A Century Itch with the Immortal Venerable

[The blurb for my next novel, The Young Prince and His Foolish Shadow Guard, is below. If you're passing by, please add it to your collection!] Immortal Venerable Xie Yunlian fails to ascend. The moment he awakens from his inner demon tribulation, he has to divorce his extraordinarily affectionate Dao companion. The entire cultivation world is in an uproar, and the long-buried, forbidden rumor from a hundred years ago once again spreads like wildfire. They say the Immortal Venerable's Dao companion was only an ordinary outer disciple back then. They say this outer disciple was involved with the Immortal Venerable's eldest nephew, but seduced the Immortal Venerable to climb the social ladder. They say the Immortal Venerable was seduced by his “nephew's wife” because the man had a face remarkably similar to the Immortal Venerable's white moonlight. You don't love me, I don't love you. A tragic stand-in romance so scandalous even storybooks wouldn't dare write it. The Dao companion is halfway through telling it as a joke when “It's true.” The Immortal Venerable speaks calmly, then closes his eyes to meditate, as if nothing in the world can touch his heart. His Dao companion freezes. After a long moment, his expression turns cold. “Fine. Fine!” He whirls around and leaves. The next day, the southern sky turns blood-red with demonic energy. A phoenix circles through the blue heavens, and eight hundred invitations are rushed to every sect of the immortal world. The Demon Venerable Qi Hanzhi, who fell a hundred years ago, has returned to his throne. [A big-hearted, thick-skinned Demon Venerable bottom x a taciturn Immortal Venerable top] [A love story between an old married couple who say one thing and mean another. Each other's first love, true love.] Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, Deity Transformation, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence. Spirit Severing includes extensive original worldbuilding. Upcoming novel: The Young Prince and His Foolish Shadow Guard The prince has a young shadow guard. At seven, he helps him steal bird eggs. At ten, he copies his punishment essays for him. At sixteen, he snaps an assassin's neck beside his bed. At eighteen, he carries off the beautiful woman his rival sent to his bed. One day the prince says, “An Yi, keep me company.” For the next two years, An Yi never spends another night keeping watch on the roof. An Yi is good at everything: his skills are unmatched, his loyalty unquestionable, and even the face beneath his mask is more beautiful than the famously adored beauties of the capital. His one flaw... is that he's not too bright. He's a beautiful fool. But that doesn't matter. Of course An Yi is going to stay by his side for the rest of his life. Then the prince's elder brother arranges a marriage for him. The prince hugs An Yi and rambles, “I wonder if getting married is a hassle.” An Yi says, “It's not a hassle. Yesterday, Lord Cen had me carried into his residence in a sedan chair. The whole thing took about an hour.” The prince laughs at him. “That's taking a concubine.” Then he stops, stunned. Wait, what did An Yi just say? Lord Cen, the rival who sent him a woman when he was eighteen, had An Yi carried into his residence? “Weren't you the one who told me to investigate?” An Yi replies to the prince's fury. The prince falls silent. The prince is outraged. The prince's eyes turn red in an instant. An Yi: ? What's wrong with the prince? Nothing is wrong with him. The prince just sits facing the wall all night and writes three thousand words on “Why Not Getting Married Is the Sensible Choice” for his brother. [A clever, lovestruck puppy who gets foolish when it comes to romance and knows how to admit his mistakes, top x a beautiful fool with the highest combat ability and lowest emotional intelligence, bottom] Blurb archived 2021.1.9 Theme: Build a healthy view of marriage