After the Ruthless Path Falls into a Love Triangle

Wenren Jue is a legend of the immortal sects: astonishingly gifted, dazzling, and unconventional. He's hailed as the youngest sword genius, a top student in the emotionless path, the future hope of the immortal sects, and...

The most notorious lunatic in all the Nine Provinces.

He became head of Penglai at seventeen and turned the cultivation world upside down.

His dazzling achievements in office include, but are not limited to:

In the name of encouraging love between immortals and demons, he ordered disciples from the two sides who'd been fighting to hold hands and sing passionate duets. This made the grandson of the Tai Chi Palace master bawl so hard he brought down the academy's main hall.

He canceled the sect tournament held once every ten years and replaced it with a "friendly exchange" between the two sides. The repair costs that year were ten times higher than usual, leaving everyone in Penglai living on a cold northwesterly wind for three months.

He was so enthusiastic about matchmaking that he kept setting people up, until a heartbroken female demon cultivator chased him up a mountain with a knife. The incident was immortalized in the papers...

Everyone in the immortal sects had long since suffered enough from his antics. So when they suddenly heard that Wenren Jue was about to undergo his ascension tribulation of love, they were overjoyed!

The largest gambling house in the Nine Provinces opened betting on who would finally tame this menace.

Three days later, an enormous sum of money was placed on the head of the Liu family, the foremost clan among the immortal sects. That same day, the Penglai administrative hall arrived to shut down the gambling house.

Hall Master Qi Zhushui's eyes were frosty. "Gambling is forbidden among the immortal sects."

The refined and elegant Lord Liu smiled warmly. "A little wager is harmless fun, Lord Qi. Why be so harsh?"

Before he could finish, the young Demon Lord kicked the gambling house's doors flying. "Anyone who doesn't want to die, put all your bets on me!"

Qi Zhushui split an incoming door panel with his blade, grinding his teeth in fury. Lord Liu kept smiling, though a vein seemed to twitch on his forehead.

The clear skies dimmed as clouds gathered. Far away in Penglai, Wenren Jue suddenly sneezed for no apparent reason. Seeing faint flashes of lightning on the horizon, he looked baffled.

"...Why is it suddenly thundering out of nowhere?"

The onlookers who witnessed the three of them fight until heaven and earth darkened:

"??? Aaaaaaaah, stop!"

"Stop! Please stop fighting!"

Basically, it's a doting househusband / cunning green tea fox / straightforward puppy x a shou whose emotional awareness is on par with a mature immortal pill.

Reading guide:

1. My take on cultivation, all made up as I go. As always, a tragic romance. After thinking it over, I still want to write a novel where readers can pick their favorite love interest. There may be more than the three gongs in the blurb, and the endgame gong hasn't been decided.

2. Not a traditional emotionless cultivation path, and not a typical love triangle.

5. The characters' values don't represent the author's.

6. If you're uncomfortable reading this, please stop.

7. I don't accept any form of writing advice.

Theme: Never forget, never lose