*Xie Liushi had lost his heart.
He was an illegitimate son of the immortal sect, one they were ashamed to acknowledge, and had endured cold treatment since childhood. Only after joining Canglan Mountain did he find a little warmth:
His genius junior brother, unruly outside the sect, would escort him down the mountain on his sword and say he would always treat him as an older brother. The elder, aloof as the moon, would gently teach him cultivation techniques and promise to take him as a disciple...
But the person he loved most was his refined and otherworldly senior brother. They were in love, and were about to become cultivation partners.
Then, on the day they were to seal their bond and marry, those who had once doted on him joined forces to cut out his heart. Only then did he glimpse the truth:
He was an NPC hated by everyone. Those people had only been trying to win him over so they could use his heart to heal the person they loved, their moonlight, the son of the Tianmen Mountain Sect Leader, and gain opportunities to embark on the path to immortality.
He didn't want to die, but the pain of having his heart cut out was unbearable. Fortunately, his memories could be formatted.
When he regained consciousness, he had already forgotten why he had knelt outside his senior brother's door all night.
His spiritual meridians were severed, and he had nowhere to go. Snow fell over Canglan Mountain all night, and his world collapsed beneath it.
Only an immortal in white as bright as snow, with a vermilion mark between his brows, reached out to him.
*The useless invalid at Canglan Mountain, whose only good feature was his face, had finally been kicked out. At first, no one cared.
The first to notice was his senior brother, because no one brought him snow lotus from the bitter-cold realm every month anymore.
The second was his junior brother, because no one happily tied a jade-sap sword tassel for him anymore.
The third was the elder...
At first, they didn't take it to heart. He was only an NPC they could win over with a wave of their hands.
That was until they saw Xie Liushi take first place at Tianmen Mountain and walk, ears red, to the side of Venerable Yaoling, the foremost cultivator in the world. He didn't even glance at them.
Later, the senior brother, with the best chance of ascending in a century, was tormented by inner demons and begged him to marry him again.
The junior brother knelt and offered up his sword, eyes bloodshot with pleading as he called him "older brother."
The peerless immortal of Canglan Mountain also spoke in a frenzy, saying he would cut out his own heart to repay him and take him as a disciple...
Xie Liushi gathered in the spiritual energy around him and looked at them coldly. "Master, who are these people?"
*The Path to Immortality is a new 18+ xianxia mobile game. Winning over the frail NPC whom everyone despises is one of its easiest side quests.
The completion reward is quite interesting: you get his heart, and can refine him into a cultivation vessel to do whatever you want.
In the end, however, the ones who couldn't stop pining for him were several extravagant paying players, who willingly stayed in the game world even after regaining their memories.
But they had no chance of winning, because they couldn't even compare to how crazy Xie Liushi's master was.
*Cool, sickly beauty bottom x aloof immortal top, secretly unhinged
*From universally hated to universally adored, melodramatic love polygon and regretful exes seeking redemption
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