My Substitute Has Been Dead for a Thousand Years

Lord Huayang had imagined countless ways he might reunite with Meng Que, but never thought he would see him again while Meng Que was dressed in a bright red wedding robe and about to marry someone else. - - Thanks to his resemblance to Lord Ziyu, Meng Que ascended to the upper realm with ease. He also won an immortal lord's favor, earning a place in the divine palace as the lord's cultivation partner. After they became cultivation partners, Meng Que loved to trail around the immortal lord. But the lord rarely spoke to him, and they hardly interacted at all. Still, everyone thought that in another ten or twenty thousand years, Meng Que might really manage to win the lord's heart. When the demon realm invaded and the immortal realm fell into chaos, with lives lost everywhere, the immortal lord turned the tide, sealed the demon, and saved the immortal realm. But once peace returned, everyone realized that Meng Que, who had always followed the lord around, was gone. Those in the know said, "The divine lord saw through the Heavenly Dao and through love. That's how he attained his current cultivation." No one thought it unreasonable to sacrifice one person for the peace of the three realms. They could only sigh over the stand-in who had been lost. But over the next thousand years, the immortal lord's temperament changed drastically. He became bloodthirsty and ruthless, and united the immortal and demon realms with an iron fist. All to find a way to summon a soul and extend a life, so he could see that person again. - "I haven't lost my memories. I know the soul-summoning, life-extending method you mentioned, but wasn't it for Lord Ziyu?" "The person I was in my previous life really did die. The person I am now has someone I love. We're about to get married. Could you leave?" "I already died once. Isn't that enough to repay my debt to you?" Meng Que begged the immortal lord to let him go and give him his blessing. Lord Huayang couldn't bear to hear those words. He swallowed the blood rising in his throat and said, "You never owed me anything. I owe you so much. You can do anything you want to me, just don't ignore me." [Melodramatic story, groveling redemption arc, the immortal lord is the official love interest] [This story will go premium on Wednesday (12.29), with three chapters released that day. Thanks for your support, dear readers! =3=] Coming soon: "Everyone Loves the Reborn Outcast" Please add it to your favorites =3= In his previous life, after being reunited with his biological family, Lin Mo was obsessed with chasing Cheng Changting around, looking for dirt on him so he could drive him away. Lin Mo wanted to take back everything that should have been his, but had been stolen by that wicked bird who'd taken over the nest. He even framed Cheng Changting and falsely accused him. Even after being exposed, hated by countless people, and branded as sinister and deceitful, he never changed his mind. Lin Mo thought Cheng Changting must hate him to death. But when danger struck, Cheng Changting chose to sacrifice himself and leave Lin Mo a chance to escape. At the very end, Cheng Changting still spoke gently: "I've returned everything that was yours. We don't owe each other anything now, okay?" - After being Reborn, Lin Mo looked at Cheng Changting with complicated feelings and suddenly wanted to treat him a little better. Lin Mo brought Cheng Changting milk, but he was lactose intolerant. Lin Mo gave him shoes, but they were the wrong size and made Cheng Changting lose a competition. Lin Mo helped a female classmate deliver a love letter, but Cheng Changting tossed it aside without a word. Lin Mo: ... After being everyone's obnoxious, arrogant outcast, being nice to someone was really hard. Just as Lin Mo decided he might as well give his parents to Cheng Changting and go fend for himself, Cheng Changting, who was usually calm and rational, suddenly lost his temper, grabbed Lin Mo, and confessed his feelings. Lin Mo: What?! - Later, the real and fake young masters got together. Theme: Respect what others have given