Did the Palace Master and His Dao Companion Break Up Today?

Announcement: The main story is complete and ready to binge! Also, check out my upcoming classic cultivation novel next door, His Sword Became a Big Shot Years After His Death. The blurb is at the bottom. If you're interested, please add it to your reading list~ Blurb: Lu Mingyao and Feng Nie became partners by accident. He was the newly appointed master of the Immortal Palace, while Feng Nie was a notorious prisoner locked away in the mountains behind it: a phoenix who wished he could slaughter the entire immortal realm. When the Immortal Palace's Grand Elder found out, he nearly passed out from rage. Their heavenly contract had to last at least a year before it could be dissolved. While the contract was in effect, the Grand Elder laid down plenty of rules for them: "No intimate contact!" "Don't tell anyone about this!" "Whatever ordinary cultivation partners do, you two are forbidden from doing!" But, due to various factors beyond their control, they ended up breaking every single rule. Feng Nie glared at Lu Mingyao on the bed and said coldly, "I only did that because the contract required it." Lu Mingyao nodded. "I know." Feng Nie continued, "Don't get the wrong idea. I only did it to save your life because the contract forced me to." Lu Mingyao said, "Don't worry. As soon as the time is up, we'll dissolve the heavenly contract and go our separate ways." Eventually, they finally dissolved their cultivation partnership. Palace Master Lu Mingyao was single again, and his potential dates, men and women alike, lined up from inside the Immortal Palace all the way outside. On the day of the grand banquet, Lu Mingyao, the guest of honor, was abducted on his way to the Immortal Hall and taken to a nearby pear-blossom garden. Looking at the furious man before him, whose eyes were red, he smiled and asked, "Little Phoenix, our partnership contract is over. What are you here to see me for?" Feng Nie was silent for a long moment, then covered his mouth with a hand and snapped in embarrassed anger, "Lu Mingyao, stop smiling." If he smiled any more, Feng Nie's heart was going to explode. · Ever since the immortal realm learned that Lu Mingyao and Feng Nie were bound as cultivation partners, everyone had been counting on their fingers each day: "Did the Palace Master and his partner split up today?" After three months of waiting: Not yet. After six months of waiting: Not yet. After a year of waiting: They split! The Palace Master finally broke up with his partner! But before they could even celebrate, the two of them went and held a grand ceremony to become cultivation partners again. The people of the immortal realm: ...? - Reader's note: As always, this is a one-on-one romance, with a happy ending. Pairing: Feng Nie (top) x Lu Mingyao (bottom). No switching or breaking them up. An original fantasy world with lots of original worldbuilding. My writing is amateurish and the logic goes all over the place. Readers who mind that should proceed with caution. Upcoming Story Blurb His Sword Became a Big Shot Years After His Death Celestial Venerable Lianyun died at the hands of his unworthy disciple. No one knew that when he died, he traveled forward many years and came back to life. Reborn as Chu Shengxue, the frail, sickly, untalented, and useless young lord of Tianluan City. The assets he once owned now belonged to someone else. The statue commemorating him had been tossed into the Sword Mound like garbage, broken into pieces. A man who had devoted himself to cultivation and artifact forging was smeared as a vicious villain who forced good people into prostitution, harbored wicked thoughts, and eventually died after going mad from cultivation. The unworthy disciple who had seized his Immortal Palace even spread rumors in grief: "Master, back then... you even tried to force yourself on me." Chu Shengxue heard this and spat up blood. Worse still, the spiritual sword that had fought beside him to conquer the world not only refused to clear his name, but even joined in: "No, he forced himself on me." After hearing that, Chu Shengxue spat up three basins of blood. · The Guici Spirit Sword was hailed as the greatest sword under heaven, forged by Chu Shengxue himself in his previous life. Now, that sword had become a sect leader in his own right. Not only was he blind, he had also grown even colder and more ruthless. The first thing he did when they met was publicly criticize Chu Shengxue: "A useless pretty face." Chu Shengxue: This lousy sword is beyond saving. So he returned to his old trade, forging artifacts and swords. The useless young lord of the city became famous throughout the world. The day he finished restoring Yun Guici's sight, Chu Shengxue coldly told him to leave: "You can go now." Just like a scumbag who tosses someone aside once he's done with them. Chu Shengxue swept away with a flick of his sleeve and returned to the Immortal City. Then a great calamity struck the immortal realm. Countless cities were destroyed and casualties were high. Even several Immortal Palaces and city-fortresses collapsed. Only Tianluan City was completely unharmed, as if protected by the gods. They say that afterward, the great spirit sword Yun Guici was left standing outside Tianluan City in the rain for several days. The people inside even passed along a message: "The young lord says not to go around claiming you're related. He says he has so many swords, he can't remember ever having one named Guici." Yun Guici: ... · Theme: Don't judge by appearances. The world isn't simply black and white, and people's hearts are complicated and changeable. What things look like on the surface may not be the truth.