Shen Qingxue is the most beautiful person in the cultivation world. Frail and sickly, with average talent, he was nonetheless born with a face so stunning it made the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers pale in comparison.
He had never had a care in the world, for he had the most considerate cultivation partner, the gentlest master, and the closest of friends.
But one day, Shen Qingxue awoke with a strange memory.
He discovered that he was the sickly White Moonlight in a tragic novel. When his life was on the line, his cultivation partner, friends, and master had found a boy with a delicate heart who bore a slight resemblance to him, and had him bleed himself every day to cure Shen Qingxue.
That boy with the delicate heart was the novel's protagonist.
After Shen Qingxue died, the protagonist turned completely villainous. He used their love to seduce them, killed them all, then drank poison and took his own life. The story ended in tragedy.
After seeing all that, Shen Qingxue fell silent.
Fortunately, he had awakened to the truth early enough. The protagonist had only just joined the sect as a servant and hadn't yet caught anyone's attention.
So, late that night, Shen Qingxue braved the snow to find the dilapidated hut where the protagonist lived. Seeing the boy, now gaunt and emaciated, he sighed softly, took off his cloak, and draped it over the boy's shivering shoulders.
"Would you like to become my disciple?"
Looking at the person before him, as bright as the moon, the protagonist's dark eyes lit up. In a hoarse voice, he said, "I would."
Those memories also revealed that his cultivation partner wasn't actually indifferent to worldly desires. He simply worried about Shen Qingxue's health.
So Shen Qingxue began taking the initiative.
He also learned that his master wasn't as gentle as he seemed. His obsession with curing Shen Qingxue's chronic illness had left him suffering from severe headaches.
So Shen Qingxue started searching for medicinal herbs and studying medicine.
As for the friend who had a secret crush on him, Shen Qingxue couldn't split himself in two, so all he could do was counsel him time and again, hoping he would come to his senses.
Later, when Shen Qingxue saw that everyone he cared about was doing better and better, he finally felt at ease.
At least, even if he died, it would have been worth it.
But Shen Qingxue never imagined that these people would all go mad for him before his illness could kill him.
On a night when Shen Qingxue coughed up blood, the protagonist kissed his hair obsessively. "Master, if my heart can save you, then take it."
His cultivation partner made a life-sharing pact with him and kept him in their cave abode day and night, refusing to let him see anyone. "Qingqing, you're mine. You can only be mine."
His friend crossed the Three Realms to steal an Iceheart Lotus Platform for him, with just one condition: he had to divorce his cultivation partner.
His master went further still, falling into demonic ways and becoming a Demon Lord. He sought out a forbidden spell to change fate, forced his way into the cultivation world, and welcomed Shen Qingxue into his demonic palace.
Yet, looking at these people, so possessive or so obsessed, Shen Qingxue thought: If we could all stay together for the rest of our lives without hurting anyone else, that would be nice too.
He was willing to stay by their side forever.
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The Heavenly Dao fell into darkness and created countless incarnations to punish the world, only to be redeemed by the same person in the end.
That person, dressed in white, held his filthy, haggard face and gently told him not to do anything foolish.
Later, the Heavenly Dao returned to its rightful place and the universe was cleansed. From then on, a bright moon forever hung above the peak of the Heavenly Dao Sect, tenderly shining upon the beloved figure in white.
The gods love all people, but love Qingqing more.
Theme: Sincerity begets sincerity.