Reborn as a Flat-Faced Cat

Blurb: Lin Chao, a veteran office worker who loves looking at cat photos online, has always envied the cats in those pictures, winners at life who can lounge around and get by on their cuteness. And then... He really did transmigrate into a cat. In a cultivation world, no less. Unfortunately, although he became a cat, he didn't become a winner at life. He ended up as an ugly, down-faced cat with two bald patches on his back. Wherever he went, nobody wanted him around, and people in a bad mood even kicked him. Then, at the foot of a mountain, he met a little boy named Xie Mu. Xie Mu was incredibly handsome, like a Persian cat with two different-colored eyes. Not only did he not mind the cat's appearance, he bathed him and took him home. No matter how poor they were, even if they had only one bun a day, Xie Mu would dig out the filling and give it to him. But Lin Chao thought he liked licking Xie Mu's fingers even more. * Xie Mu had two different-colored eyes from birth and was considered an ill omen. He was taken away from his family as soon as he was born. They called him an outer disciple of the immortal sect, but in reality, he was kept under watch. He picked up an ugly little cat at the foot of the mountain. It had bald patches on its back, and, just like his own mismatched eyes, it was shunned by others. So he decided that he and the little cat would depend on each other. The little cat liked licking his fingers. Soon, he was surprised to discover that afterward, his eyes could briefly return to normal. And every night, he was sure to dream of a beautiful young man. * Lin Chao quickly realized that Xie Mu was just as unfortunate as he was. He'd read plenty of novels before transmigrating, so he immediately started imagining things. A handsome, tragic character with such a background was usually the male lead! He hoped his "cat servant" would soon awaken some awesome bloodline and give him a better life, while keeping a close eye on the future "male lead" beside him, afraid he might turn evil. Unfortunately, some people can guess the beginning but not the ending. When everyone turned against Xie Mu and sought to kill him to save the world, Lin Chao was the first to lose his composure. He just couldn't understand what Xie Mu had done wrong. On a mountaintop in an immortal paradise, Xie Mu watched the little cat he'd taken in sprout wings from the bald patches on its back and soar above the clouds, transforming into the beautiful young man from his dreams. The young man before him could split mountains with a raised hand and move seas with a sweep of his sleeve. He was willing to stand against all the righteous sects under heaven, yet in the end, he turned back into that ugly little cat and curled up in Xie Mu's arms again. Content warnings: 1. Chao-Mu pairing: Lin Chao is the bottom, Xie Mu is the top. One-on-one, both are each other's first and only, happy ending. 2. The bottom isn't ugly. He's a peerless beauty! The top is no pushover either. He protected the bottom all along, but after the bottom awakens his true form, he's the strongest in the universe!!! 3. The title and blurb aren't typos. The text would get censored otherwise. You know what I mean, ORZ... Blurb written on May 8, 2021 Theme: Saving each other