The Demon Venerable Wants to Settle Down

The Demon Venerable Xi Nian had lorded over the Demon Realm for three hundred years, enjoying smooth sailing every step of the way and fearing nothing under heaven.

That is, until the child he had taken in and raised reached school age.

The child was young but full of opinions. Unhappy with the Demon Realm's educational resources, he insisted on going to school in the Immortal Realm.

But to attend school there, he had to establish residency in the Immortal Realm.

Xi Nian could easily take care of the school-district housing, but residency was a major problem.

Immortal Realm law forbade demon cultivators from establishing residency on their own, and did not allow immortals and demons to become cultivation partners.

In other words, if Xi Nian wanted residency, he had to find a mortal capable of cultivating to immortality, become cultivation partners with him, and then establish residency in the Immortal Realm together.

Xi Nian asked the Demon Realm's top matchmaker to arrange a match with the mortal most likely to attain the Dao.

Once the match was made, Xi Nian went to the mortal world, where he happened to find that very indolent mortal knocked unconscious by a few punches from a fellow disciple.

Xi Nian: "...How many years did you say it would take him to attain the Dao and become an immortal?"

Matchmaker: "Uh..."

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All the immortals know that the Immortal Chief Yu Qing and the Demon Venerable of the Demon Realm, Xi Nian, were childhood friends who became enemies as they grew up. One became an immortal, the other a demon, and from then on they stood at odds.

But no one knows that the Immortal Chief and the Demon Venerable once had a passionate romance.

Three hundred years ago, the boundary between the Immortal and Demon Realms grew unstable. To preserve peace between the two realms, Yu Qing lost half his cultivation, while Xi Nian lost his memories.

The two never saw each other again over the next three hundred years.

Yu Qing thought their fate together had run its course. He closed his heart to love and severed his attachment to romance.

Until the boundary between the Immortal Realm and the mortal world became unstable. He came to the mortal world to investigate, possessing the body of a mortal who had just died.

When he opened his eyes, the face he had missed for three hundred years was right before him.

And that person invited him to marry.

*A historical danmei story written for my dear Momo.

Theme: Let every child who wants to study have the chance to attend school.