A Teacher's Kindness Is as Vast as the Sea

After sleeping soundly in his Dao companion's arms, Zhu Xueyou opened his eyes the next morning to find his dantian shattered, his cultivation gone, his body battered, and his pipa bones pierced. He was chained to the Execution Platform for Slaying Demons.

His Dao companion, who never wore white, stood before him in mourning robes. His features were cold and composed, and the Righteousness Sword in his hand pointed straight at Zhu Xueyou's head.

His Dao companion said that Zhu Xueyou's crimes were innumerable and beyond the laws of heaven, and that today, before the witnesses gathered there, he would execute him by the sword.

The Righteousness Sword never struck the wrong target, but Zhu Xueyou was sure something had to be wrong.

His Dao companion: "You cut off all four of Daoist Lingding's limbs and tortured him for days before finally letting him die!"

Zhu Xueyou: Didn't that old man just get a lovely wife last month?

His Dao companion: "You burned Jiangzhong City to the ground, leaving corpses everywhere. Even after a hundred years, the land remains scorched!"

Zhu Xueyou: Didn't they just come back from Jiangzhong a couple of days ago?

His Dao companion: "You destroyed everyone in my Chaomu Sect..."

Zhu Xueyou: ??? Why would I destroy my own sect!?

Zhu Xueyou was at a loss for words. He pressed his forehead against the tip of the Righteousness Sword and met his Dao companion's cold gaze, his voice full of grievance. "Master, do you really intend to kill me?"

As he spoke, blood and tears streamed together down his forehead.

The onlookers: "..."

His Dao companion: "..."

The Righteousness Sword reluctantly shifted its point. His Dao companion wore an indescribable expression. "...That demon could never show such weakness. There must be more to this than meets the eye."

Afterward, Zhu Xueyou and his Dao companion carefully retraced the events of the past and discovered that this was not the world he knew, and that the Demon Venerable Zhu Xueyou had a very different history from his own.

Everything had diverged when Zhu Xueyou was four years old. His Dao companion had rescued him from a fire,

and taken him in as a disciple.

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Absolutely righteous master top x outwardly tearful, inwardly unhinged disciple bottom

Older master and younger disciple is the best!!!

Theme: Stay true to yourself and find a way out when all hope seems lost