Not of This World

This story might be rewritten from scratch. I'm not entirely satisfied with it. Sorry!

Other people pay to listen to stories in teahouses.

Chu Ci gets to follow the latest updates for free in his dreams.

There's visuals, sound, and even the unspeakable.

Wow.

Would you take this kind of blessing if it were yours?

Chu Ci: I thought you were the demon lord, but actually, I am.

I thought I was the one on top, but then... Hey, watch your words! Don't get physical! You can't touch me anywhere!!

Past and present lives.

Past life: Taoist priest top x demon lord bottom.

Present life: A sultry, double-standard top who wins with one-liners x a flirtatious, sharp-tongued chatterbox bottom.

They say the Demon Lord, master of the Three Realms, is hideous and terrifying, with three heads, six arms, a blue face, and fangs. One glance at him is enough to give you nightmares.

Yet despite ruling across the Six Realms for over a hundred years, he can't even win an argument with one stinking Taoist priest, who has the nerve to call it "righteousness always triumphs over evil."

So the Demon Lord decides to kidnap the stinking Taoist priest and take him to the Demon Realm, where he'll live forever and argue with him every day.

Powerful leads, destined to be together, lots of foreshadowing. Come back and catch the little details and easter eggs.

1. The bottom has a complex personality and can't be reduced to one trait. It'll all come out gradually later.

2. There is a secondary couple, but they won't take up much space.

3. The top and bottom are made for each other.

4. Happy ending.

5. Sigh, I don't know what else to say.

Also, a mention of my modern danmei next door: "Who's Asking You to Be My Older Brother?" A fake, fake, fake stepbrother romance in a modern setting, with an age gap and a reunion after a breakup. Lots of tension and push-and-pull.

Theme: Judge right and wrong for yourself, let others decide praise and blame, and accept gains and losses as fate decrees.