted it all without question. Everyone around them said they were a perfect match, two rotten pots with matching lids. No one knew Lin Yu had a secret. He was straight. Part of him wanted to return to a normal life, while another part hoped things would go on this way forever. Before he could decide, the police informed him one day that his boyfriend had died. The boyfriend who had thought about him every second of every day was dead. After crying his eyes out, Lin Yu put on the most beautiful outfit his boyfriend had bought him, planning to find a rich woman to keep him at the funeral. But that day, a fierce wind blew, making the funeral banners snap and crack. Sounds echoed through the funeral hall all night. A few days later, red-eyed Lin Yu had a new secret. He had a ghost husband. “Lin Yu, I know your secret now.” Theme: Only now do I understand the depth of longing.