Xie Yingxue awakened after sacrificing himself to take a calamity for the people of the three realms, only to discover that he was nothing more than the wicked beloved from a tragic xianxia romance novel.
Three hundred years later, when he returned to the Heavenly Realm, he would find that everyone had all but forgotten him. In his place was a wandering cultivator who looked about sixty percent like him.
That man moved into his Qianhan Hall without a trace of shame and used the protective spirit pearl that Xie Yingxue had paid half his cultivation to give to the Divine Lord Zhaoqing. And this Divine Lord, his former lover, now stood in front of the wandering cultivator with an apologetic, guarded expression, but not a trace of the love he had once shown Xie Yingxue.
"A-Zhuo is frail. I wronged you, so if you have a problem, take it up with me."
The Xie Yingxue in the book couldn't accept this. He repeatedly hurt his replacement, Jiang Zhuozhou, trying to make things go back to how they were. But not only Zhaoqing, his good friends and fellow disciples, even the spirit pet who had once fought alongside him through life and death, all seemed bewitched, taking Jiang Zhuozhou's side.
Jiang Zhuozhou was poisoned, so Zhaoqing confined him in Qianhan Hall and drew his blood every day to cure him. When Jiang Zhuozhou lost his eyesight in an accident, Zhaoqing gouged out his own eyes to restore Jiang Zhuozhou's sight. Zhaoqing wanted to wring every last bit of value out of him, sealing his entire body so thoroughly that he couldn't even take his own life.
Only when Ning Xilou, the greatest villain in the book, attacked the Heavenly Realm and plunged the three realms into chaos did Jiang Zhuozhou and Zhaoqing, leaders of the righteous side, become too busy dealing with the Demon Lord to keep an eye on him. Only then did Xie Yingxue find a chance to disperse his spirit and die.
Looking at the bleak future ahead, Xie Yingxue, currently trapped in chaos, thought life was getting more and more promising.
So he gave up trying to salvage things. The first thing he did after returning to the Heavenly Realm was set fire to Qianhan Hall, where he and Zhaoqing had shared so many memories. Then, after taking back the spirit pearl, he turned around and jumped into the Demon Abyss.
There's nothing wrong with being someone's lost love. The worst that can happen is you become a demon.
When Jiang Zhuozhou rushed over to start the face-slapping, fake-accident plot, Xie Yingxue immediately launched into a full performance: coughing, gasping, and spitting blood. If anyone was behind him, he'd find the right angle to faint on the spot, then happily leave to watch the drama unfold.
There's nothing wrong with being someone's lost love. If your body is weak, I'll just make myself half-dead.
Ning Xilou had a recent problem. The most beautiful and powerful white-robed immortal in the three realms had come to the Demon Abyss. Word was, he'd been betrayed by a scoundrel. What a wonderful thing for the demon realm, if only that white-robed immortal didn't chase him around every day asking how to become a demon.
One day, the Demon Lord finally got fed up with the questions. He stained the previously pristine white snow with his own colors. But this snow was rather delicate and needed careful tending. He slowly pulled Xie Yingxue back from the brink of certain death, bringing him back to the world of the living.
★ Official pairing: Xie Yingxue x Ning Xilou.
★ Dramatic past and present lives, with all sorts of bizarre redemption arcs.
Theme: Love life and look forward to tomorrow.