Gathering the Moon in My Arms

Shixian receives a revelation from the Heavenly Dao: the Heavenly Demon is about to descend upon the mortal world, and only he and Xie Qingyan, the grand elder of Tianyan Sect, can save the world by conceiving a child blessed by fate.

Shixian cares deeply for all living things and is willing to sacrifice his chastity for the greater good.

But...

Xie Qingyan, grand elder of Sword Sect, the foremost practitioner of the Heartless Dao, began Foundation Establishment in the womb, reached Golden Core at five, Nascent Soul at eighteen, Great Ascension at fifty, and crossed the tribulation at one hundred. Now, at two hundred, he's reached the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence stage and is about to ascend.

Shixian tries appealing to Xie Qingyan's emotions and reason, but Xie Qingyan thinks he's just a lunatic with a thing for men and beats him away again and again.

Shixian complains to the Heavenly Dao, and it replies, "I have a plan."

Not long after, a great event shakes the cultivation world.

Xie Qingyan, grand elder of Sword Sect, undergoes the tribulation to ascend. Heavenly lightning strikes him exactly 888 times, a feat unmatched by anyone before or since. Everyone assumes he's been blasted to pieces, body and soul.

But months later, Xie Qingyan appears again, searching the whole world for a white-haired man.

They say the man was his Dao companion, who deceived him in both body and heart.

Everyone: (gossiping·gif)

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