The Qin Player

[Unfinished. I probably won't continue writing this because the numbers were too poor and my spirits are low, so I can't write anything.]

Before Qi Yuchao became a cold, ruthless, universally loathed great demon, he once loved two people...

One was a Demon Venerable, lofty and aloof, who never revealed his feelings and easily abandoned him over slander based on hearsay.

Later, when Qi Yuchao left with someone else, the Demon Venerable chased after him, desperate to the point of risking his life. He fell into a trap and eventually sank into an endless sleep...

The other was a Buddhist monk, detached and desireless, who always denied ever having feelings. In his choices, the common people always came before himself.

Later, when Qi Yuchao stopped caring whether anyone chose him, the monk tried to protect him before the whole world, even refining himself into a sacred relic to do so...

In the end, neither relationship worked out.

Love has left nothing but disappointment for him. Now all he wants is to kill everyone who irritates him just by looking at them.

And there aren't that many people he can't stand, just the entire cultivation world.

(First relationship)

When Qi Yuchao was six, he took a marble from a demon child's hand. From then on, he took the place of a demon who had run away, was captured and taken to the demon realm, and became the lowest-ranking demon servant, bullied by everyone.

He thought being a demon servant was the lowest status there was, until he met a malicious twin lotus.

They made him a servant, a plaything, and a test subject, stuffing him into one body after another...

They taught him to abandon his humanity and hate the world, to bring out every ounce of malice in his heart.

The one who saved him was the Demon Lord who stood above all demons.

After becoming a great demon second only to one person and superior to everyone else, he personally killed the people who had once wronged him, staining his hands with blood.

The Demon Lord, Lin Bing, had shown Qi Yuchao kindness, so he willingly became the sharpest weapon in Lin Bing's hands.

Until

After malicious people sowed discord between them, Lin Bing grew to despise him, saw him as a traitor, and used him as a pawn to take the blow.

(Second relationship)

The first time he met that person, he was covered in scars, miserable and pitiful.

That person gave him a bag of candy, a plain robe, and a cultivation manual...

The second time he met that person, he hid inside a puppet's body, secretly watching him preach.

That person gently picked him up and showed him the many sights of the mortal world...

The third time he met that person, his hands were stained with blood. He had slaughtered the righteous sect that had bullied him as a boy.

That person gave him a cold look and attacked with ruthless, deadly moves...

The fourth time he met that person, he had been abandoned and was utterly disillusioned, under attack by cultivators from the righteous path.

That person arrived a step too late and could only drape a cloak over him as he lay dying...

Besides the fated bond, righteous-versus-evil dynamic, and master-servant relationship in "The Qin Master," there will also be master-disciple, fellow disciple, and sworn enemy relationships.

Many people, good and bad, will love him.

◆Key points:

1. The setting is cultivation, and things are hellish from the start, so there may be some angst. (Please understand that life is cheap in this cultivation setting.)

2. A beautiful, powerful, miserable shou. Yuchao isn't born evil, but he's a villain from beginning to end, and his original goal of destroying the world never changes. It's not too much to expect him to kill righteous cultivators, right? In any case, don't expect the protagonist to have a strong sense of morality.

3. Note the tag [Amnesia]: the gong sealed the shou's memories.

4. The whole story is written in plain, straightforward language.

Theme: Love is waiting when you turn back.