Phoenix Bones [Reborn]

Su Hansheng, son of an immortal lord, was proud and noble. He suffered from a bone-deep poison called “Burrowing Bone” that made him dread the light, and spent most of his life in seclusion. Because of his stubbornness when he was young, his senior brother died horribly in a secret realm, his father’s treasured relic was stolen, and his betrothed later destroyed his spiritual roots and cast him into the Infernal Prison. Only then did Su Hansheng learn that he carried a sacred treasure of the Heavenly Dao: the Phoenix Bone. After dying in the Infernal Prison, Su Hansheng was reborn at the age of seventeen. He was still “confined” to a small corner, while his old friends and fellow disciples remained dazzling, peerless paragons. The Phoenix Bone had been reborn from the flames. The Phoenix Bone was proud and unruly. Whenever it flared up, Su Hansheng suffered unbearable pain. In his previous life, only a blind man in the Infernal Prison had been able to ease it somewhat. After being reborn, Su Hansheng rushed to find the man, but had no clues to follow. Then, at his birthday celebration, a man appeared in snow-white Buddhist robes. His features were clear and refined, and his dark green eyes swept over Su Hansheng with a cold glance. He embodied a sacred serenity and meditative stillness that brooked no desecration. Su Hansheng fell silent. Heavens above, his lover from his previous life turned out to be a monk, and not just any monk, but the exalted World-Honored One of Mount Sumeru? Could anything be more absurd? An elder drew the baffled Su Hansheng closer. “The World-Honored One is a close friend of your father. He even held you when you were little. You should address him as Uncle.” Su Hansheng: “…” As it turned out, things could get even more absurd. Fragile, obedient-acting, mentally ill uke × compassionate monk seme [with hair], older seme, happy ending. Note: ① After the story goes premium, updates will usually be around 9–10 p.m. If it’s past 11, I’ll make up for it with a double update when I can. ② The seme and uke are not related by blood or family. “Uncle” is a polite form of address for someone around the same age as one’s father. ③ This work is a fictional creation inspired by myth and legend, and has nothing to do with reality. Please don’t read it as a reflection of real life or indulge in superstition. Believe in science. ④ Thank you for your support and love! Coming soon: The Sickly Young Master Is Forced to Marry in Someone Else’s Place Blurb: Chu Zhaohuai, the eldest son of the Chu family, was neither loved by his father nor his mother. One day, he was discarded like a pawn and forced to take his younger brother’s identity and marry the terrifying demon everyone in the capital feared, all to meet his death. Rumor had it that the demon, Ji Xun, had been badly wounded on the battlefield. His face was ruined, he was lame, and when his madness took hold, he slaughtered people without mercy. ...Yet he was deeply in love with the second son of the Chu family and would marry no one else. Chu Zhaohuai entered the prince’s estate fully prepared to die. But the terrifying demon was not as hideous as the rumors claimed. Instead, he treated Chu Zhaohuai with great consideration and risked his life to save him when danger struck. Even during his bouts of madness, he never laid a finger on him. Chu Zhaohuai had never been cherished by anyone before and was overwhelmed by the unexpected affection. He resolved that as soon as his identity was exposed, he would considerately die first, sparing the demon the trouble of killing him himself. ***Seme’s point of view*** Ji Xun had achieved an extraordinary feat at a young age, but his achievements made the emperor wary of him. Forced to pretend to be crippled and ill, he had spent years lying low and biding his time. Then the emperor suddenly bestowed a consort on him, sending an informant openly into his estate and disrupting his plans. The sickly, dispirited beauty hid a pile of poisons, ready to use them on him. On New Year’s Eve, he deliberately jumped into an icy lake, trying to make trouble for the household. Even when they were simply putting down bandits, the beauty insisted on running ahead and getting in the way. Ji Xun played along with everyone until he finally faked his death and escaped. After seizing power, he came to rule the world. The capital was swept by political upheaval, and a new emperor took the throne. The Chu family had allied itself with rebels and was thrown into prison, facing the danger of extermination. Chu Zhaohuai’s parents, who had already severed ties with him, wept and begged him to save them, even resorting to insults and threats of suicide. Dressed in a snow-white mourning robe, frail and unsteady, Chu Zhaohuai stood in a daze, clutching his dead husband’s belongings. He remained unmoved. That was until a man dressed in black was carried in by a crowd. Everyone knelt and cried, “Long live the emperor!” Just as everyone expected Chu Zhaohuai to rejoice that his “dead husband” had come back to life, the belongings he had been clutching fell from his arms. Staggering forward, he knelt and addressed the man: “Your Majesty.” Everyone saw the face of the always-imposing demon turn pale in an instant. Silly, sweet, frail beauty in mourning × scheming, sinister, gruff-but-soft-hearted dog of a man, one-on-one romance, happy ending. Theme: Good is rewarded, and evil is punished.