[A resilient, adaptable, optimistic underdog bottom vs. a cold, aloof, white-haired, devoted top]
Mo Xuan (top) was already a mighty cultivator who had reached the Deification stage when a villain ambushed him, nearly killing him. At the last moment, he managed to save his life and cultivation, hiding in Immortalfall Mountain to recover.
Though his life was no longer in danger, he still had to endure ten years of searing agony from the burning poison.
Mo Xuan always repaid kindness and avenged grudges. He vowed that once he cleared the fire poison from his body, he would hunt down and slaughter his enemies' entire clan, even if he had to search to the ends of the earth.
One day, just as the fire poison struck him again, someone suddenly broke through the cave's protective barrier and entered his hideout.
Mo Xuan's expression darkened. Whoever it was, he would kill them without mercy.
Ling Yue (bottom) had been in this cultivation world for eighteen years. As a good-for-nothing, he would never have reached the fifteenth Qi Refining level without his family's pills. One more level, and he could break through to Foundation Establishment.
Unfortunately, his talent was truly poor, and he had made no progress for a long time.
That day, he went exploring in Immortalfall Mountain with his senior brothers and sisters. Someone coveted the Foundation Establishment pills he carried and chased him all the way into a cave in the mountain.
The cave was vast and dark. Terrified, he ventured inside, and further in, he found a white-haired young man meditating.
The young man gave off an incredibly terrifying aura, as if Ling Yue would freeze into an ice statue just by getting close.
Ling Yue turned and ran.
But before he could get far, a powerful force sucked him to the white-haired young man's feet.
The young man opened a pair of bloodthirsty, merciless eyes. Ling Yue's very soul nearly froze. With his life on the line, Ling Yue immediately hugged the man's legs and begged.
"Senior, don't kill me! I'm a good-for-nothing, but I can cook, make clothes, refine pills, and warm your bed!"
Mo Xuan looked down coldly at the junior begging him, then was surprised to discover that Ling Yue had a Pure Yin constitution, just the thing to cure the fire poison burning through him.
With a wave of his hand, a bed appeared on the ground.
Mo Xuan: Take off your clothes.
Ling Yue: ...You don't have to be that direct!
Mo Xuan: Hmm?
Ling Yue: Senior, you are so graceful, handsome, and tall. It is my good fortune to warm your bed. But... could you be a little gentler?
Mo Xuan: I'll do my best.
With an aggrieved look on his face, Ling Yue warmed his senior's bed. He kept doing so for ten years.
Ten years later, Mo Xuan left Immortalfall Mountain with Ling Yue. Together, they shook the world and turned the cultivation realm upside down.
Ling Yue: Senior... you're incredible!
Mo Xuan: Call me husband.
Ling Yue: Yes, husband.
[Addicted to loving you, lovesick with longing, beyond saving, one thought away from becoming a demon.]
1. The story is told from both the top's and the bottom's perspectives.
2. The top is cold and merciless. He repays kindness, avenges grudges, and kills decisively. He has eyes for the bottom alone.
3. The bottom is adaptable, good at lying low and running away, and a sucker for the top's looks. He can really fight when it matters and has the resilience of a cockroach.
4. The cultivation world is cruel. It's normal for people to die, including passersby, supporting characters, and cannon fodder.
5. Cover art used with permission: Nicholas Ergou / Chen Zhou
Blurb dated December 17, 2023
Theme: Addicted to loving you, lovesick with longing, beyond saving, one thought away from becoming a demon.