I Fell from Immortality

The aloof beauty is pulled from her pedestal and discovers the seven emotions and six desires, with a tiny bit of a crematorium arc. The title and blurb may change, but the story won’t. Blurb: On the Ninth Heaven lives an immortal venerable who is heartless, emotionless, and omnipotent, gentle and aloof, compassionate toward all, yet utterly without feelings. And yet this immortal venerable has a partner with low cultivation, poor aptitude, and little strength or presence. Qi Si, the number one demoness of the Demon Realm, never imagined that she would wake up one day to find herself in the body of this immortal venerable’s partner. So everyone watched as the well-behaved female immortal, who had been docile for centuries, suddenly changed her ways. For example, she would pin a handsome young immortal against the wall and, with warm breath and a teasing finger under his chin, say, “Come on, young immortal, give me a smile.” And then she even set her sights on Qing Yi, the famously bashful immortal lord, leaving everyone aghast. They thought the venerable couldn’t possibly tolerate such humiliation, and that they would surely divorce the very next day. Qi Si thought so too. Until she realized that every time she flirted with someone, Tan Wuchen would ruin it. Qi Si: What do you want from me? Fine, I apologize. Great one, give me a way out! I’ll tell you the truth: someone else has taken over this body! I’m not the person you know anymore! And you don’t even like me, so why can’t anyone else like me? Tan Wuchen: ... Tan Wuchen: Who said I don’t like you? Qi Si: ? Qi Si: Do you expect me to believe that? He seems so cold and loveless that he doesn’t even know how to spell the word desire. Tan Wuchen: ...What will it take for you to believe me? Later, Qi Si realizes she was wrong. How could he be incapable? When people say he can do anything, they mean it literally. Qi Si thinks the worst part about this body isn’t its low cultivation or poor aptitude, or even being mocked. It’s having a partner like this. When he looks at her, there’s no affection in his eyes. He looks at her as if she were a flower or a blade of grass. “Tan Wuchen, sometimes I really want to dig out your heart and see what it looks like.” “Then cut it open and see for yourself.” Note: A lighthearted story with a bit of melodrama. The heroine’s angst is in the past; the hero’s is happening in the present. The hero isn’t a jerk, he’s just... difficult. No spoilers, but the hero has eyes for the heroine alone from beginning to end. Theme: Love really is wonderful.