Cool, ascetic monk gong Ming Wuchen x lovesick, crazed demon lord shou Yan Lanque
After the war between immortals and demons, Yan Lanque slept for three hundred years. When he awoke, he discovered that he had lost his memory.
If he had forgotten everything, that would have been one thing. But it seemed he had forgotten just one person, along with everything connected to them. He did not know who that person was, only that they had been very important to him. His heart felt hollow, as if a piece had been forcibly cut away.
In an effort to cure his amnesia, Yan Lanque befriended a monk who was also a miraculous physician. The monk told him that the person had given Yan Lanque their heart.
A person without a heart naturally no longer exists in this world.
Yan Lanque did not care. He was determined to regain his memories and learn who that person was.
He never expected to repeatedly cross paths and travel alongside the monk. After spending day and night together, he developed feelings he should not have had. After testing the waters several times, he finally mustered the courage to confess, only to hear the other man say:
“My heart was given to someone else long ago.”
Yan Lanque did not ask who that person was. His heart shattered, and jealousy drove him nearly mad. Seeing that the monk had already developed mortal feelings, he no longer felt much need to hold back.
So he imprisoned the monk in the Hall of Ashes, tormenting and taking liberties with him day after day.
Much later, Yan Lanque was overcome by demonic thoughts and broke the seal on his soul. As his memories returned, he saw the familiar monk.
Only then did Yan Lanque learn that the monk's heart was his, and so was the seventh vertebra in his spine.
The demon-subduing pestle embedded in his soul was his, too.
***Original blurb***
“You saved me from the Avici Hell, guided me through reincarnation into the mortal world, and taught me the good and evil in people's hearts. But I stubbornly followed my own path, harbored delusions about you, gave in to selfish desire, and even stopped at nothing to drag you down from your altar, destroy your boundless merits, and break your imperishable body...”
“Monk, now that things have come to this, I want to ask you: do you regret it?”
“I do not.”
He is a demon from the Avici Hell.
He is the supreme Buddha.
Author's notes:
1. This is not a romance-focused story. The plot and relationship develop together. It starts a little slowly, and the two begin their journey together in Chapter Ten.
2. The shou is perfectly normal at first, a good kid. He only goes mad after heartbreak and jealousy.
3. The gong does not explain his reasons outright, but they will be revealed later.
*The title is tentative and may be changed later.
Theme: I will protect the Great Dao and all living beings with my body and soul!
