The Immortal Venerable Doesn't Want To

[Opening May 11: New fantasy danmei novel, "After My Ex-Boyfriend Defected." The blurb is after this one.]

Blurb:

Chu Yunhe transmigrates into a book, a classic melodramatic novel, and becomes its protagonist, a shou who suffers humiliation and betrayal from everyone around him.

At first, the protagonist has a childhood friend and junior fellow disciple with whom he shares a deep bond, a close friend who stands by his side, a worthy rival who understands him, a revered grandmaster, and three disciples he believes are the most respectful of their master.

Later, his junior fellow disciple breaks his sword, his friend cripples his cultivation, his rival crushes his nascent soul, and his grandmaster severs every meridian in his body. Two of his three disciples help the villains and even kill the youngest junior disciple, who was trying to save their master, just so they can be the first to betray their teacher and ancestors.

The protagonist suffers every kind of humiliation at their hands. Every attempt to escape fails, and in the end, he falls into a truly miserable state.

Newly transmigrated into the book, Chu Yunhe looks at the childhood friend and close companion beside him, the grandmaster not far away, and the three disciples currently performing their apprentices' ceremony before him.

He screams inwardly: Don't come any closer!

Yu Jue has been a vessel for sealing the Sacred Flame Pearl since childhood. Later, after becoming a disciple of Chu Yunhe, the greatest cultivator in the cultivation world, he discovers that Chu Yunhe's constitution can suppress the Sacred Flame Pearl.

Simply being near his master eases the Pearl's burning of his soul. And Chu Yunhe is also the most beautiful person in the cultivation world. The very night he discovers this, Yu Jue starts thinking of ways to get close to him.

So he plots and schemes to approach him, expecting to be rejected and pushed away. Instead, he keeps seeing tenderness in Chu Yunhe's eyes, and again and again finds himself protected behind his master's back.

Yu Jue's heart had grown cold after enduring torment day and night, but with his master's company and protection, a little hope gradually begins to kindle within him.

Yu Jue falls in love and develops feelings he should not have. He no longer wants only to stay by Chu Yunhe's side to suppress the Sacred Flame Pearl. He wants Chu Yunhe himself.

Reader's Note:

Both leads are each other's first love. Nearly all the male side characters have unrequited feelings for the shou. The male side characters mentioned in the blurb may be reborn or learn the original story's plot later on.

There are a lot of personal additions to the setting, and everything serves the romance. Nearly every named male side character has feelings for the shou.

It's probably a gloomy puppy-like guy x a gorgeous, universally adored beauty who's a goofball on the inside. If that's not your thing, be warned.

Weibo: Xie Shuanghua

Cover Art Authorization:

CG: Ergou

Blurb for the upcoming fantasy danmei novel "After My Ex-Boyfriend Defected":

Yu Chuchen and Duan Yan journeyed together from military academy to the military, opening up new territory for the Federation and repelling foreign enemies. Their military achievements were extraordinary.

They became the youngest major generals in the Federation, hailed as its Twin Stars.

After years together, they had formed a permanent bond and thought they would never be apart.

Until one day.

Duan Yan defected, and the Twin Stars fell apart.

Yu Chuchen endures the pain of being betrayed by his alpha, watching Duan Yan transform into a prince of the Empire, filled with resentment and confusion.

After all those years of affection, could Duan Yan really abandon him so easily for the allure of being a prince?

Yu Chuchen retreats from the front lines, thinking he'll never see Duan Yan again.

Then the Federation loses the war, and the two nations begin negotiations.

The Federation's leaders send Yu Chuchen, who left the political arena long ago, to Duan Yan's bed.

The gentle, considerate boyfriend of the past is gone. The man standing before Yu Chuchen now is the Empire's de facto ruler, having seized power in only three years.

"Reunited with an old flame."

"General, don't you have anything to say?"

Duan Yan runs his fingers over the omega's vulnerable gland, his eyes full of dangerous emotion.

But Yu Chuchen is as stubborn as ever. He suppresses the joy his omega body instinctively feels at reuniting with an alpha, and refuses to bow his head to Duan Yan.

Theme: Even when faced with countless difficulties, don't give up easily.