Lord Divine Venerable, You Must Restrain Yourself (GB)

Everyone in the Six Realms knew there were two great difficulties in the world.

One was getting the Lord of the Far Northern Sea to take human form and leave the ocean.

The other was getting the Lord of the Divine Temple in Dongzhou to fall in love.

Then one day, both things happened at once.

Xie Liushu, Lord of the Divine Temple in Dongzhou, was born with a cold expression, like a glacier stretching for thousands of miles.

Her cultivation method was unusual: the weather changed with her mood, and whenever she used her power, either snow fell or frost drifted through the air.

Until one day, everyone noticed that the "Snowman," Lord Xie, no longer scattered snowflakes as she walked. Now she scattered spring blossoms.

Everyone: Huh?

Driven by curiosity, some busybodies went to the Divine Temple under the pretense of doing menial work.

There, they saw a breathtaking merfolk with silver hair and a silver tail, curled up in the temple playing with water.

Even more shocking, the Snowman Lord was sitting beside him, playing along.

The usually stern Xie Liushu actually smiled tenderly without even realizing it. They even saw her holding the merfolk in her arms and kissing him.

Onlookers: This is the end of the world! The sky is falling! We're doomed! The Lord's been possessed!

The Divine Temple in Dongzhou was a tranquil place where cultivators practiced and sought the Heavenly Dao.

Xie Liushu was the only mortal to cultivate immortality. Throughout her journey, she had renounced the seven emotions and six desires, truly living up to the name "Snowman" others had given her.

She was used to the cold, used to being alone, like an ice sculpture in the far north, silent and proud.

A hundred years ago, while searching for medicinal ingredients in the northern frontier, she had rescued a young merfolk who had yet to take human form.

The merfolk was innocent and naive, yet grateful and incredibly clingy.

When Xie Liushu traveled on behalf of Dongzhou to deal with demon fire, the merfolk used his meager demonic power to weave something that would shield her from the flames.

When Xie Liushu divined the fortunes of the three mountain immortal sects, the merfolk used his shed scales to build a pure sanctuary for her.

In the eyes of the world, Xie Liushu bore great responsibilities. It was only right that she did these things.

So later, when Xie Liushu broke the Heavenly Dao's laws for the sake of the Six Realms, and everyone watched coldly as she offered her soul to refine her body, only the merfolk... traded his life for hers.

Whenever Xie Liushu showed him a moment's kindness, the merfolk always repaid her.

The day heavenly fire descended and the Six Realms trembled, everyone watched coldly as Lord Xie was trapped deep in the inferno. Then the silver-tailed merfolk she had raised for a hundred years suddenly soared into the sky, shielding her from all the heavenly fire.

Xie Liushu stared in a daze at the silvery white figure gradually turning transparent above her. Her little fish, who had always loved beauty most of all, scattered his silver-white scales across the ground like withered petals.

Merfolk tears turned to pearls and fell around Xie Liushu.

His silver tail never moved again. Nothing was left behind.

Rain fell for seven whole days.

**

Xie Liushu secluded herself for a hundred years. Her face was even frostier and more snow-pale than before.

Returning to the old places, she passed through the frigid northern frontier and suddenly saw a silver-haired merfolk swimming through the water.

The spray from his swishing silver tail seemed to splash into the lake of her heart, stirring layer upon layer of ripples.

The next day, every cultivator in the Upper Realm received a notice from the northern frontier, searching for a "merfolk."

Note: Bai Li, male, twelve feet tall (including tail), with silver hair and a silver tail, a water-jade mark on his brow, and dressed in blue merfolk silk. He is the Lord of the Northern Frontier. He slept for a hundred years and took human form today, only to be abducted by evildoers. His whereabouts are now unknown. Anyone with information, please contact the Northern Frontier at XXX. A generous reward is guaranteed.

Theme: This prosperous age is just right for cherishing someone so beautiful.