Shared Vessel

As a Heavenly Emperor, Chang Ting had always been easygoing. He had no grand ambition to achieve immortal fame; all he wanted was for the realms to remain peaceful and trouble-free.

Everyone who knew Chang Ting knew that before he was talked into taking the throne, he had more or less been a "teacher."

He couldn't claim to have taught countless brilliant students, but at least he hadn't led anyone astray. Sadly, even though the Heavenly Emperor was always good at tailoring his teaching to each student, when it came to disciplining his own younger brother, he could do little but feel helpless.

Five hundred years ago, Chang Ting wrote a worried letter to the Immortal Venerable: Little Feng follows me everywhere and says he likes me. I truly don't know what to do. I'll have to send him back for now. Please take good care of him.

Five hundred years later, the Immortal Venerable wrote back to Chang Ting: Little Feng has made it through the primordial ruins left in the immortal mountains and is eager to return.

In other words, the child had grown up, and there was no point in keeping him there against his will. So he would be sent back to the Ninth Heaven, for Chang Ting to discipline himself.

Chang Ting: ...

After their long separation, Xi Feng, once a boy, had grown into a young man, dazzling and flamboyant as the blazing sun. But Chang Ting only felt more troubled.

Proud, willful, and immensely powerful, Little Feng had no reverence or compassion for any living being. He was a thousand times, ten thousand times harder to deal with than he had been five hundred years ago.

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Seeing that Xi Feng might cause another great disaster if he didn't rein in his temper, Chang Ting gritted his teeth and sealed Xi Feng's memories and magic. He temporarily banished him to the mortal realm, hoping the little beast, who had never known hardship, would learn how unpredictable the world was and how hard it could be to read people's hearts.

But the laws of nature at the River of Three Crossings told him: It is better to guide than to block, and only the person who tied the knot can untie it.

Chang Ting: So what should I do?

Laws of Nature: One who carries a torch against the wind risks burning their hands. Better to let things take their course and slowly win him over.

Chang Ting: ... Are you really the proper Laws of Nature?

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Xi Feng had known since childhood that his brother Chang Ting was a sucker for a pretty face.

And yet...

He tossed and turned, then finally couldn't help asking Chang Ting: Other than my face, what is there about me that you especially like?

Chang Ting raised an eyebrow and appeared to think seriously for a moment.

Then he quietly said two words: "Your youth."

Little Feng: Oh, wow~

Young and bright, time hastens age

Blame the chill of a spring breeze

I cannot see through this dusty world

In this setting, immortals are born from the heavens and earth, with no mother or father. So this is not incest, just a matter of seniority.

The author will always love younger love interests!!!

This shares a setting with another novel (you all know which one). If the settings conflict, then I must have eaten them myself.

All in all, this is a story about missing spring [crossed out].

Feel free to jump in, because I'll definitely come happily rolling back to fill in the story~

Theme: Believe in your own worth and strive for what you want