The Sickly Beauty Faked Their Death, and the Cultivation World Got a Bad Ending

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Xue Liyu spent half his life a fool. Only when he woke from a dream did he learn that the Demon Lord was about to destroy the world, and that only Venerable Yun Ruo could save the Three Realms from disaster.

Venerable Yun Ruo was the darling of everyone's heart, while he was Yun Ruo's substitute.

He had nothing but a face identical to Yun Ruo's, yet he was destined to be an unpresentable cultivation furnace.

Because of this, the Demon Lord destroyed his legs and exposed him in front of everyone as an inferior substitute. A cultivator of the Ruthless Dao shattered his true form. Even his master, who had always treated him tenderly since childhood, opened his clothes and called him Yun Ruo in a restrained, affectionate voice.

Even in such circumstances, all he asked was to resurrect Venerable Yun Ruo. He was willing to feed himself to the tiger and accepted his fate calmly. But the one exception was the Dragon God, who had been born above everyone else.

The Dragon God cultivated the Ruthless Dao. At first, he had only been playing along with him, like everyone else treating him as a plaything. For some reason, though, he became attached to this inferior substitute.

They did the most intimate things in private, and a few times, Xue Liyu's heart stirred, too.

But a mission was still a mission. The ruthless were still ruthless.

Later, the cultivation world heard there was a glimmer of hope for resurrecting Venerable Yun Ruo, and Xue Liyu was naturally offered as the sacrifice.

But Venerable Yun Ruo never came back to life.

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After faking his death, Xue Liyu's tribulation of love was over. He cast aside his illusory romance and returned to the Divine Realm. These days, he's quite happy being a Phoenix God of War.

But everyone is searching for the whereabouts of the divine being.

The Demon Lord searches the Three Realms for his fragmented soul, begging every day for a drink that will leave him unconscious.

In front of thousands, his master weeps blood from his eyes and says through tears, "Your master has failed you."

The people of the immortal sects treat him with the utmost respect, afraid he'll be the slightest bit unhappy. They would gladly offer up every heavenly treasure to win his favor.

But he no longer cares. He spends his days copying scriptures, and is content.

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Mutual firsts, HE, 1v1, no changing the love interest. The love interest is the Dragon God.

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I Became the Butler in a Torture Novel

Shang Qing awakens to the truth: he's the disposable butler in an old-school, melodramatic CEO romance.

He's in love with the CEO. He interferes in the CEO's relationship with his white moonlight, hires people to assault the white moonlight, and beats him until he's disfigured.

In the end, he drives his car at the white moonlight. At the last moment, his conscience gets the better of him, and he dies saving him beneath the CEO's cold, scornful gaze.

He has no self-respect. Even when Li Xiunian tells him he's nothing but a dog raised by the Li family, he accepts it wholeheartedly.

He thinks he owes everything to his father, never realizing that he's only his adoptive father's son.

His adoptive father fakes bankruptcy, sends the white moonlight abroad to live a pampered life, then adopts Shang Qing from an orphanage and sells him to the Li family to prove his loyalty to them.

Shang Qing knows nothing about this. Convinced his family is destitute, he gives his entire monthly salary to his adoptive father.

With that money, his adoptive father makes a comeback, while the white moonlight lives abroad as a carefree rich kid.

The CEO meets the white moonlight abroad, and they hit it off at once. After an accident while drinking, he takes Shang Qing's body, grows addicted to him, and treats him like a plaything.

Even on the day he dies, Shang Qing is still hoping the CEO will visit him. Instead, he sees the CEO kissing the white moonlight passionately, showing him a tenderness Shang Qing has never known.

Shang Qing closes his eyes. He refuses to put up with this kind of humiliation.

His adoptive father, the white moonlight, Li Xiunian, all the money he's spent, even his own body and heart.

He'll take it all back, one thing at a time, then leave and never have anything to do with them again.

But just before leaving, he can't help running a hand through the boy's tousled hair. "Be good from now on."

The boy holds his wrist tightly, suppressing his emotions. "Qingqing, stop treating me like a child."

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Li Boyang is the Li family's illegitimate son, hidden from the world.

His birth mother is a despised mistress who tried to steal his dazzling older brother's life.

But Shang Qing always ruins his plans.

Li Boyang wants to teach Shang Qing a lesson. So he forcibly kisses him and takes pictures. "If you don't do what I say, I'll show these photos to my brother. You like him, don't you?"

Shang Qing just smiles gently. He never minds Li Boyang's outrageous behavior. He continues to look after him and keeps him from ruining his plans.

But one morning, as he pours Li Boyang a glass of milk, Li Xiunian, usually a man of few words, suddenly puts down his newspaper and furrows his brows. "Shang Qing, why do you have to stick your nose into everyone's business?"

Li Boyang glances at Li Xiunian, and an unprecedented irritation wells up inside him.

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After leaving, Shang Qing becomes the butler to a powerful friend's household. The pay is good, the work is light, and he gets plenty of time off. Life is comfortable and pleasant.

At a business banquet, Li Xiunian gets his friend drunk. His friend accidentally throws up all over him and keeps apologizing.

Li Xiunian waves him off and heads to the restroom, only to be cornered against the wall by Li Xiunian. The once-proud CEO looks haggard. He kneels halfway down to put a wedding ring on Shang Qing's finger. "Shang Qing, I can't live without you."

Shang Qing pushes Li Xiunian away, but the moment he looks up, he sees a handsome young man in the darkness.

The business world's rising leader, the new head of the Li Group, Li Boyang. Once an illegitimate son, now a rising star adored by thousands. He stands above everyone, commanding his corner of the world, and never bows to anyone.

But he stands there quietly, a lit cigarette held between his long fingers. His gaze is dark and his eyes are rimmed red as he watches Shang Qing with a smile that isn't quite a smile.

"After you left, I grew more and more afraid to hope.

The fantasies in my mind became my only refuge from the storm."

*Gentle, cool, all-around beauty x ambitious, loyal younger man

Theme: Go against the current and press bravely onward