Gu Xingchuan, an immortal lord from the upper realm, was sent on a mission to the lower realm. Drunk and disoriented, he ended up in the wrong place and entered a book, becoming the villainous Demon Lord.
After a thousand years of cultivation, he had finally earned a place among the immortals. Now, one careless mistake had sent him straight back to the beginning.
Gu Xingchuan found this unacceptable.
Then a voice spoke in his ear: If he wanted to return to the upper realm, he had to be killed by Qin Hance, the righteous Immortal Venerable, with his own hands.
From then on, to regain his place among the immortals, Gu Xingchuan committed all sorts of "heinous" deeds under the identity of the villainous Demon Lord.
At last, his efforts paid off. One day, he was surrounded and hunted down at the peak of Langya.
Qin Hance, the last to arrive, seemed to come bearing a mantle of frost and snow. He looked at the man before him, who was clearly the master of the demonic sect, yet possessed the bearing and poise of an immortal.
Seeing that the person he had been waiting for had finally arrived, Gu Xingchuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and gave a bleak smile. "I have lost this battle today. I have no other wish. I ask only for death."
He couldn't help thinking: Even in death, the villain never loses his dignity. Immortal Venerable, doesn't that annoy you? Come kill me! I've been waiting for this one strike!
Then Qin Hance finally moved, just as Gu Xingchuan had hoped.
He walked up to Gu Xingchuan, raised a hand to his cheek, and wiped away the fresh blood at the corner of his mouth. His eyes were deep as an abyss, and his voice was no longer as cold as before.
"I know everything. After all you've done for me, how could I bring myself to kill you?"
Then he swept Gu Xingchuan up into his arms.
"From now on, I'll be the one protecting you."
Under the astonished gazes of everyone around him, Gu Xingchuan was left speechless: ???
What kind of bizarre turn was this? He was going crazy!
Wasn't he supposed to kill me??!
Written on March 16, 2021
Theme: Separate truth from falsehood. Between heaven and earth, there is you and me.
