If I Cannot Become an Immortal

You’re warmly invited to head over to Big Eye and check out the ink-wash portraits of our ship and bird! With a complicated past, a useless spiritual root, a childhood spent being bullied by his sect, and a chance encounter that turns his fate around, Mu Guizhou has everything it takes to be the classic male lead of a cultivation power-fantasy. But halfway along the way, he picks up the chattiest little bird in the Five Realms. From then on, his cultivation-hero path seems to go a little off course. Hatchlings always think the first living thing they see is their mother. Even the cleverest little bird in the Five Realms will take the first person who saves his life for his one and only big brother, and swear to follow him to the death. Unfortunately, his big brother is used to going it alone and wants nothing to do with him, so the little bird has to find a way to make his big brother depend on him. So he secretly follows his big brother, rushing to his rescue whenever danger strikes. At last, after he helps avert danger for the third time, his big brother agrees to take him on as a little brother. Little Bird: Big Brother finally noticed how brave and devastatingly handsome I am. Look at how quiet he is. He’s completely fallen for me. What a happy occasion. Mu Guizhou: This little bird is a whole ball of fluff, not even fully feathered yet. He’s weak and always getting into danger, so I have no choice but to take him in. * * * “I had no parents growing up. I was brought to a sect as a servant and wasn’t even allowed to cultivate, so I endured endless abuse. Later, I sought the path to immortality and found joy in it, yet wicked people repeatedly coveted my life.” “The cultivation world has never treated me kindly. I have never killed an innocent person or threatened any of your interests. Yet just because you felt threatened by me, you joined forces to kill me. When you couldn’t kill me, you went after a spirit beast that couldn’t fight back. Tell me, who are the immortals, and who are the demons?” “In these three thousand worlds, there is no place for a Mu Guizhou.” A blood-red sunset stained the sky. Guizhou knelt on the ground, cradling nothing in his arms. The last of his spiritual power had been devoured, and he had fallen to demonic cultivation. “Qiu Yi… He was all I had. And now I’ve lost the only thing I ever had.” If he could not become an immortal… then he would become a demon! A power-up fantasy featuring a doted-on, overpowered male lead x an adorable, clingy little bird. Male-lead POV, the gong dotes on the shou, happy ending. Take a look at this upcoming wuxia novel, White Rainbow Pierces the Sun~ The year Bai Hong turned eighteen, his master was nearing the end of his life. He called Bai Hong to his bedside and instructed him: “After I’m gone, you must go down the mountain, uphold justice, and become a role model for martial artists.” “Of course, Master.” “Your parents arranged a betrothal for you before you were born. When you go down the mountain, remember to find your bride and get married.” “Master, since it was arranged before we were born, what if my betrothed is a man?” His master flew into a rage. “We martial artists should be grateful to have a bride at all, and you’re picky about gender?!” Bai Hong thought it over. His master had a point. He was already this old and had never even met anyone. How could he be picky about gender? “Don’t worry, Master. Man or woman, I’ll treat them well!” As the youngest son of the Guan family, Guan Yingxuan has been spoiled all his life. With his eighteenth birthday approaching, he has neither a betrothal nor someone he loves, so his family starts to worry and searches everywhere for a suitable young lady. Then a complication appears out of nowhere. A young man shows up, claiming to be the son of an old friend. He says he has come to honor a promise and marry Guan Yingxuan, to whom he is betrothed. The Guan family knows about the arrangement, but since both men are male, they suggest that the two become sworn brothers instead. The young man turns out to be a stubborn rascal who refuses to leave and insists on marrying their young master. At a loss, Master Guan summons one expert after another, hoping they can drive him away. After the last expert tumbles out the door, Master Guan lets out a long sigh. “Is there really no one in the world who can beat him?!” “That’s right, Master. He’s terrifying.” “Disaster, Master! The young master has eloped with that rascal!” When a white rainbow pierces the sun, an extraordinary person is sure to descend upon the world and turn its fate around. A story about two people roaming the martial world together, perhaps. A passionate, utterly clueless, number-one gong making his first trip down the mountain x a cool, sickly beauty of a shou, also clueless about the world but the best support around. Core idea: Strive for a better life.