Chu Wuya secretly loves his fellow disciple, Luo Chuan, the aloof and proud beauty who stands above all others.
During a sect mission, a mistake on his part causes the death of Luo Chuan's beloved.
Luo Chuan hates him, subjects him to all kinds of torment, and even forces him to become pregnant and bear a child.
Luo Chuan tells him, "Chu Wuya, why wasn't it you who died that day?"
Chu Wuya thinks, perhaps I really am the one who should die. Then I'll give your beloved back to you.
The immortal sects have a secret art: one life for another.
After giving birth to Luo Chuan's child, Chu Wuya activates the secret art, trading his own life for the life of Luo Chuan's beloved.
He tells Luo Chuan, "Take good care of our child. If there is a next life, let us not meet again."
At that moment, Luo Chuan, who has always been cold and composed, has bloodshot eyes and screams in a frenzy: "Chu Wuya, I won't let you die! Come back!"
He watches with his own eyes as Chu Wuya's life slowly drains away, until his beloved awakens.
Luo Chuan holds Chu Wuya's corpse, a living husk as if all life has been drained from him.
When he awakens again, Chu Wuya never expected to be reborn.
He has been reborn into the body of someone with a face exactly like his own.
Now that the debt has been repaid, he decides to rebuild his immortal roots and cultivate properly. This time, however, his cultivation advances with astonishing speed: in just one month, he ascends to immortality.
His master, who had always ignored him, treats him with the utmost respect. "Congratulations, Immortal Venerable, on returning after completing your tribulation."
Only then does Chu Wuya understand that his entanglement with Luo Chuan throughout half his life had been nothing more than his tribulation.
But by now, heaven and earth have changed beyond recognition. The demon lord has plagued the world for a long time, and with such a heavy responsibility upon his shoulders, Chu Wuya personally sets out for the demon realm to vanquish him.
He breaks into the Demon Venerable's bedchamber. The sinister, ruthless demon lord sitting high upon the throne turns out to be Luo Chuan.
When the two meet again, their eyes blaze with hostility.
Luo Chuan's eyes blaze because he misses his beloved.
Chu Wuya's blaze because he wants to beat him.
Later, Luo Chuan tries every method he can think of, but still cannot win Chu Wuya's love.
He crawls at Chu Wuya's feet and begs, "Do you love me?"
Chu Wuya looks down from on high. "The divine love all beings."
Luo Chuan says, "Then I'll kill all beings!"
Chu Wuya raises his hand and drives a sword through Luo Chuan's chest. "Then I will kill you."
Top: He hates the bright moon hanging high, shining on everyone but him.
Bottom: It did shine on me once in this lifetime. You just didn't know how to cherish it.
1. The top pursues his spouse after losing them.
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