Master, Long Time No See

A hundred years ago, to seal the rift to the demon realm and save every living thing in the cultivation world, Fang Yeze, peak master of the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect, sacrificed his beloved disciple. He personally gouged out the once-in-ten-thousand-years heavenly-grade thunder spirit root of his first disciple, Bu Yiling, and used it to suppress the demonic energy.

Thus, a generation's prodigy met his end.

Bu Yiling had never imagined that the person he had admired and secretly loved since joining the sect could be so cruel to him.

Fang Yeze had the whole world in his heart, but Bu Yiling wasn't part of it.

Reduced to a cripple, white-haired Bu Yiling struggled to survive, forced to watch his aloof master, as cold as snow, become cultivation partners with someone else. Consumed by resentment, he died in bitterness on a night when no one was around.

Fang Yeze never came to see him, not even once. Bu Yiling's heart turned to ice.

After death, Bu Yiling's resentment soared. He had meant to become a vengeful ghost and claim a life, but when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to fifty years earlier.

He had just completed the trials and was waiting for the elders and peak masters to choose their disciples.

Bu Yiling looked at Fang Yeze, seated at the head of the hall. In this life, he would not suffer the same tragic fate as before: being neglected by his master, mocked in secret by his fellow disciples, and having his spirit root ripped out.

As a peak master of the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect, Fang Yeze considered himself to have cultivated for over a hundred years, refined his character, and devoted himself to the people of the world. He should have had a clear conscience toward his disciples. The only one he owed was his first disciple, Bu Yiling. He owed him his life.

Fang Yeze was gentle and patient when teaching his other disciples, but toward Bu Yiling alone, he was cold to the extreme.

He could save the world, but he couldn't save Bu Yiling.

Only after Bu Yiling died did Fang Yeze realize what he had lost. The person he secretly loved had been cruelly hurt by him and died all alone in a little hut at the foot of the peak, forgotten by everyone.

Fang Yeze regretted everything. By the time he heard the news and rushed over, all he could do was hold the cold corpse. His beloved was gone. What meaning was there in attaining the Great Dao?

Fang Yeze died for love. He never expected to open his eyes again and find himself back fifty years in the past.

He saw his first disciple and, overjoyed, waited for Bu Yiling to ask to join his peak. Instead, the young man gave him a cold glance and resolutely chose a path different from the one he'd taken in his previous life.

Left with no other choice, Fang Yeze could only settle down and pursue his husband.

Note: 1. Both leads are each other's one and only.

2. The leads have secretly loved each other all along.

Aloof master uke x abused in body and heart, corrupted disciple seme

Theme: Secretly loving someone is so hard.