The Heavenly Tribulation Is a Trial of Love

Xue Zheng x Xiao Xuan

A cool and devoted disciple top x a cautious, taciturn master bottom

"You are the tribulation of love written in my fate."

"Then I'll stay with you and help you pass through it."

There is a good sect in the cultivation world, but it has one unwritten rule: "Those who fall in love must die, and their executioner must be their master." The sect is called Heartless Peak.

Heartless Peak has an immortal master who is revered as the greatest in the cultivation world. He stood head and shoulders above all others at sixteen and was given the immortal title Xuanzhen. He had publicly declared that he would never take a disciple, yet he made an exception the first time he saw him.

The disciple fell for his master at their very first meeting. The longer they spent together, the deeper his feelings grew. Just as he was preparing to confess, the strict sect leader discovered them and forced him to the Cliff of Severed Affections. No matter how reluctant the master was to let him go, he could not bend the law. He was forced to kill his disciple with a single sword strike.

Everyone believed the disciple was dead. Everyone except his master. He had survived, and came to harbor a different kind of hatred for his master. Ten years later, he returned to Heartless Peak, changed in both manner and personality, and the first person he sought out was his master.

Theme: A tribulation of love is more than desire. It is also a bridge to self-understanding and redemption