It is said that among the renowned families of the Great World of Jiuzhou, there is a young prodigy of talismanic arts, beautiful and peerlessly talented.
More precious still is his heart for saving the world. Unable to bear the turmoil of the barrier and the devastation of all living beings, he climbed the Heavenly Ladder and entered the forbidden grounds, nourishing Jiuzhou's Eight Pillars with his own flesh and blood. He even selflessly published the talismanic methods he had created and compiled, hoping to advance the art of talismans.
The world praises him, his parents favor him, his older siblings adore him, and his younger brother admires him. Zong Jing has enjoyed a smooth life and faced few hardships. His greatest hobby is poring over ancient texts to study all sorts of strange and unusual talismans.
Yet one day, he accidentally crafts a flawed, top-grade talisman called the Great Thousand Dream Divination. Its first line reads:
"Your family will despise you, and the world will reject you."
Zong Jing frowns.
"On the day the savior is reincarnated, you will learn that you are nothing but a vessel for the savior's soul. Your parents will cut out your Dao bones, your older brother will take your blood essence, and your younger brother will turn his sword against you. Only your eldest sister will try to protect you, but she will be confined and forbidden to leave."
Zong Jing falls into thought.
"Even your newlywed husband, Xie Jinrang, will cast you aside like trash once he learns that you took credit for the savior's act of rescuing him."
"Wait," Zong Jing says in surprise. "Xie Jinrang? With that awful temper, I don't even like him. Why would I marry him?"
At that very moment, the Great Demon Xie, concealing his identity as he passes by the door of the Zong family residence, hears everything. "..."
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After the Lord of the Demon Abyss, Xie Jinrang, was rescued from a rampaging beast horde by the Zong family's young talisman prodigy, he did everything he could to stay with the family, hoping to infiltrate the righteous path.
Unfortunately, the young master Zong was far too gentle and kind in everything he did. The Great Demon could not stand it. Every time they teamed up for a mission, the two of them inevitably argued, and afterward he still had to clean up the mess for him without complaint.
One day, Xie Jinrang accidentally overhears Zong Jing say that he does not want to marry him. He scoffs inwardly. Hmph. A clueless child who isn't even a hundred years old dares to talk about marriage with him? Dares to fall in love with him?
...Not liking him is no big deal.
Xie Jinrang should have treated this kind and pure-hearted genius of the Zong family as a stepping stone for invading the cultivation world. But when the so-called "savior" appears and he sees Zong Jing wearing an unusually lonely expression, he feels no joy. Instead, he is filled with violence.
Are all these people blind? How dare a firefly's light compete with the moon?
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Saintly Father (?) straightforward, blunt gong x sharp-tongued, cutting, jealous shou
The classic pairing of a scatterbrain and a grump
Reading Guide:
1. The gong is truly adored by everyone and has maxed-out combat power. He's the sort of "saintly father" who says, "If you won't do good, I'll send you to hell."
2. The gong and shou argue constantly. They argue before getting together and after, too, with a fifty-fifty win rate. It's just a couple's way of having fun.
3. More to add if I think of anything
Theme: Lead the world through love
