The Demon Venerable Descends and Joins an Online Talent Show

[Blurb]

On the Ninth Heaven, a war between immortals and demons was about to erupt. The Demon Lord Lin Jiutian was defeated and knocked down from the Ninth Heaven. Stripped of all his cultivation, he happened to land on an island.

As luck would have it, a nearby talent show was rushing to begin filming and needed one more contestant, so they drafted Lin Jiutian into service, making him the first trainee with exactly zero hours of practice...

New to the place and stripped of his cultivation, Lin Jiutian was tricked into signing a contract and could no longer leave the island. He had no choice but to start from scratch and learn to sing and dance.

Watching the trainees around him sing, dance, rap, and show off every skill imaginable, Lin Jiutian slacked off as a "useless beauty." He was always the last to arrive and the first to leave, and the first to go to bed every night. He coasted on his looks all the way to the finals.

Then, on the night before the finals, the Demon Lord vanished, throwing the talent show into chaos.

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The demon realm descended into chaos after losing its Demon Lord, until the Moonwater Mirror, one of its most precious treasures, finally pinpointed his location.

The Left and Right Protectors: Quick, see what the Demon Lord is doing! Is he suffering in the human realm?

In the mirror, the Demon Lord wore a bunny headband and was surrounded by a crowd taking pictures.

The Left and Right Protectors: Humans are shockingly fierce! Men, follow me and rescue the Demon Lord at once!

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[Blurb]

Qing announced his retirement as soon as he walked off the stage at the finals.

Eight years had passed since he started playing Starry Skies,

and five years since he became a pro player.

In those five years, he made it to the finals six times, only to fall short every single time.

On the day the champion was crowned, no one cared what became of a disheartened runner-up. Qing returned to the home he had left resolutely eight years ago, swearing never to come back.

Then... he was reborn.

He returned to five years earlier, when he was struggling to survive on tips from his game streams, eating just two steamed buns a day and with no idea what the future held.

By a twist of fate, he met land, a fellow hapless coach who would also be disheartened five years later, and from that moment on, both their fates changed.

A year later, Qing made it to the finals again and took land's hand of his own accord. They looked at each other and smiled, their eyes brimming with determination to win.

As golden confetti drifted down above their heads, Qing reached out and caught a piece. It held the dream he had tried so hard to touch, time and time again, but never could. Now, at last, it had come true.

No one could have imagined that this would mark the beginning of a dynasty belonging to Qing.

Gu Yiqing (Qing) x Lu Li (land)

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Theme: Hard work never lets anyone down, including you.