My Ex-Husband Cultivates the Way of Emotionlessness [Switching Partners]

Chen Wuxia, an elder of the immortal sect, has devoted himself to cultivating the Heartless Dao for over a century. At last, he has attained enlightenment, with only one step left before ascension.

Countless people admire him, but they all know that the path he cultivates demands the severing of all feelings. He could never love anyone in this world.

Yet on the day of Chen Wuxia's ascension ceremony, he is nowhere to be found. At last, a child leads everyone to a lonely grave.

There kneels the supposedly cold and heartless Chen Wuxia, eyes bloodshot, tears streaming down his face, his expression stricken with grief.

He murmurs, "A Zhu, I was the one who failed you."

The people of the immortal sect are stunned.

Chen Wuxia had actually had a cultivation partner.

And to perfect his Heartless Sword Art, he had personally driven that partner to his death.

In full view of everyone, Chen Wuxia draws his sword and strikes at his golden core. On the eve of his ascension, he suffers a cultivation deviation and loses all hope of perfecting his path.

Everyone wonders who the ill-fated partner was. Only when they read the name on the tombstone do they find out he was merely an unremarkable outer-sect disciple. No one knows what methods he used to unsettle Chen Wuxia's Dao heart and ruin his future.

Feng Tingzhu is the only phoenix in the Three Realms. Born with an irresistible allure, he took human form a thousand years ago. But every hundred years, he must endure the agony of a tribulation and rebirth.

This time, he seeks out a cultivator from an immortal sect who practices the Heartless Dao, hoping to end his life by another's hand and spare himself the torment of being consumed by the flames of rebirth.

Feng Tingzhu's plan succeeds. In pursuit of perfecting his swordsmanship, Chen Wuxia really does kill him with his own hands.

After faking his death, Feng Tingzhu falls into a deep slumber. When he slowly awakens ten years later, he finds himself chained hand and foot in a cave. His belly is slightly swollen, and his whole body aches.

Standing before him is Chen Wuxia's most gifted former disciple, the child who once obediently called him Master-Mother.

The once-obedient child has become a man with a dark, menacing gaze. He slowly approaches Feng Tingzhu and pins him in a corner, speaking softly:

"Master-Mother, your disciple has waited so long for you."

"Once I overcome my inner demon, I can ascend and become an immortal, just like you, Master-Mother."

"My inner demon is you, Master-Mother. It has been for decades, and that has never changed."

Theme: Respecting one's teacher