Bai Wusheng, the foremost person in the cultivation world.
He is an Immortal Venerable, a practitioner of the Heartless Path, a sword cultivator, and a master, all at once. He's practically the most dangerous kind of shou in web fiction.
So strange people are always showing up around Bai Wusheng, who just wants to attain the Dao and ascend.
He goes into seclusion to cultivate, only to find his sworn enemy, the Demon Venerable, climbing into his bed.
His sworn enemy, the Demon Venerable: What's so great about the Heartless Path? Come cultivate with me through a spiritual bond.
Bai Wusheng beats him up and bundles him off.
He teaches with all his heart, only to end up imprisoned by his disciple after the boy turns evil.
His disciple: If Master won't love me, why did you save me in the first place!
Bai Wusheng promptly expels his disciple from the sect and leaves him to fend for himself.
He goes out on a training journey, only to be drugged by a friend who tries to take advantage of him.
His friend: Wusheng, just give in to me...
Bai Wusheng: ...Do none of you cultivate?
Bai Wusheng finally realizes that something about these plotlines seems off.
It turns out he's the only one in the entire cultivation world with a leveling-up plot. Those other guys have all got plots straight out of an erotica site.
After the n+1st time, Bai Wusheng emerges from seclusion and happens to overhear his crane attendants gossiping.
Crane Attendant 1: Someone else has come demanding that the Immortal Venerable take responsibility! Tsk, tsk, he'll definitely get thrown out again.
Crane Attendant 2: Want to place a bet on how long this one lasts before getting thrown out?
Bai Wusheng feels conflicted.
So he decides to go take a look.
A moment later, in front of the three thousand elders of the Wuji Sect, the Immortal Venerable raises a hand and disables the killing formation, then tells everyone:
"This one won't do... I can't send this one away..."
"I really do... have to take responsibility for him..."
Everyone in the Wuji Sect is stunned.
The entire cultivation world is stunned.
Immortal Venerable's suitors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... are stunned.
Meanwhile, the man who strides into the Wuji Sect, covered in blood, smiles with satisfaction.
"Our flesh and blood have become one, Your Reverence. I thought you didn't want to admit it."
Liyuan of the Demon Realm, a man of wild and shameless conduct who revels in sensual pleasures, with countless souls dead at his hands...
He is Bai Wusheng's inner demon, his other half.
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The foremost person in the cultivation world, with the face and skills to match, has an ordinary web-fiction plot, a dangerous career as an Immortal Venerable in danmei, an even more dangerous path of cultivation in the Heartless Way, and an even more dangerous sword cultivator's role.
He tries hard to draw a clear line between himself and his hapless suitors, all holding plots from an erotica site. If talking them out of it doesn't work, he beats them until they dare not think about it again.
And then he gets a happy ending with his own spiritual clone, who has a pure-love plot.
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May this life last ten thousand years, and may I spend a thousand lifetimes with you.
All I ask is for one soul that understands my heart.
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Bai Wusheng: a gong dressed like a thoroughly upstanding hero, sometimes even a sucker who helps everyone.
Liyuan: a shou dressed like a complete villain, sometimes killing a man every ten steps.
The shou seems to go crazy more often than the gong.
But the gong is the real lunatic.
Beneath the appearance of a noble, aloof savior of the world lies a heart with an obsession for exclusive possession turned up to the max.
He just seems calm at first.
For example:
After killing a monster, Liyuan approaches covered in blood, takes a lock of Bai Wusheng's hair, and kisses it.
"Your Reverence is mine."
"Mm."
Bai Wusheng gently strokes his shoulder and wipes the blood from his face.
But what he actually wants to do is...
Lower his head and kiss him back, even kiss the blood on Liyuan's face.
I am you, and you are not me, but you don't have to become the next me.
Keep being bold and unrestrained. That's already wonderful.
Theme: The softest thing under heaven is also the strongest