Love at First Sight

(Written in a burst of inspiration. Amateur writing, and the author often delays updates. Read at your own risk, read at your own risk, read at your own risk!!!!)

Also known as: "Fine, Professional Villains Have to Die Sometimes"; "Chasing Your Wife to the Crematorium? Hilarious, Not Happening!"; "Why Is the Villain's Redemption Arc So Weird in My Story?"

Also known as: "The Clever One and the Unlucky One"

Yue Xihan died, and died quite horribly.

Not only was his soul blasted to pieces by the Heavenly Dao, but his body was also taken away and surrounded by layers of barriers by his cultivation-world enemies, who were afraid he might rise from the dead and take revenge on everyone.

A true dragon, the supreme leader of the demon race, and the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, he began training in the sword as a teenager and reached the pinnacle at a young age, leaving others unable to match him. He had once been a stunning young prodigy, riding high on success.

What a pity. What a pity.

He spent his whole life fighting and carrying a notorious reputation, only to capsize in a gutter at the very end.

He also had a sworn enemy. They were as incompatible as fire and water, and couldn't stand the sight of each other.

To put it simply, the other man was a famously good-natured Buddhist cultivator, pure as a lotus and detached from the world. Though a monk, he was every inch the refined, elegant gentleman, beloved by all.

For all his cunning, only Yue Xihan knew that inside, this man was a lotus with a thoroughly black heart, one that "bit."

Why was he polite and distant with everyone else, yet when Yue Xihan was around, he acted as if even one glance would soil his eyes, doing everything he could to avoid him? If Yue Xihan managed to corner him, he wouldn't smile or speak, but would silently chant sutras on the spot. No matter how much Yue Xihan provoked and teased him, Xihuai stayed as still as a mountain in a storm. You say your piece, I'll chant mine.

Yue Xihan: (chattering away)

Xihuai: …

Sometimes, when the Master was truly annoyed, all he would do was nod.

His expression said, "Why argue with an idiot? Just smile and let it go."

Yue Xihan: @%#π*﹩...

Infuriating!

It's strange, Yue Xihan thought.

Was it really so bad that he once joked around with the man's hair?

So petty!!!

Of course, all this happened a long, long time before his death. Back then, he was still young, the lunatic crown prince whom the people of the demon realm had raised to a pedestal.

Then one day he gave his whole heart to someone, only to be stabbed in the back by the person he loved. In the end, that person really did reach in and tear out his heart. Still not satisfied, his beloved held the heart carefully and said:

"A-Han, wait for me. Wait until I return to my sect and report in, then I'll come save you!"

He left Yue Xihan sitting alone in the cultivation world's many deadly traps, abandoning him with righteous indignation as the world came crashing down.

Yue Xihan struggled for a long time, but in the end he still didn't die. He was lucky enough to escape that disaster, only to later be sent to his doom by a subordinate who turned against him.

A ridiculous, miserable life, brought to a hasty close.

Across all six realms and all living beings, he would not enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Yue Xihan was so angry he wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

One day, the board would be turned around.

Yue Xihan, dragged forcefully awake from his slumber: ...

Yue Xihan: ?

"For these three hundred years... more than 109,500 days, you searched all three realms because... you were looking for me?"

This time, Xihuai did not chant sutras at him as he used to. Instead, he smiled gently.

"It was only a little over 109,500 days," he said.

Yue Xihan's throat suddenly tightened. He instinctively took a few steps forward. "Why were you looking for me?"

After a long silence, Xihuai raised one hand in a Buddhist salute. "I would like an explanation."

He lifted his eyes. "Your Highness, why did you get close to me that day?"

Why? I was drunk and acting crazy. I grabbed your chin and gave you a sip of wine mouth-to-mouth to tease you, that's all.

Yue Xihan was about to brush him off, but there was nowhere left to retreat. The Master had cornered him.

It's over, Yue Xihan thought, his mind blank.

This Lord is about to fall for him again.

The story of a sharp-tongued couple in the early stages (not really) who end up together.

"If you reincarnate ten times, will you love me in all ten lives?"

"Why does he have such a short life in every incarnation?"

"Benefactor, his life is not short. If he had never met you, every life would have been long and blessed, and he would have died peacefully of old age."

It felt as if something were caught in Yue Xihan's chest. "And after he meets me?"

"After meeting you, he falls in love with you. He is not the one with a short life. You are."

"When you die, he has never lived on without you, not even in his first life."

A deeply scheming Buddhist cultivator who expertly disguises his gentle nature, with a warmth like a flowing spring, as the top x A beautiful bottom who follows unorthodox ways and pretends to be aloof. He seems to have had countless fleeting affairs, but in truth has barely had any at all, and is remarkably slow on the uptake.

Theme: Leave room for reconciliation, so you can fight again another day