The Declining Huazhai

The god Xianmu intercepted an imperial decree and gained a mansion, a ten-thousand-year-old divine beast, and the love she had lost in her previous life.

Before she came down to the human world, rumors said that a "vicious beast" at the Hua Mansion specialized in "eating" gods. Any god who came to the Hua Mansion by imperial decree was sure to meet a gruesome end!

Only after arriving did she discover that the so-called vicious beast was merely a ten-thousand-year-old auspicious beast that had been injured and unable to heal for a thousand years. Since she was the ninth god to live at the Hua Mansion, she named it Xiao Jiu. Once it recovered, the truth behind the rumor that it "ate gods" would come to light.

When she's home, Xiao Jiu says: "Master, I want my din-din~~" (Sobbing little monster~~~)

When she's away, Xiao Jiu says: "Obey me and prosper, defy me and perish~~ Awooo!!!"

The Hua Mansion is a residence coveted by the human world, the heavenly realm, the training realm, and the demon realm. The human world wants it moved up to the heavens as soon as possible, so the heavenly realm can deal with the "vicious beast" at the Hua Mansion. Meanwhile, the training realm and the demon realm have long coveted the beast's ten-thousand-year spirit pill.

The training realm wants the spirit pill to protect it and hone its powers.

The demon realm, on the other hand, wants to claim it for itself.

But once Xianmu moves into the Hua Mansion, no one can approach it without her permission!

No realm other than the heavenly realm can shift the Hua Mansion from its location. But before this is discovered, the heavenly realm must wait three years for the human world to complete its effort to move the mansion into the heavens.

Once Xianmu arrives, everything changes.

The heavenly realm and the training realm have a strained relationship over a certain matter. If Xianmu hadn't continued to keep in touch with the training realm after descending, the mystery of the eight gods who entered the Hua Mansion by imperial decree and then vanished without a trace would never have been solved!

Xianmu's career flourishes, and love soon follows.

A bond left unfinished in a previous life continues in this one...

By chance, Xun Luqing of the training realm, after becoming its leader, met a god. The god predicted that although his career would prosper, he would neglect his romantic life along the way and lose the love of his life, ending up forever alone.

But he didn't believe it. He thought fate was in his own hands, not predetermined. His purpose on this journey was to rescue that god and ease tensions between the heavenly realm and the training realm. But after an accident, he fell into an abyss (in truth, the god had done it on purpose).

He was reborn, back to the time before he became leader of the training realm, when he'd only just resolved to become its leader...

He couldn't let the same fate happen again. He hid his true abilities and played the fool, all to find a chance to leave the training realm temporarily and go to the Hua Mansion!

Before meeting Xianmu, he had a clear goal and didn't believe what the god he'd met in his previous life had said. But after meeting Xianmu and gradually spending time with her, he... began pursuing love.

Before you read:

1. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is coincidental. The settings exist to serve the plot, so please don't compare them to real life. Hope you enjoy reading! Thank you.

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3. The story is being updated again. Chapters that have not yet been replaced with the updated versions are temporarily locked. Thank you for your patience.

4. This synopsis was written on April 7, 2026, and saved.

Theme: Don't hurt yourself because you're worried about what others think.