My name is Gu Yuanxiao. I'm the head of the Sword-Sworn Bureau, and I consider myself diligent, conscientious, and a good example to others. I also care for my junior fellow disciples and look after them attentively.
That was until my junior fellow disciple suddenly fell into the demonic path. I pursued him with my sword for three thousand li. In the snowstorm, he wept and cursed me for being cold and heartless, saying I would lose everything and end up with nothing. I remained unmoved.
Later, my junior fellow disciple made a comeback from the brink of defeat and returned in glory. I, meanwhile, became a villain who envied and plotted against him, and every cultivator under heaven wanted me dead.
My junior fellow disciple is named Duan Guiling. I gave him his name, taught him his cultivation technique, and watched him grow up.
But when his dagger pressed against my neck and his lips brushed my ear as he softly asked whether I regretted it, I realized I knew far too little about him.
Later, on the day the truth came to light, my junior fellow disciple spat blood.
Many people wept as they apologized and said they would make it up to me. The elders of the sect suddenly put on merciful expressions, fussed over me, and asked me to return to the sect. Everyone seemed so sincere, as if they loved me to the bone.
I looked at the sword in my hand, smiled awkwardly, and asked them if perhaps they were a little late apologizing now that I was the strongest under heaven...
Gu Yuanxiao is the figure everyone in the Thousand Mountains of Northern Continent secretly looks up to.
Duan Guiling thinks he must be insane. He has worshiped Gu Yuanxiao for years, and no one is more important to him than his senior brother.
But after Gu Yuanxiao drove him into a desperate corner, that worship turned to hatred. He wanted to pin Gu Yuanxiao beneath him and torment him until he regretted everything.
As he thought this, Duan Guiling lowered his head and kissed Gu Yuanxiao with reverence and tenderness.
Gentle, in-control shou (Gu Yuanxiao) x cold, aloof gong who turns dark (Duan Guiling)
Note: A wish-fulfillment power fantasy. The shou is always in control, and ends up the strongest under heaven, everyone's unattainable ideal.
Warning: The protagonist is powerful and stays in control. Readers hoping to see the shou tormented by the gong may be disappointed.
Theme: Chase the sun and moon, and never settle for the ordinary.