My Wicked Disciple Lifted My Coffin Lid

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Novel Blurb

Yan Chengu was the foremost cultivator in the cultivation world. He ascended to immortality just shy of his hundredth birthday. But when the Heavenly Dao suddenly collapsed, Yan Chengu sacrificed himself to suppress the evil forces, using his immortal body as the price. He died.

A hundred years later, he opened his eyes to a world rebuilt. Stripped of the title of Immortal Venerable that had earned him everyone’s reverence, he was now an unknown rogue cultivator. Seeking to understand the cause, he wanted to know who had dug him out of the earth.

But as soon as he reached the street, he got caught up in a stranger’s troubles.

The boy looked no older than fifteen or sixteen, young enough to call him Ancestor. He was pretty, if a little cold-tempered, and had nearly become food for an evil spirit. What was more, the boy had a truly unusual constitution: it attracted Huaiya, and even Yan Shu wanted to take a bite.

For the sake of his appetite... Ahem, to protect the boy, Ancestor Yan Shu unilaterally announced that he was taking him as a disciple, even though the awkward boy had never once called him Master.

Then the winds shifted, and his little disciple became a traitor to the Immortal Realm who had turned to demonic cultivation. As the immortal sects surrounded him, Yan Shu sauntered onto the scene.

Just as everyone expected the Immortal Venerable to uphold justice, they watched him take two steps to the demon’s side and say without the slightest hesitation, “So you stayed out all night. You think flashing your identity means you can get out of making osmanthus cakes properly?”

Xiao Qi: “...”

The cultivators: “???”

*

A hundred years later, the world was once again on the brink of collapse, and Yan Shu found himself at the center of it all.

Facing life and death once more, he kept everyone in the dark and used a few tricks to leave his little disciple behind in the bamboo house before departing alone. By the time Xiao Qi arrived, all he saw were spiritual butterflies filling the sky: Yan Shu’s soul essence.

At that moment, all Xiao Qi could think of was Yan Shu’s gentle voice from the night before.

“Be good. Wait for your master to return, and I’ll grant you one wish.”

“I never took you as my master.”

“Then wait for your ancestor to return, and I’ll grant you one wish.”

But with disaster bearing down, Xiao Qi waited and waited, and his wish was never granted.

Yan Chengu (Yan Shu) × Xiao Qi

Note: 1v1, younger gong, HE

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When Bian Yu had just moved with his parents to Yulan Garden, he and Su Minyuan got along quite well. Both families were busy, so it could be said that Su Minyuan raised Bian Yu.

Su Minyuan was six years older than Bian Yu. Bian Yu would lean over the fence and watch Su Minyuan see off yet another partner, then say, “Bro, you’re such a player.”

Su Minyuan would ruffle Bian Yu’s hair. “So when you find someone, make sure you choose carefully. Whatever you do, don’t find someone like me.”

Bian Yu didn’t find someone like him. He became just like him instead.

A few years later, the once-obedient kid had transformed, joining Su Minyuan at the top of the gay community’s dream-lover rankings.

Their styles were completely different. Su Minyuan’s gentleness made people overlook how many hearts he’d broken, while Bian Yu was a full-fledged beast, ruling the gay scene with his wildness.

His brazen ways also stirred up some people’s desire to tame him.

One reckless party, one spiked drink, and one person curled up on a bed.

Eyes red, Bian Yu gritted his teeth and said to Su Minyuan, “You can sleep with me, but I’m topping.”

Su Minyuan brushed the damp hair from his forehead. “The little puppy’s grown up and has a dream now. That’s a good thing.”

*

Not a soul knew Bian Yu had a crush on Su Minyuan. He imitated Su Minyuan, thinking he could fade the image burned into his heart. But it took one wild night for him to realize he’d been fooling himself all along: everyone he’d been with had reminded him of Su Minyuan.

Bian Yu was used to being a liar. He gathered up his sincerity and put on an indifferent front, thinking that their reckless night had been a fluke and everything would go back to how it was before.

