Turns Out I'm the Replacement

Yuheng, the revered master of the Xianxia Sect, is a peerless prodigy, dazzling in talent and unmatched in strength.

Yet no one knows what lies in his heart.

That year, his first disciple became Dao partners with someone else. Yuheng stood beneath the immortal parasol tree all night, then left for the Northern Wilderness the next day.

Two years later, he returned with an orphan and took him as a disciple.

Everyone in the Xianxia Sect was astonished. This newly admitted junior brother looked exactly like their eldest senior brother.

The eldest senior brother returned to the sect with his Dao partner. They chatted and laughed together, clearly deeply in love and perfectly in harmony.

That night, red-eyed, Yuheng pinned his newly taken disciple to the bed. At the height of their passion, he called out the eldest senior brother's name.

The young disciple was perceptive and accommodating, cultivating the Dao by day and serving his master by night.

He fulfilled the role of a substitute.

Yuheng knew the young disciple loved him desperately. Whenever he looked up at Yuheng, his eyes brimmed with endless affection.

He would even risk his life to take a sword to the chest for him.

At last, one day, in a moment of passion, Yuheng called the young disciple by his own name.

So be it. He couldn't have the best, but at least he had his young disciple.

Fate played a cruel trick. The young disciple failed his attempt to reach the Nascent Soul stage, dying and leaving behind only ashes.

Yuheng went mad. Unable to accept what had happened, he searched everywhere for the young disciple. Only then did he realize he had already fallen in love.

One day, he really did find the young disciple.

When the demon realm and the cultivation world formed an alliance, the First Immortal Venerable, Ling Guangzi, sat in the place of honor, lofty and noble. He cast Yuheng a haughty glance that sent him plunging into an abyss.

Such a familiar face, such a cold gaze.

Ling Guangzi was the Dao partner of Yuheng's elder brother, who had died centuries ago.

And he was also Yuheng's young disciple.

That day, people from every realm saw the usually aloof Lord Yuheng cast aside his dignity and status, clutching the Immortal Venerable's sleeve and pleading in a low voice before everyone.

Ling Guangzi merely flicked a finger, knocking Yuheng's hand away as if brushing dust off his sleeve.

He said carelessly, "That was merely a wisp of my remnant soul."

"I suppose I felt a little fondness for you because you reminded me of your brother."

1. An old-school, melodramatic story with two substitutes and a crematorium arc.

2. Younger gong. The shou and the gong's elder brother were once Dao partners, both physically and emotionally.

3. The shou is the absolute strongest in the cultivation world.

Theme: Cherish the people by your side and the beautiful life you already have.