The Three Realms' Number One White Moonlight

[Old Trickster: Fake Saint, True Immortal Venerable, Bottom x Stubborn, Brooding Puppy Disciple, Top]

[Xie Chenyuan (Bottom) x Lan Yu (Top)]

Blurb:

As the Supreme God of Purification died in the God-Burying Abyss, the last person he thought of was the disciple he had personally abandoned.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the mortal world. The good news: reborn, he had returned in the same body he had once possessed. Handsome as a jade tree, with a face as radiant as vermilion, he was unchanged, every bit as breathtaking as before.

The bad news: that face was simply too conspicuous. After traveling through the Three Realms and Six Paths, he was sure almost everyone recognized him. It would certainly make it easier for his enemies to find him, saving them the trouble of asking around.

If, unfortunately, someone did recognize him...

Xie Chenyuan calmly replied: Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, running away is the best.

Hopefully no one would notice him, the universally disliked background character.

But as luck would have it, he had only just escaped alive from the Ghost King's foul, smoke-filled cave. He hadn't even caught his breath when he looked up and came face-to-face with an old acquaintance: his precious disciple, whom he had raised himself centuries ago, now wearing an expression that said, "Who are you?"

Xie Chenyuan: "..."

Hey, I only want to drink tea in peace and live a quiet life. Is that too much to ask?

Xie Chenyuan had tried hiding, faking his death, and spouting nonsense with a perfectly straight face, hoping to shake off this clingy "trouble."

Unfortunately, he had personally raised a disciple with an iron will. No matter what tricks he tried, the boy seemed set on extracting an answer from him.

At last, beside a stream where peach blossoms blazed in bloom...

Xie Chenyuan's breathing faltered. As his spiritual energy circulated, he accidentally let slip a trace of his most primal Dao resonance, one that belonged exclusively to him at the height of his former power.

It hit like a thunderclap.

A usually composed and self-possessed young disciple suddenly froze in place.

The breeze stirred, scattering petals through the air.

In the stillness, all that could be heard was his dry, almost broken voice, struggling to force out two words in disbelief: "...M-Master?"

Xie Chenyuan: Is it too late to run? Asking for a friend. It's urgent.

And so, the Three Realms' number-one beloved moonlight finally failed to escape one particular disciple's "debt collection." In short, it's the story of an old geezer who starts off with nothing but a rotten life and gets to work, casually screws over a kid, and loses his secret identity faster than he loses his morals.

Immortal Venerable's PS: Rebirth comes with risks. Be careful when you screw over a kid.

Short blurb:

In the battle between immortals and demons at the Soul-Burying Abyss, Xie Chenyuan, once the Three Realms' number-one beloved moonlight, died spectacularly. His soul scattered, and no one mourned him.

Three hundred years later, rumors spread that the Immortal Venerable had come back to life, but no one believed them...

Until one day, a pretty Immortal Venerable, still wearing his original face and carrying the Imperial Sword, had his secret identity exposed in the street by his own little disciple.

Xie Chenyuan looked at the assembled bigwigs of the Three Realms and gave an awkward laugh. "What a refined gathering. How lovely to see you all here."

The bigwigs of the Three Realms, who had gone half-mad searching for him, gritted their teeth. "So all those glances we were throwing your way for a century were wasted on a blind man, huh?"

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Don't ask. He did it on purpose.

Reader's Guide:

1. Mostly serious in tone. The romance comes later, but there's no angst. The disciple has several identities, but every single one is a brooding puppy.

2. Results are up to fate. This story won't be serialized for profit; I'm writing it to fulfill a dream. The plot and romance may move at 3x slow motion. Skip if you're bored. Feel free to criticize, but please be gentle. Thank you~3.~

Theme: The true path of righteousness is to protect all living beings