The Loyal Dog Top Never Confesses, Pretends to Hate Him, Then Goes Crazy

[A possessive, artifact-wielding top who dates while carrying a debuff and even gets jealous of himself x a bottom with unmatched combat skills who was killed just as he was falling in love and returns for revenge]

Three hundred years ago

Li Xingyao was a peerless genius, with swordsmanship and looks both second to none.

Mo Chen was the useless one in his sect, with pitifully low cultivation and a life of constant mistreatment.

They were worlds apart, but through years of devoted companionship and the loyalty to risk his life to protect Li Xingyao, Mo Chen won his heart. Li Xingyao blushed and took the initiative to confess his feelings.

But what Li Xingyao never expected was that his words, "I love you," would be answered with a cup of poisoned wine and a sword through the heart.

After Li Xingyao died, Mo Chen took on his appearance and claimed his fortune, ascending to godhood in a single stroke.

The more Li Xingyao's vengeful spirit thought about it, the angrier he became. He refused to reincarnate, descended into the ghost realm, and swore to avenge himself.

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Three hundred years later

Li Xingyao became the lord of the ghost realm and returned to the mortal world.

He tricked Mo Chen into the ghost realm, drawing him into a revenge game that began with lies, unfolded through torment, and would end in death.

Yet from the very start, this revenge proved far more difficult than he had expected. The reason was simple: damn Mo Chen was acting all wrong!

The quiet man who had once smiled gently, his eyes soft as spring waters, had become sharp-tongued and aggravating.

Worse still, he said he wanted to fight Li Xingyao to the death, yet treated him more preciously than anyone else did.

Unable to stand Mo Chen's just-as-ambiguous attitude as three hundred years ago, Li Xingyao kicked him to the ground.

Li Xingyao snapped, "What exactly are you trying to do? If you don't like me, why do you keep flirting with me?"

Mo Chen was at a loss for words. He couldn't exactly tell his enemy that he was desperately in love with him.

He had watched Li Xingyao in silence for over a decade, shared a secret night of passion with him, and in the end had gone completely mad because of him...

Reader's guide and content notes:

1. Important: This is not a story about punishing a scumbag! And it does have a happy ending.

2. There's more to the story. The top, Mo Chen, has always loved the bottom, Li Xingyao, deeply. He never meant to hurt him.

3. There is a body-double trope, but no messy love triangle. It's one-on-one throughout.

4. Most of the romantic turmoil takes place three hundred years ago: they fall in love, but it ends in tragedy. Three hundred years later, they're still mutually drawn to each other in a complicated way. The top pretends to hate him, while the bottom genuinely does. Between them, they can't manage a single honest sentence. They spend their time acting, provoking each other, and refusing to back down until one of them is dead.

Theme: Staying true to yourself through every twist and turn