A Taoist Streamer: Kill, Never Save

*A violent, cold-blooded, kill-without-mercy, money-grubbing bottom vs. a possessive, gloomy, flamboyant top

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Sui Ruo was a notorious exploration streamer. Thanks to stunts like gesturing at thin air, selling fake virility charms, and killing without sparing anyone, he was mocked as the number one fraud who pretended to know the occult.

One day, he accidentally showed his face. First came a hand gripping a sword, its long, slender fingers strong as it steadied and adjusted the camera. Then came a stunningly beautiful yet cold, violent face, pale cheeks flecked with blood and black hair falling loose beside his ears.

The livestream chat exploded: [Wait, did some kind of character model just flash by?]

[You should've said you looked like that sooner! What a fuss. Good thing I scrolled back.]

[So gorgeous I can't even... I can't even get it up, bro. You were really going down the wrong path before. Let's switch things up.]

The occult streamer transformed into a beauty streamer, shooting to fame overnight and gaining countless fans. His followers soon went wild:

[Can you show a little skin, streamer?]

[Wifey, please act cute!]

[Link to a little dress: This would look perfect on baby.]

Sui Ruo sneered, "No money, no deal."

This was how he answered his normal fans:

[Why does the streamer's cat keep running into the wall?]

Sui Ruo: "It's my spirit pet, beating up a vengeful ghost."

Viewers: ? What a fraud.

[There's nobody in this movie theater. It's so scary.]

Sui Ruo: "It's actually packed. It's exhausting killing them all."

Viewers: ? What a fraud.

The general consensus: He loves putting on an act. If he would wear a little dress, we'd spoil him rotten.

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Then one day, the ghosts really did show up.

The hand gripping Sui Ruo's sword was slashed. A hand wreathed in ghostly energy lifted his and gently licked the streak of blood.

The camera turned, revealing a handsome face full of ghostly aura, so handsome it was terrifying.

Comments: [Ahhh, where did he come from? Just now he was nothing but a wisp of smoke!!]

[I think staying up too late is making me hallucinate. This person, this ghost, no, this handsome guy just appeared out of thin air?]

[I told you ghosts were real, but you all insisted he was my dad.]

Sui Ruo calmly said, "Don't be scared. That's my ex-husband, the top donor, 'Ghost.'"

Comments: [...That username is a literal translation.] [What? Ex-husband?]

The next second, he drew his sword, his expression perfectly calm. "He's been looking for me for five hundred years. He's here to kill me."

Comments: [What do we do?!]

Sui Ruo: "It's fine. Either he dies or I die. If it's the latter, my livestream will still have this name in my next life. Follow so you don't lose your way."

Comments: [...Damn, I followed a lunatic.]

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A year later, the livestream titled "Kill Without Mercy" was renamed "Underworld Shopping Channel."

Jiang Xing smiled as he started streaming. "Three, two, one, here's the link. That's right, my wife drew these talismans by hand. Any vengeful ghost that touches one will vanish into dust. The foremost mage under Heaven's Dao, and no discounts."

[You're a vengeful ghost too, so why are you fine?] "Because he's hopelessly in love with me. Got a problem with that?"

[What is your wife doing?] "Watch your words. He's my wife, not yours. He's catching up on sleep. He was drawing talismans on my arm until dawn last night."

[Why was he drawing talismans on your arm?] "Tsk. I bought him a new dress, and he wasn't happy, so he started researching some crooked Yang Wei talisman. I've already punished him severely all night. We have to put a stop to heretical cultivation, starting with me."

A ghost constable: "Has the King gone mad? Is that last slogan going to bring himself down?"

"I heard the Underworld's been short on money lately?"

"No, it's because he handed over all his possessions."

"Poor henpecked husband. I'll buy a hundred candles to show my support. /lights a candle"

Revised June 15, 2025

Theme: If the heart does not die, the Dao cannot be born.