Laughing My Way to the Underworld

(I'm no good at writing blurbs.)

Without a past connection and its causes and effects, how could one pledge oneself to another?

The married life of the Netherworld's aloof ruler, who pays no heed to worldly affairs, and Prince Fuyuan, whose private life is dissolute and who is known for his preference for men.

Everyone sees the newlyweds smiling, but no one sees the old lovers weeping. One must guard against the most venomous woman's heart, as well as a young man's heart turned to hatred by love.

"A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of gratitude. I believe I'm not wrong to say that one should mend one's ways after making a mistake," Fuyuan said with a smile. "Gratitude is a great virtue. In the end, it comes down to this: pledging oneself to another."

What past connection and its causes and effects led Netherworld's ruler, Long Ke, to receive Prince Fuyuan's promise to pledge himself to him?

Everyone knows that Fuyuan, the Heavenly Lord's own nephew in the Ninth Heaven, is heaven's favored son. He neglects his duties, is known for his preference for men, and is even said to have "three thousand beauties in his harem."

The story goes that when Long Ke took the seat of Netherworld's ruler, he descended to the mortal realm to undergo a trial of love and met an unfaithful lover. After dying a tragic death, he returned to his post, then went back to the human world and caused such a commotion that the ruling dynasty changed. After being imprisoned for eight hundred years, he devoted himself to the Way and caused no more trouble.

Of course, all of the above is merely hearsay. Only a tale told in full will reveal how things truly unfolded.