Turns Out I Came Here to Weather a Tribulation Too

After suffering from a grave illness and coming close to death, Pei Ruzhou accidentally glimpsed the secrets of fate: everyone around him was an immortal undergoing a tribulation, and everything in the world was part of a heavenly trial that had been set in motion long ago. Any mortal who performed well in the trial would be rewarded with ten lifetimes of peace and prosperity. Just recovered from his illness, Pei Ruzhou immediately got into character. He took a deadly poison meant for Immortal A; to protect Immortal B, he fought across the Western Regions against fourteen nations, taking a sword strike and gravely damaging his foundations; and in the end, he prayed for Immortal C at the Imperial Temple, spending his life beside a lamp of Buddhist devotion. He was diligent to the point of being truly heroic. Who could have guessed that only after Pei Ruzhou died would he learn that he, too, was undergoing a tribulation, and that his immortal rank was higher than theirs? Pei Ruzhou: Damn it!!! You were messing with me? Over the following decades, old acquaintances gradually completed their tribulations and returned to Heaven to report in. Immortal Attendant: "Divine Venerable, the people outside the hall are on their knees. They all say they want to see you." Pei Ruzhou calmly sipped his tea. "The affairs of the mortal world need not be mentioned again... Just tell them I've forgotten everything." Immortal Attendant: "The Divine Venerable says he's forgotten everything." Pei Ruzhou: "???" = Little Extra: Ruzhou, Master of Fobbing People Off = This poison acts once every half month... Pei Ruzhou: "Indeed." Its victims suffer unbearable pain. Pei Ruzhou: "Sounds good." The most terrifying part is that there's no cure! Pei Ruzhou: "Impressive." Aren't you afraid, Young Master Pei? Pei Ruzhou: "I'm fine either way." ??? Pei Ruzhou's inner thoughts: Hurry it up, hurry it up. I've got another plot point to get to. [Usually updated at midnight. If it hasn't appeared yet, little angels can come back and check tomorrow~ Thank you.] Coming soon: "The Obsessed Male Supporting Character Relies Entirely on His Acting Skills" Tan Yueming, a method-acting master, gets transported into a melodramatic novel and becomes a merman prince who's hopelessly in love with the Heavenly Emperor. For love, he digs out his own pearl, destroys his peerless looks, and dies for the Emperor after his love goes unrequited. The System says he has to complete the plot before he can go home. Act lovestruck? Play the devoted lapdog? Easy! He takes lightning tribulations for the Heavenly Emperor and repairs his spirit sword, wishing he could even tear out his own heart for him. At the edge of the Wushui Platform, determined to make sure the other man remembers him forever, Tan Yueming pulls out his immortal bones one by one, tears out his merman scales, sacrifices himself to save the Three Realms, and lets his soul fade into nothingness... But it doesn't work?! Looking at the Heavenly Emperor, who jumped off the Wushui Platform after him, all Tan Yueming can say is: Damn it! Aren't you cultivating the Heartless Dao?! A thousand years later, the Three Realms are at peace. But the Heavenly Emperor's hair has turned white overnight, his Dao heart has shattered, and day after day he suffers agonizing pain. Tan Yueming never expected that one moment he'd be saving the Three Realms, and the next he'd become the young lord of the demon realm, surrounded by countless lovers and devoted only to pleasure. On the day the immortal and demon realms form an alliance, Tan Yueming sees the man sitting alone on a golden throne, his hair silver and his spirit seemingly gone. He smiles and softly says, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty. You've mistaken me for someone else." Screenshot archived on 2021/3/11 Theme: Hold fast to your true self in a chaotic world