One morning, Dongfang Yuan wakes from a dream and realizes he’s the chosen son of Heaven, Long Aotian himself, in a novel that combines the good-for-nothing, broken-engagement, and level-up tropes:
- Good-for-nothing trope: He was once a gifted genius, destined for greatness, until an accident ruined his cultivation.
- Broken-engagement trope: The genius becomes a good-for-nothing, and his betrothed kicks him while he’s down, publicly humiliating him and breaking off the engagement.
- Level-up trope: He hardens his resolve and breaks through to new levels of cultivation after repeated betrayals by friends and family, while collecting beauties of every kind and taking them all into his arms.
Dongfang Yuan: ...
So the chosen son of Heaven is doomed to be unlucky, destined to die alone, and a womanizer?
His cultivation being ruined is already a done deal, and his betrothed breaking off the engagement suits him just fine. As for his friends and family betraying him, who betrays whom remains to be seen. The future is undecided, and he’ll rewrite it himself.
As for the endless romantic encounters, thanks, but he already has someone in his heart.
After hearing that his friend was in trouble, Ji Mo Qingli rushes out of seclusion and races to Suyang City before his flying horse can drop dead. By pure chance, he arrives just as his friend is breaking with his family.
Seeing his friend covered in dust and with nowhere to go, Ji Mo Qingli waves a hand and brings him back to Qingsong City, settling him in one of his private residences.
At first, he only wants to give his friend a peaceful place to recover. But why is his friend’s gaze at him getting stranger and stranger?
There’s something about him that feels... like a calm madness, as if he’s thrown caution to the wind?
[The giver is unhinged in public and a scheming green tea in private & the receiver is gentle and beautiful, and unconsciously always takes the giver’s side]
Reader’s Guide:
1. This is a very traditional level-up power fantasy, with absurd amounts of satisfaction and no brains required.
2. This is a male-led romance!! The giver and receiver are equally powerful, the strongest at their level, no explanation needed.
3. There are side couples and friends, but the main story is still about the couple. This isn’t an ensemble story.
4. Cultivation ranks: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Body Integration, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcendence (Immortal Emperor). In this story, Immortal Emperors have the same lifespan as Heaven. Qi Refining runs from the first to ninth level, and Tribulation Transcendence and Immortal Emperor have no specific levels, only differences in strength. The other major ranks are divided into early, middle, late, and peak stages.
5. [Important] The engagement was arranged by both sets of parents after the giver was born. It was extremely haphazard, and even their families didn’t know about it. The giver himself didn’t know until he awakened his memories of the plot, so there is no cheating, emotional or otherwise!
6. This is definitely going to be a long one~
(I’m a country bumpkin. I just love this kind of thing, simple level-up stories.)
Theme: My fate is mine to control, not Heaven’s
