After Ascending, the Immortal Lord's Furnace Cauldron Turned Dark

1. Lin Hexue is famous throughout the immortal realm as a wooden beauty: cool and dazzling in appearance, with a bit of natural airheadedness to his personality. He seems to know nothing about love. No one knows that he once imprisoned a “cultivation furnace” in a gilded cage, complete with chains, spell seals, spirit-binding silk, and everything else. 2. Before ascending to immortality, Lin Hexue awakened to his own existence and learned that he was the cannon-fodder scum gong in a novel, using the protagonist shou as a “cultivation furnace” and then discarding him. In the end, the protagonist gong would find him and grind his bones to dust. To avoid this deadly fate, he looked at the protagonist shou, bound in golden chains, eyes bloodshot and full of fury, and said, “How about you do it instead?” Do what, exactly? Lin Hexue couldn’t stand the pain in his backside, so he swore he’d never let the protagonist shou do it again. But the protagonist shou offered himself and snuggled up to him. Lin Hexue only placated him with, “Next time, for sure.” Who knew he’d ascend by accident? Now, nine hundred years later, the protagonist shou should have ended up with the protagonist gong and lived happily ever after, right? Wait, what was the protagonist gong called again? Lin Hexue glanced over the engagement letter the immortal attendant had just delivered. The name of his future immortal partner leapt into view. Right, he was called Hua Ling... Huh? Why had the protagonist gong ascended? The protagonist shou was still in the lower realm! 3. Rumors have been circulating throughout the cultivation world. First, Baopu Peak, once a popular five-star scenic spot in the human realm, has become a fearsome forbidden land. They say that nine hundred years ago, a great demon lost his spouse and, in his grief and rage, wept until the mountain’s entire spiritual leyline was broken. Every night, ghostly wails call out his beloved’s name, and the resentment is so strong that no living thing dares approach. The protagonist shou must be in terrible danger. Lin Hexue decided to return to his old home, rescue the protagonist shou from the great demon, and, while he was at it, bring the protagonist shou and gong together. That would take care of the protagonist shou, his cultivation furnace, and dissolve his engagement to the protagonist gong. He pushed open the door to the cave dwelling. Nine pitch-black fox tails slowly unfurled. The cultivation furnace he’d stood up for nine hundred years smiled gently, yet eerily. Half his face was hidden in shadow, and dressed in black, he looked like a resentful widower. “You’re back, darling?” Chains jingled, and Lin Hexue felt a chill around his wrist. Before he could react, the fox tails had wrapped around him and tossed him onto a bed strewn with soft furs. 4. Recently, several rumors have begun spreading through the cultivation world: First, Baopu Peak has changed from a demon domain brimming with resentment into an immortal paradise filled with pink hearts. Second, the Nine-Tailed Fox Immortal Emperor, who descended to the mortal realm to undergo a tribulation a thousand years ago, has finally reclaimed his title. Third, Immortal Lord Lin Hexue, whose mastery of the Heartless Dao is recorded in the annals, seems to have been ensnared by an old debt of love from before he ascended. He is being confined in the Emperor’s bedchamber. “I really did ascend so suddenly. I didn’t mean to leave you behind...” The Fox Emperor wound the chains around him again, his tails quietly tightening their embrace. “You kissed me, so you have to take responsibility for the rest of your life. Nine tails, nine lifetimes.” Theme: To be added