After My Cultivation Partner Eloped

My upcoming story, He's Only My Younger Brother, is open for advance collection. Find it in my author profile.

[Story Blurb]

The Lord of Liuguang Island is getting married. Gongs and drums thunder as the whole realm celebrates.

You and your friend hear the news and happily head over to enjoy the food and drink. The banquet is in full swing when you hear that the bride has run away.

The bride, Fairy Shaoguang, is the most beautiful woman in the Nine Heavens. She and Immortal Lord Yi Heng have been in love for years. On the eve of the wedding, they confessed their feelings, cleared up an old misunderstanding, and eloped to the Edge of Heaven.

Everyone else is watching for a scandal, but you and your friend aren't laughing.

Because Immortal Lord Yi Heng, Qin Heng, is your Dao companion, and the Edge of Heaven is your home.

You see that all the years of fruitless effort and waiting have been for nothing, and your heart turns to ash. When the island lord demands that you take responsibility for the whole affair, you choose to cut ties with Qin Heng.

You dissolve your Dao companion's eternal-life pact and hang the Longevity Knot on your sworn enemy, the one you fight with every time you meet. You even declare, "Even if no one ever wants me, even if I have to marry the great demon Ying Ruliu, I will never have anything to do with Qin Heng again!"

Once the matter is settled, you head home. Then you suddenly discover that Ying Ruliu has packed his things and is perfectly willing to come with you.

You: ...Something's not right here???

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Qin Heng uses the Dao companion pact to look for Jiang Jianqing, only to discover that the pact has been severed and his Dao companion has vanished without a trace. When he returns to the Edge of Heaven, all the doors that recognize him as their master suddenly stop working. His young attendants stammer, and his subordinates mumble.

Qin Heng thinks Jiang Jianqing is throwing another tantrum. He's already come up with ten thousand excuses to explain himself to her.

But, wait...

She changed the locks. Why did she change the man of the house, too?

Qin Heng: I'm doomed. It's all over.

What if I tell you I had my reasons? Would you believe me?

> This isn't a conventional wish-fulfillment story. There isn't much face-slapping early on, so don't read it if that bothers you. Please don't flame if it's not to your taste. No need to tell me if you drop it.

> This isn't a conventional cultivation story. It's plot-driven, with lots of original worldbuilding, so please don't nitpick.

> The male lead and his CP are both Ying Ruliu.

== Upcoming Story Blurb ==

Song En is the daughter of Feng Qi's friend. At the friend's request, he takes her in as his sworn younger sister. He saves her, protects her, and indulges her. He shelters her from every storm and ensures her lifelong safety. In everyone's eyes, they are siblings bound by deep affection and loyalty.

He takes her to the mortal realm to see its splendor, and to the Ninth Heaven to admire the brilliant river of stars. He even forgets the birthday of his fiancee, Luo You, because of her. When Luo You repeatedly confronts him, Feng Qi accuses her of being consumed by jealousy. "Youyou, Xiao En is only my younger sister."

Then, as Song En is about to face her tribulation, Feng Qi secretly uses the four divine meridians from Luo You's body to rebuild his sister's bones and meridians. Later, when Luo You faces her divine tribulation, she has no meridians to protect her. Under the lingering force of nineteen bolts of heavenly lightning, she is left on the verge of death, barely clinging to life.

When Feng Qi discovers what happened and rushes over, he sees a young man standing in front of her beneath the thunderous lightning, covered in blood but refusing to retreat even half a step.

After that day, a young man stays by Luo You's side.

When the young man is seriously injured, Luo You searches everywhere for precious medicines and nurses him with care. When he frowns and feels unhappy, she takes him to the mortal realm to watch a play and cheer him up. She also takes him to see the stars and the moon, the star-strewn wilderness, and the silvery river stretching across the Ninth Heaven, the full moon waxing and waning.

When Feng Qi finally realizes what's going on and confronts her, Luo You doesn't even look up. "You're overthinking it, Feng Qi."

"He's only my younger brother."

Scene One:

Luo You nearly dies in her tribulation because she is missing the four divine meridians, and treats Feng Qi with cold indifference.

Shi Shuo: "Sister, you spoiled Immortal Venerable Feng Qi. How can he treat you like this? It breaks my heart to see you hurt. If it were me, I could never bear to let you get injured."

Feng Qi: ?

Scene Two:

To treat Shi Shuo's injuries, Luo You takes the life-nourishing herb Song En was supposed to get, and Feng Qi reprimands her.

Shi Shuo: "Sister, did I upset Immortal Venerable? It doesn't matter if I'm hurt. Please don't argue with Immortal Venerable Feng Qi because of me."

Feng Qi: ??

Scene Three:

Luo You gets angry when Song En makes a mistake, and Feng Qi scolds her for being too strict.

Shi Shuo: "Sister spoke harshly for the sake of the Heavenly Realm. How can Immortal Lord Feng Qi blame you? Immortal Venerable Feng Qi treats you like this, unlike me. I only feel sorry for you."

Feng Qi: ???

Scene Four:

Feng Qi finally can't take it anymore.

Shi Shuo: "Sister, does Immortal Venerable Feng Qi misunderstand our relationship? How can he not trust you? It's all my fault. Let me explain things to him."

Feng Qi: ????

You have a white lotus younger sister; I have a green tea younger brother.

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Luo You once saved someone. He always smiled with crescent-shaped eyes, followed her around calling her "big sister," and was incredibly considerate.

She thought he was naturally gentle and obedient, until the once-in-ten-thousand-years tribulation came. The young man, covered in blood, stood in front of her, his scarlet gaze full of the dark shadow of annihilation.

The gentleness and obedience you see in me are only for you.

A powerful, dashing, uninhibited, impossibly cool High Goddess big sister * a dark, sweet, clingy, tea-loving divine little brother

1. Both leads are pure and faithful to each other.

2. One-third of the story puts the heroine through angst; the rest puts the second male lead through angst.

3. Trope noted on March 8, 2021, and screenshotted on Weibo.

My completed stories include After Becoming a Cannon Fodder Female Lead, I Relied on the Villain; The Male Lead's Substitute Forced Me into Marriage [Book Transmigration]; The White Moonlight of My Meal Ticket Is Back; After My Dao Companion Eloped; Moonlight Borderland; and Wild Light. Please add them to your collection

Theme: You have to love yourself.