The Kongtong Demon Lord Was Bent by His Nemesis

Also known as "The Kongtong Demon Lord Is a Little Bit Gay"

Qing Ao, the Demon Realm's revered ruler who could summon a hundred followers with a single call, met a woman in the mortal realm. She was innocent and guileless, her mind impaired, and she completely pierced the Demon Lord's heart of steel, despite his utterly straight-guy nature. Her beautiful, delicate face especially captured his heart.

The Demon Lord swore that once the woman had lived out this lifetime, he would abduct her soul to the Demon Realm and make her his Demon Queen.

For this, he watched over her for her entire life.

A hundred years later, golden light shone across the Celestial Realm. Yun Qing, the model immortal and revered Venerable of the Immortal Realm, returned from his tribulation. The whole realm celebrated.

Demon Lord Qing Ao chased after him to the Venerable's palace. His face turned green, then black, then white, a truly spectacular sight...

From then on, the Demon Realm and the Immortal Realm had a pair of enemies for generations...

Until one day, these sworn enemies fought their way into a storybook that Siming had written for their tribulation... and the whole realm watched it live from start to finish...

The first storybook:

[The Venerable and the Demon Lord are fellow disciples! They grew up together, wow, how sweet.]

Siming: Heh. It's because the storybook will influence them. They'll fight over the number one beauty under heaven. One will lose, the other will win, become the leader of the martial world, and win the beauty's hand. That way, the Venerable and the Demon Lord can return to their true forms.

[Siming, do you mean the Demon Lord and the Venerable themselves are the beauty?]

[Siming, the number one beauty under heaven was stabbed to death by the Demon Lord and the Venerable! They grew old together!]

Siming: This storybook must be wrong. Let's change it. They can't return to their true forms if they don't complete the storybook.

The second storybook:

[Wow, the Demon Lord is a regent, and the Venerable is an emperor! Natural enemies, fighting over imperial power. Who will win?!]

Siming: It doesn't matter who wins. As long as one of them dies, the tribulation will end, and the Demon Lord and Venerable can return to their true forms. They have to try to kill each other over the throne.

[Siming, they've made peace and are taking turns being emperor!]

[Siming, they're living together!!!]

Siming: Again.

The third storybook...

The fourth storybook...

The fifth storybook...

After N failed tribulations, Siming, hounded by whispers from every corner of the realm, made a grand stroke of his brush and sent the two powerful figures into... a pure-love storybook...

In this storybook, the two powerful figures are clingy and lovey-dovey from start to finish...

Siming blushed as he watched. Everyone across the realm fell silent...

And yet... they succeeded in their tribulation...

Looking at the returning Venerable and Demon Lord... Siming had a breakdown, and everyone across the realm was bewildered.

Is this what sworn enemies between straight men are supposed to be like???

Cool, protective beauty of a Venerable, top x Kongtong straight-man hothead, bottom

Blurb written on 2024/10/2

Theme: Love one another and treat everyone with kindness