Jiang Yanxue died horribly, and his life before that was even worse.
Born into a noble family, he was branded a jinx by a charlatan Taoist who claimed he would bring ruin to his parents.
After that, whenever anything went wrong for the Jiang family, his parents beat and berated him. He was constantly injured, and eventually lost the hearing in one ear.
For the sake of the Jiang family's future, his father poisoned him and left him mute, then threw him into an ice cavern so he couldn't cry out for help.
But he was lucky enough to crawl out and be rescued by disciples of Lingze Sect, who were out hunting demons.
He thought that if he trained hard and obeyed, he could finally live a good life.
But his senior brothers were astonished by his extraordinary talent and couldn't stand to see him outshine them. One of them deliberately taught him a cultivation technique that ran counter to the proper flow of energy, undoing all his progress and damaging his vitality beyond repair.
His eldest senior brother severed one of his fingers.
His junior brother coveted his looks. When he failed to force himself on Jiang Yanxue, he wept and turned the accusation around, demanding that Jiang Yanxue take responsibility for his innocence.
This enraged the junior brother's beloved, the master of Lingze Sect, who lashed Jiang Yanxue dozens of times with a spirit whip. His skin split open, half his face was left bloody and mangled, and he lost an eye.
Having "offended" the one person he should never have crossed, Jiang Yanxue became the target of scorn and abuse from the whole sect. Before long, he was tortured to the brink of death, cast out, and expelled from the sect.
Half dead, he was then savagely devoured by a great demon that had come out to forage, losing half his body.
Jiang Yanxue was in unbearable pain. His battered, broken body still bled with warmth, but his heart was colder than ice.
He gazed at the dazzling stars and looked back on his short life, consumed by hatred.
"If... only I could have... another life..." His words were full of bitterness and grief, yet barely louder than a mosquito's buzz.
He lost consciousness. But when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the Jiang family.
Jiang Yanxue was reborn as a boy, carrying a cultivation level that had already gone awry.
Hah. This time, everyone would be his dog!
The gong is Shi Feiyan, a great villain and Demon Venerable, though you could also call him a devoted husband. He loves kissing, cuddling, and lifting the shou into his arms whenever and wherever he pleases. He teases his beloved a thousand times a day and will do anything to take advantage of him.
The shou has severe psychological trauma and takes revenge on anyone who wrongs him, with absolutely no mercy. At first, he can't stand the gong and will beat him half to death whenever he gets the chance. But his husband is powerful, so he only ends up with the occasional superficial injury.
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A cold-hearted, ruthless shou who would rather fight than waste his breath
A seemingly meek, clingy gong with unmatched strength, who reforms for love: a Demon Venerable and the last of the dragon clan
24-11-2
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[The Little Fox Demon Repays a Debt of Gratitude Because of an Ancestral Rule]
Blurb:
The fox clan has a rule: if you encounter danger while away from home and someone saves you, you must marry them in repayment, regardless of their status or appearance.
For thousands of years, no demon had ever been rejected, until a beautiful nine-tailed fox was turned down.
To repay his debt, the fox demon Mo Xue threw himself at Cheng Jinglan, the revered sage of the immortal sect. He offered himself willingly and unleashed all his seductive arts!
But even after a long time, he hadn't so much as touched the finger of his icy benefactor. Cheng Jinglan had coldly rejected him and sent him away time and time again.
The shame of the demon clan was born!
The fox clan disowned him and punished him by banishing him to the forest for solitary reflection.
The fox clan has another rule: once a fox demon reaches a certain age, if he hasn't practiced dual cultivation with a human, he'll be turned back into a fox and lose all chance of becoming human again.
Mo Xue was so troubled that he accidentally fell into a trap.
A hunter came to check it and found a stunningly beautiful man with otherworldly features, injured inside. He hurried to rescue him.
The little fox tilted his head and thought it over. This man had saved him too, so he could repay him as well.
Mo Xue beamed. "I want to marry you!"
The hunter said, "Huh? Sure, sure! Hahaha!"
But then the icy sage Cheng Jinglan descended from the sky, his face cold as he scolded the little fox. "Stop fooling around!"
Mo Xue asked, "Did you come to break us up, or join us?"
Cheng Jinglan: "..."
The fox clan's way of thinking... was absurd!
Without another word, he hauled the little fox away and put him under house arrest!
A pure, naive white fox shou who knows nothing of love and only wants to repay a debt
A cold, aloof immortal venerable gong who eventually falls hard
25-4-12
Revised version.
Theme: Love yourself