A Monster's Devotion

I. The Dragon's Reward Shu Han returned to his hometown to clear his mind. By chance, he found a beautiful white hognose snake injured on the mountain. Happily, he brought it home to nurse it back to health. He never expected the beautiful snake to grow bigger and bigger until it turned into a handsome, silver-haired man. Shu Han: ??? Only later did he learn that the mountain behind his home had a name: It Mountain. A thousand years ago, it was revered as a forbidden mountain, the habitat of the Dragon God. Anyone who trespassed would either die or be crippled. The Dragon-Snake clan takes ten years to become a python, a hundred years to become a jiao, and a thousand years to become a dragon. Males of the clan can bear offspring. The spiritual energy between heaven and earth had grown scarce, unable to sustain many spiritual beings. Jiao, the last youngling born into the Dragon-Snake clan, had been infused with all the spiritual energy the clan had left and was the only one still alive, carrying the hope of keeping the clan alive. A dragon was too lonely. To conserve spiritual energy, Jiao sealed away his enormous body and took on his youngling form. After getting injured by accident, he was picked up by a human. The human treated him wonderfully and even went hunting every day to bring him food. Jiao flicked his tail around the human's arm, rubbed his snake head against the human's face, and watched the other man look utterly flattered. Tilting his head, he spoke in human language: “Human, will you mate with me?” II. A Mechanical Heart Yu Ling transmigrated into the interstellar era. The good news was that he had transmigrated after dying in a car accident, which was like getting a second life. The bad news was that he'd landed on a trash planet, and the only way to leave was to build a spaceship himself. Forced to start scavenging in an attempt to build a spaceship, Yu Ling accidentally found Zero One, a faulty robot that had been decommissioned. As expected of a creation from the interstellar era, Zero One knew a great deal and was highly intelligent. He became Yu Ling's first “friend” in this era. With Zero One's help, they left the trash planet. Yu Ling had gone so long without talking to another human that, after leaving, he couldn't stop seeking people out. Then he met a suitor who was gentle, courteous, and considerate. Yu Ling was a little taken with him, so he went home to discuss it with Zero One. The interstellar mainframe suddenly crashed, and Zero One was so heartbroken that he just wanted to quit. III. Keeping an Evil God A timid shou who summons up his courage x a loyal gong who turns into a rabid dog if you let him off the leash Claire hated the world. He willingly offered up his soul and merged with an evil god, determined to drag the whole world into the abyss. After becoming a terrifying, shapeless puddle of slime, he met the one god who belonged to him alone. Little by little, Claire fell helplessly in love with his god, yet felt too inferior to desecrate him in the slightest. But later, his god abandoned him and returned to his own world. A note: The stories may appear in any order. They're a collection of short stories. 6/15 Below is my upcoming novel, They're All Trying to Become My Dao Companion Shen Chaoxue transmigrated into the body of a sickly man who dressed as a woman. He couldn't cultivate and was always coughing up blood. When he was about to cough himself to death, a System appeared from the sky and promised to send him home if he completed its romance missions. Romance missions? As a top player who'd played countless romance games, Shen Chaoxue agreed with confidence. Then he learned he had three targets to win over simultaneously: the murderous ruler of the Demon Realm, the Daoist immortal who cultivated the Way of Ruthlessness, and the capricious master physician of the Medicine Valley. Shen Chaoxue: ... For the sake of getting home, I'll do it. Blurb Two: After entering seclusion, Xie Chongxiao often dreamed of the same thing. In the dream, he had a wife of peerless beauty and immortal grace. She was sickly, spoiled, and willful, often throwing little tantrums over nothing, making people feel tender toward her. At first, Xie Chongxiao thought she was a manifestation of his inner demon and treated her coldly. Later, the woman in his dream passed away, and the dreams stopped. In a single night, his true inner demon took hold, condemning him to eternal ruin. Until one day, he happened to meet a young disciple who looked exactly like the woman from his dreams. The Demon Realm's ruler, Su Yuan, was ambushed by someone and had his powers sealed, turning into a cat. Worse, a sickly mortal picked him up and kept him as a pet, constantly playing with him. What a disgrace! Su Yuan had planned to regain his powers and tear the insolent mortal limb from limb, but then he learned that the mortal worshipped the Demon Lord to an almost fanatical degree, and his greatest wish in life was to meet him. Su Yuan: Hmm... With nothing better to do, Liu Wuxiang went incognito in the mortal realm as a traveling physician. By chance, he met a strange young man. He was clearly just a sickly mortal, yet the power of an immortal source carefully protected him from within. The cat he kept seemed ordinary, but its cultivation was unfathomably profound. Finding him intriguing, Liu Wuxiang stayed at his residence under the guise of a traveling physician. Without realizing it, he left his heart behind. One day, all three romance targets gathered in one place, sparks flying between them as they exchanged terrifying looks. Shen Chaoxue held his breath and tried to sneak away. All three grabbed him at once, staring intently at him. “Wife/Chaochao/A-Xue, who do you actually like?” Theme: All intelligent life is capable of love.