Riding the Tiger

"Once you're committed, you have to see it through. Love gives me license to do as I please." In the Eastern Realm lies a secret domain called the Black Vortex. For a thousand years, it has wrought chaos across the Three Realms, leaving all who live there to suffer. As the most outstanding disciple among human cultivators, Xie Mingyuan is the sect's great hope. He enjoys unparalleled glory, and all that remains is for him to one day shatter all spells with a single sword strike, destroy the Black Vortex, and restore peace to the Three Realms. But then Xie Mingyuan encounters a ferocious tiger, which cuts out his golden core and replaces it with a demon core. The spirited young man falls from the clouds and becomes a laughingstock. His sect drives him away, and the world mocks him. Only one person, clad in white and dusted with snow, with cool brows and a frosty gaze, reaches out to him. Bai Rong: "Come with me." * Xie Mingyuan has never met anyone as mysterious as Bai Rong: seemingly weak, yet incredibly powerful, concealing countless secrets and unfathomable in every way. Yet this is the person who takes his hand when everyone else abandons him, accepts him as a disciple, teaches him to resist all spells, and leads him step by step toward the Black Vortex. Until one day... Drenched in strong liquor beneath the moonlight, Xie Mingyuan watches with his own eyes as Bai Rong transforms into the very tiger that cut out his golden core, a sight he will never forget for as long as he lives. Bai Rong saved him, but Bai Rong also destroyed him. * The first thing Xie Mingyuan does after falling to demonic cultivation is drag Bai Rong into the Demon Palace. He lifts Bai Rong's chin, gazes into his eyes, and asks softly: "Master, you replaced my golden core with your own demon core just to use me to free the Demon Venerable who has been trapped in the Black Vortex for a thousand years, didn't you?" "You were kind to me only because you wanted to use me as a substitute for the Demon Venerable, weren't you?" "Master, it's too late to try to run now." * What Xie Mingyuan doesn't know is that the Demon Venerable is actually himself. * P.S. Bai Rong is a sickly beauty and a white tiger. The bottom appears in human form very late, not until Chapter 33. Coming soon: The Traitorous Wolf, featuring a ruthless, scheming bottom and a loyal, younger top. On a mission, Gu Yan comes across a wild slave defending himself. The slave looks barely into his teens, yet he is merciless. His axe rises and falls, blood splatters, and he shows no trace of compassion. Like a wild wolf fighting for its life, like a sharp blade fresh from its sheath. Gu Yan takes a liking to this naturally murderous slave and beckons him over. "Come here. From now on, you'll be my dog." The slave lifts his enemy's severed head and stares at Gu Yan without expression. A tiny crimson mole at the corner of his eye burns like fire. Gu Yan takes the slave back to the capital and names him Xie Lang, gradually honing him into the most useful weapon at his disposal. The capital's noble families are on edge, privately whispering that Gu Yan, son of a remnant of the previous dynasty, has secretly acquired another terrifying weapon. If this continues, will that hypocritical, cunning bastard try to take revenge and rebel? Gu Yan schemes carefully and endures for years, all to climb step by step to the pinnacle of power, clear his name, take revenge, and reclaim everything that was rightfully his. His journey is fraught with danger and bloodshed, and he owes much of his success to Xie Lang. But before he can achieve his goals, the one who blocks his path... is Xie Lang. Xie Lang strips him of his power, joins forces with his enemies, and finally traps him in a vast, empty mansion, personally locking iron chains around his hands and feet. Gu Yan: "What are you, to dare betray me?" Xie Lang kneels at his feet, eyes lowered. "I am the dog you raised, Master." Gu Yan laughs in fury as the chains around his limbs clink. "A wolf in sheep's clothing, and you still pretend to be a loyal dog? What do you really want?" Xie Lang looks up, his gaze dark, the blood-red mole at the corner of his eye burning scarlet. He stares at Gu Yan and says, word by word, "I want you. But you won't give yourself to me, so I can only take you by force." Completed novels available to read: Phoenix's Roost, You Must Break the Plot to Stay Alive [Book Transmigration], Transmigrated into a Dog-Blood Novel as a Weak Bottom and Became the Top, The Moonlight Has Ulterior Motives, The Unfeeling Dao Keeps Going Astray Theme: Keep striving and win love and glory.