[The blurb will be polished before launch, but the core premise will stay the same]
Jiang Qinghe is infamous for practicing forbidden arts. Everyone wants him dead, and in the end, the cultivation sects join forces to hunt him down. He dies in a blazing inferno.
Five years later, Jiang Qinghe wakes to find his shrine burned down, his spouse remarried, and even his treasured sword snapped in two. He has also been reborn as a useless young disciple, forced to take part in a trial hosted by the cultivation sects.
Just as in his previous life, he uses his exceptional memory to draw talismans and claims first place in the trial. Someone in the crowd accuses him of using unorthodox methods, but he just retorts, unconcerned, "The trial official is right there, and they haven't called my methods evil or unorthodox. Why are you the first to start yelling?"
Then he looks up and sees the person seated on the trial platform: graceful and luminous, like an immortal descended from heaven, and so familiar he could hardly be more familiar.
Three gold-lettered characters on the nameplate meet Jiang Qinghe's eyes: Shen Xuanci.
Well, it's his ex-wife.
Jiang Qinghe: "..."
Shen Xuanci strolls down, fanning himself. "If you haven't broken any trial rules, then your methods aren't unorthodox."
Jiang Qinghe nods in agreement, only to hear the person on the platform say, "Starting tomorrow, you'll be my personal disciple."
Jiang Qinghe: ???
The cool, refined Immortal Master Shen has never meddled in the cultivation sects' affairs. Even when his ex-husband was the universally hated Jiang Qinghe, he rarely found himself caught in the middle of a storm. But for the past three months, the cultivation sects have talked about him nonstop.
First, he turned down a marriage proposal from the leader of the greatest sect in the world. Second, he took on an extremely strange disciple.
A haughty, absurdly powerful scum on the surface but devoted underneath, carefree gong & a doting, protective, high-ranking, cool beauty shou
1. One-on-one, mainly a happy ending. In both their past and present lives, the gong and shou only have eyes for each other. The shou hasn't actually remarried.
2. My own take on cultivation, with mountains of personal worldbuilding. I make it all up, so don't overthink it. Thanks for understanding.
3. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting. The romance is basically sweet, so don't worry. The gong is a good guy who refuses to admit it.
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Theme: What you see on the surface isn't always the truth
