Tan Xiao transmigrates into a tragic cultivation novel and becomes the male lead's beloved senior disciple, as well as the beautiful master and male lead's favorite pupil.
In the novel, the beloved senior disciple meets a tragic end. A male side character infatuated with the male lead plots against him, dousing him in powder that repels spirit beasts and throwing him into the back mountain, where terrifying rumors abound. He is torn to pieces.
The male lead falls into demonic cultivation for him, and the male lead's master turns white-haired overnight.
After arriving, Tan Xiao wants no part in romantic entanglements. He just wants to keep the big bad villain he likes from turning evil, then raise a few pets of his own.
But by coincidence, he still ends up in the back mountain. There are no ferocious magical beasts like the stories say, just a bunch of fluffy creatures feeling unwell, their eyes red as they whimper pitifully.
The little ones adore him. They rub their heads against his hand to beg for affection and fight over whose turn it is to get brushed.
So he brushes and feeds them one by one, soothes their feelings, and treats their injuries and illnesses along the way.
Then, at a grand contest between the immortal sects, he sees their sect leaders bowing deferentially to the human forms of these spirit beasts.
Only then does he realize that the little ones who used to fight over his affection are the founders of the various immortal sects.
The big bad villain he thinks about day and night turns out to be the black cat with white paws, the one who gets jealous the most.
His seniority shoots up overnight, making him the pet sitter of his master's master's master... and so on.
Theme: Always have a kind heart.
