Wen Yan transmigrated into a melodramatic cultivation novel called Abyss of the Spirit Void, becoming a hated demonic cultivator.
The good news: After ten years, he finally completed the System's mission. When Shi Qingyan fell from grace, Wen Yan humiliated him terribly, reducing him to nothing and paving the way for the male lead to become the Lord of the Spirit Void.
The bad news: After exploiting a bug in the System to complete his mission, Wen Yan died amid a great upheaval. He thought he had "finished the job and made his exit," but instead he was reborn a hundred years later...
The even worse news: A hundred years later, Shi Qingyan had replaced the male lead and become the revered Lord of the Spirit Void!
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"A dragon is no creature of the pond. Give it a little rain, and it will soar to the clouds."
Born beneath auspicious purple clouds, Shi Qingyan began cultivating at five, reached Foundation Establishment at ten, and formed his Golden Core at sixteen, making his name known across the lands.
This heaven-blessed prodigy fell from grace after a secret scandal and became everyone's laughingstock. His Golden Core was cut out, his cultivation destroyed, and he was cast into the harsh wastelands, where he suffered every hardship imaginable, as lowly as an ant.
Then one day, Wen Yan, the demonic cultivator hated by all, abducted him in public, imprisoned him in the Demonic Abyss, and tormented him. Everyone shook their heads and pitied him.
By day, Wen Yan mocked and humiliated him, saying it was a shame he was already ruined, or that with a face like that, he would have made a good cultivation furnace.
It was the first time Shi Qingyan had ever so desperately wanted to kill someone.
Later, Wen Yan even had someone gouge out his eyes and forced him to do the filthiest, most exhausting work.
Yet at night, he would secretly change identities, apply precious medicine to Shi Qingyan's wounds, and feed him the finest spirit pills.
Shi Qingyan never understood this, but he swore he would kill the demonic cultivator one day.
Then, amid a great campaign to exterminate the demonic cultivators, Wen Yan and Shi Qingyan vanished without a trace.
No one would ever speak his name again.
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When Wen Yan returned reborn, he never expected to become the male lead's number-one fanboy, his senior brother, a cannon-fodder character who dared to provoke Shi Qingyan during the power struggle between the male lead and Shi Qingyan, and who would "lead the charge" for the male lead.
No, no, he had never done anything like that. He swore he would keep his secret identity safe, stay out of the conflict, and wait for the plot to return to its original course.
But one day, he heard that Shi Qingyan's heart had been shattered and he had abandoned the ruthless path...
Wen Yan was shocked. Damn, someone actually managed to break the heart of cold and heartless Shi Qingyan? Who could be that amazing?
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One day, Wen Yan accidentally trespassed into a forbidden area of the Spirit Void and saw something beyond belief.
Wen Yan: What the hell! Why is my corpse here?
Wen Yan: What the hell! It's completely naked!
Then he saw Shi Qingyan, held in the highest regard by everyone, kneeling before an ice coffin, washing his hands and burning incense. His pale, slender fingertips traced every inch of "his" skin as he dressed "him" in a gorgeous red robe.
Wen Yan was shocked. What the hell, this scheming Shi Qingyan is humiliating me like this!
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Everyone knew that Shi Qingyan, Lord of the Spirit Void, was aloof and otherworldly, a peerless beauty beyond anyone's reach.
What they didn't know was that he was domineering, ruthless, sinister, and merciless.
Nor did they know that the bright and noble man he was now had once staggered through that great upheaval, carrying Wen Yan, the demonic cultivator who had taken a fatal sword for him, on his back as he crawled step by step out of the Demonic Abyss...
October 18, 2024
Theme: No hardship or danger can make us fear difficulty