1.
Palace Master Shen Muyun of Qingxu Palace has kept up his disguise for years. At last, he reveals his true face:
He's a ruthless demonic cultivator.
Even his first disciple, Sheng Sijun, is nothing more than a tool for him to use, someone whose heart's blood he takes to increase his cultivation.
Devastated after learning the truth, Sheng Sijun drives the Demon-Slaying Sword into Shen Muyun's heart with his own hands:
"Master, you lied to me!"
2.
Beneath Qingxu Palace lies a frigid pool thousands of feet deep.
Shen Muyun is bound in the pool by blood chains, suffering the torment of nine layers of heavenly lightning day after day.
Purple lightning crashes down from the sky, and the pale figure in the water trembles faintly.
A tear of blood falls from the corner of Shen Muyun's eye.
"Master, do you admit your guilt?"
Shen Muyun suddenly raises his head. His black hair turns white as snow.
Sheng Sijun's pupils contract sharply. "Master!"
The final bolt of lightning strikes, and a solemn voice echoes between heaven and earth:
The sinner Shen Muyun is rejected by heaven and earth. His body and cultivation are destroyed, and he shall never enter the cycle of reincarnation.
3.
Shen Muyun is a drop of dew from the ninth heaven, devoid of love and feeling.
His task is to aid the Heavenly Dao by setting trials for the Immortal Lords who descend to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations.
With the script in hand, Shen Muyun diligently follows the plot. Just as an immortal from Qingxu Palace is about to return to the celestial realm, his first disciple Sheng Sijun, whom he has tormented terribly, suddenly turns to the dark side at a crucial moment in the story.
Instead of executing Shen Muyun, the "sinner," Sheng Sijun turns the frigid pool at Qingxu Palace into a private prison.
Shen Muyun has no choice but to use his final trick: faking his death.
Sheng Sijun watches Shen Muyun die with his own eyes, then falls completely into madness:
"Master, do you hate me that much?"
After finishing the plot, Shen Muyun discards his Palace Master secret identity and enjoys life in the mortal world.
But for some reason, his former enemies appear one after another:
The Demon King holds out a demon core and demands dual cultivation with him; the Human Emperor proclaims to the world that Shen Muyun will be his empress... People whose names Shen Muyun never even learned all come to him in tears, declaring their love.
What Shen Muyun finds hardest to understand is that his disciple, the one who should hate and resent him most,
without hesitation drives a sword into his own heart upon learning that Shen Muyun doesn't have long to live.
Obsession colors Sheng Sijun's eyes and brows, while deep, dark madness surges in his black eyes:
"Master, how about I give you my life?"
* Younger gong, dark and mad rabid-dog disciple gong x heartless, beloved-by-all shizun shou
* The disciple is not a good person. The disciple is not a good person. The disciple is not a good person.
* The crematorium trope
* 2020/10/2
Theme: Constant effort can grind an iron rod into a needle