No Path to Immortality, Only a Sinful Bond That Breeds Demons
When Jiang Wuchen dragged his bloodied body up the three thousand white jade steps, all he wanted was a chance at immortality.
In the eyes of the world, he was a "mortal-born, tainted soul". Even the spirit-testing platform could not reveal a trace of spiritual light in him. Yet at the sect's disciple-selection ceremony, the Xuanji Mirror trembled and roared. The ancient divine mirror revealed the hideous demonic markings on his body, along with the blood debt of his previous life, when he slaughtered an entire immortal sect.
The True Lord Qingming, Su Yuyao, was the most aloof sword cultivator of the Yuqing Sect. His wide sleeves swept up wind and snow, and a single sword strike could quell the mountains and rivers.
Everyone said he was as bright and clear as the moon, but none knew that beneath this immortal's fair exterior lay a mean streak. His rough past on the streets had made him quick to take revenge, and Jiang Wuchen was the reincarnation of his sworn enemy from a past life.
"I will use cold jade marrow to suppress your demonic nature and guide you to immortality."
Su Yuyao lowered his eyes with a faint smile and drank the wine offered by the youth, right from the bloodstained tips of his fingers.
Was it salvation, a trap, or revenge planned over the course of a lifetime?
Demonic markings devour the heart; love and hate burn together.
Jiang Wuchen gritted his teeth and practiced cultivation while toiling in the medicinal fields, yet Su Yuyao's constant torment drove him to the brink time and again.
"Master... why won't you let me go?"
"Let you go?"
Su Yuyao pressed the Jinghong Sword to his throat.
"What are you, anyway?"
A patient, darkening disciple x a cruel, unhinged master
The author is a morally chaotic troublemaker who writes for fun. The kid doesn't know any better.
Mostly silly, with no angst. It's a brain-off wish-fulfillment story, so feel free to leave your brain at the door.
In short: just enjoy the ride.
Theme: Blood feuds from a past life become captivity and redemption in this one, with a forbidden master-disciple romance where good and evil trade places.