But Su Minyuan’s sudden tenderness slowly ate away at Bian Yu’s already fragile defenses. Just as Bian Yu was falling apart inside, Su Minyuan said, “I thought we understood each other without having to say it.”

*

Su Minyuan knew he’d get his comeuppance someday, but he never thought it would come from the kid he’d raised.

Someone asked him, “Do you know Bian Yu cuts his arms over and over when he’s alone? Do you know how many cigarette burns scar his ankles? Do you know he’s gone crazy with love for you?”

Su Minyuan didn’t know.

No.

He’d just pretended not to know.

In the empty house, sitting on the familiar sofa, Su Minyuan seemed to hear Bian Yu’s old words again:

“Whoever falls first is a dog!”

Key points: They both have exes, they’re both seasoned players, and they both put on airs before crashing and burning together.

Older gong, Bian Yu (shou) × Su Minyuan (gong)

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Li You had served as an official for over a decade and seen years of battle. He was the youngest general in Great Jiang, and the minister most feared by the emperor. Yet everyone at court knew that as long as Marquis Xinwu Li Cong was alive, Li You would never rebel. Li Cong was Li You’s adoptive father.

The emperor both hoped Li You would die in battle and feared his death. The long-decadent and corrupt Jiang Kingdom was being held up by a general in his twenties.

But court was nothing like the battlefield. The officials wanted both to win Li You over and to bring the great general down. Li You was bad at socializing and couldn’t flatter his way through court. Whenever he returned to the capital to report on his duties, only the Sixth Prince would speak with him.

Though Li You wasn’t good at expressing himself, he could soften his manner around the Sixth Prince. But because his position was unusual, he feared dragging the prince into the factional strife, so he deliberately kept his distance.

The old emperor was growing frail, the princes were fighting among themselves, and foreign threats were mounting. Li You had no desire to stir up trouble in the capital. Before setting out on another campaign, he received an invitation from the Sixth Prince.

Had it come from anyone else, Li You would have ignored it. But the Sixth Prince was always gentle and refined, never competing with anyone, and Li You had developed feelings for him. After much deliberation, he slipped away to the banquet. He had barely drunk a few cups when his vision went dark, and he slumped back in his chair. His lips were caught in someone else’s mouth, mingling with the fragrance of wine. Completely dazed, Li You heard the other man murmur in his ear, “I love you.”

The next day, Li You left for battle. When they met again, they stood on opposite sides of the battlefield.

After a palace coup, Li You stood on the long steps of white marble, sword in hand and drenched in blood. He looked at the new king below, who was about to rule the realm, his entire being radiating menace. The words “I love you” had been nothing more than one part of a scheme.

Li You’s heart tore apart. Struggling to swallow the blood in his mouth, he said, “Kill me. Then no one in the palace will be able to stop you.”

*

Foxes value trust, are devoted and cautious, and do not believe people easily. But even the cleverest fox cannot outscheme a human, and Li You nearly lost his whole life to one.

When he was young, Li You lived with his mother and younger sister in a small courtyard. The sky above them was a square patch; he had never seen a wider world. When he was six, his mother became gravely ill. He begged someone for help and finally found a doctor, but it wasn’t enough to save his mother. He ended up giving himself away as well.

He spent more than twenty years repaying that small debt of gratitude to the Li family. Li Cong called Li You his adopted son, but Li You knew that Li Cong, the head of the Li family, was his biological father, and his mother was a poor woman Li Cong had deceived. Li Cong had never treated the three of them as human beings. They were no more than animals he kept around.

A fox who breaks an oath will be punished by Heaven. To trick Li You into making an oath, Li Cong deliberately withheld treatment from Li You’s mother until Li You knelt and begged. Later, he used Li You’s younger sister as leverage.

Li You trusted no one but the Sixth Prince. He carefully offered him his fox’s heart, but it was no match for the wealth and power of the human world.

Qi Huaiyun was no different.

Li You × Qi Huaiyun (yun)

Theme: No matter what circumstances you find yourself in, keep striving to live.