After Failing to Pretend to Be a Cat on a Dating Reality Show

In an era of great peace where humans and demons coexist, the Three Realms Development Bureau announces a dating show themed around interspecies romance, in an effort to further bridge the divide between the two groups. The Demon Realm sends Pingchuan, the legendary ancient Yinglong, while the Human Realm sends Sifeng, a rising top-tier star of the Celestial Masters Bureau and its new director. With two heartthrobs at the helm, a group of celestial beings launch the Three Realms' first variety show, with the exception of Tu Qiu. With no prestigious family background or profound cultivation, Tu Qiu is invited as an exception by the production team because he's soft, cute, and easy to bully. He's meant to be the foil, there to make the other guests shine through face-slapping and win fans. Tu Qiu has no idea. A cold, hard, slimy little clam spirit, abandoned as a child, Tu Qiu has always dreamed of becoming an adorable, fluffy creature whom people would hold in their hands and dote on. Without hesitation, he accepts a script where he pretends to be a cat, only to be instantly exposed by the real cat demon guest in his group and hated by the entire internet. The production team claims they gave him the wrong script, then tells Tu Qiu to pretend to be a mermaid. Unfortunately, the guest star is the King of the Merfolk. Terrified, Tu Qiu reveals his true form and earns the title of liar, once again becoming the target of the entire internet. Tu Qiu: We're all aquatic creatures. I'm not bad-looking, and I can shed pearls. Why don't I count as a mermaid? They cry theirs out, I spit mine out. That doesn't count? Netizens: Who are you trying to fool? Of course it doesn't. Have some self-respect! Tu Qiu: But the production team said variety shows in the Human Realm all require people to establish a persona and follow a script. And it's not just me. The single top-tier star across from me has a full house in his children palace, the acting uncle beside me who loves mourning his dead wife is haunted every day by her vengeful ghost, the top-tier star carrying the drama up front blah blah blah, the amateur influencer in the back blah blah blah, Grandpa Pingchuan looks calm on the surface but is about to go into heat, and Director Sifeng... The show is suspended, and the whole internet erupts. When it resumes, the disgraced guests have been replaced. The revelations are confirmed. Overnight, Tu Qiu's reputation does a complete 180: from liar to judge of the Three Realms. With his innocent face and utterly unaffected personality, he wins the adoration of countless netizens. Pingchuan and Sifeng adore him, too. Sifeng is driven wild with curiosity by Tu Qiu's unfinished words and tries every way he can to linger around him. Pingchuan goes straight to Tu Qiu and admits that he's actually a newly ascended Yinglong, still young and with an unstable Dao heart. He needs Tu Qiu's help with a little favor. Tu Qiu: What favor? Pingchuan: My heat cycle. Love triangle, one-on-one pairing, both pure, happy ending. Theme: Believe in yourself