Can We Still Be Enemies After Becoming Cultivation Partners?

I. Pei Qinghuai once saved a young man in the Demon Realm. The youth came from an immortal estate, born with immortal bones and destined for greatness, but after being framed by villains, he had fallen into such a sorry state. Pei Qinghuai was born and raised in the Demon Abyss, yet he yearned to cultivate immortality. He did everything he could to help the young man escape the Demon Realm, hoping that once the immortal lord returned to his estate, he might help Pei Qinghuai rid himself of his demonic bones and set out on the path of cultivation. But the immortal lord repaid kindness with betrayal. The moment he left the Demon Abyss, he abandoned Pei Qinghuai and even ordered his men to throw him out of the immortal estate. How outrageous! What gall! Just because he was an immortal, did he think he could bully demons as he pleased? Did he not know how terrifying a good demon could be once he turned dark? Pei Qinghuai turned and walked back toward the Demon Abyss without looking back. II. The moment Xie Chenkong fell into the Demon Abyss and laid eyes on Pei Qinghuai, he knew the little demon was trouble. And the best way to deal with trouble was to nip it in the bud. He should crush the little demon to death. But when he put a hand to Pei Qinghuai's neck, the little demon suddenly turned into a ball of demonic mist, slipped out of his grasp, and punched him in the face, cursing, “Bad person!” The little demon seemed not to know he was a demon. Xie Chenkong scared him so badly he couldn't turn back into human form, and then he cried and demanded that Xie Chenkong take responsibility. Xie Chenkong thought: He's just a little demon. I can always kill him later. And so began his life in the Demon Abyss, raising a little ball of demonic mist: patching up his hammock, braiding his hair, making him lanterns… and teaching him to cultivate immortality. That was, until he took the little demon out of the Demon Abyss. Back at his sect, his fellow disciples told him Pei Qinghuai was his tribulation of love, and to overcome it, he had to sever this ill-fated bond. The people of the immortal sects were also saying that Pei Qinghuai was a demon by nature, an evil fiend, and that the Xie clan, the foremost family among the immortals, had a duty to rid the world of him. Xie Chenkong didn't understand what they were talking about. A tribulation of love? Rid the world of him? Pei Qinghuai was weak and adorable, sweet and innocent, and couldn't even kill a chicken. He was the wife Xie Chenkong had known since they were nobodies. Xie Chenkong gave a brutal thrashing to everyone who badmouthed his wife in front of him. But when he got home, he discovered that his wife was gone. Thinking something terrible had happened to Pei Qinghuai, he hurried out to search for him. But no matter how far he traveled, he couldn't find any trace of the little demon. Then news came from the Demon Realm: its tyrannical, despotic leader had been killed and replaced. And the new Demon Lord was none other than his weak and adorable, sweet and innocent wife, who had never even killed a chicken: Pei Qinghuai. After leaving home for years, Pei Qinghuai had turned the Demon Realm upside down and made enemies of every immortal sect. He no longer smiled at Xie Chenkong as he once had, and repeatedly went out of his way to oppose him. Later, the war between immortals and demons broke out. After causing a whole heap of trouble, Pei Qinghuai faked his death and ran away. Before he fled, Pei Qinghuai leaned against Xie Chenkong's arms, barely alive, and said, “Now there are no more annoying demons opposing you. Are you happy?” Xie Chenkong clenched his teeth, his blood-red eyes fixed on Pei Qinghuai. He said nothing. III. After faking his death, Pei Qinghuai slept for years. He couldn't remember a thing about his past life and began a peaceful new life in a secluded paradise. Then one day, he had a dream. In the dream, a group of people treated his sect as a demonic cult and called him the Demon Lord. His senior brother stood against him, at each other's throats and utterly at odds. He even led the immortal sects to storm Pei Qinghuai's lair and take his life. When Pei Qinghuai woke up, he looked at his senior brother, Xie Chenkong. They had been betrothed before birth, grown up together, and become cultivation partners as soon as Xie Chenkong came of age. Pei Qinghuai had a bad feeling about all this. …If we'd been cultivation partners, would we still count as mortal enemies? (Is it too late to run?) An innocent, nonhuman bottom who seems sweet but turns ruthless x a possessive, unhinged husband of a top Reader's Guide: 1. Xie is the top and Pei is the bottom. No switching or breaking them up. One-on-one, happy ending, and they only ever love each other. 2. The main story opens after the fake death. Flashbacks begin in Chapter 8. Coming soon: Runaway Bride After Marrying the Ghost King Su Chi transmigrates into a book as a sickly, foolish beauty and a cannon-fodder villain in the cultivation world. Perfect looks, negative intelligence, frail as a willow, coughing every few steps. He spends all his time tripping up the protagonist, and in the end, gets the deluxe sacrificial death package. To stay alive, Su Chi decides to cling to the protagonist's coattails. After a series of efforts involving acting crazy, playing dumb, and pretending to be cute and obedient, Su Chi successfully becomes the most pampered, useless freeloader in the protagonist's group. Life goes smoothly, but then the ultimate villain appears: Yan Miao, the future Ghost King, a sinister, perverted monster with maxed-out intelligence and godlike combat skills. After looking everyone over, the villain abducts the most useless member of the protagonist's group: Su Chi. Su Chi thinks he'll be left to wander a mass grave, but when he opens his eyes, it's his wedding night. He's dressed in a bright red wedding robe, and the villain is wearing one just like it. With his pale hand holding a nuptial cup, the villain calls him his wife. Su Chi: Bro, what do you see in me? Villain: Your face. Su Chi: So you're marrying me for my looks? Su Chi pulls out his old tricks to deal with the man. But no matter how he acts crazy, plays dumb, or pretends to be cute and obedient, none of it works on the villain. The villain only wants him, just as he is. With no other choice, Su Chi pretends to be dead. · Yan Miao once fell into a muddy pit and was saved by a sickly man. He and the invalid became husband and wife. Later, Yan Miao recovered from his injuries, but his little wife disappeared. The Ghost Lord searched the whole world and still couldn't find him. Then, six hundred years later, he met Su Chi. He knew his wife had returned. Only, his wife seemed to have a little trouble with his memory. Instead of rushing into Yan Miao's arms like before, telling him how much he'd missed him over the past six hundred years and asking how he'd been, he turned pale with fright and ran for his life. Not only had he forgotten Yan Miao, he'd also gotten involved with some other man, laughing and chatting as if he were having the time of his life. No matter. Yan Miao could just bring him back and marry him all over again. They had loved each other so deeply before. Su Chi would remember in time and come around. Six hundred years later, his wife has learned to act sweet and obedient. The villain loves it, but doesn't dare show it too much for fear Su Chi will think he's being improper. Until one day, Su Chi fakes his death and runs off with another man. Yan Miao: Be proper. Be proper. Be proper. Damn it! · Su Chi seems to have once saved an ordinary man and married him. One day, he discovers that his husband isn't human at all, but a ghost. No matter. The ghost treats him well enough, and people can make a go of a romance between the living and the dead if they turn a blind eye now and then. Later, Su Chi discovers that his husband isn't just a ghost, but also the ultimate villain from the original story: the king of all ghosts, so murderous that he'll kill indiscriminately whenever he's in a bad mood! …Who wouldn't run from that? That damn ghost dared to toy with his feelings! A sickly beauty bottom who's only trying to survive x an ultimate villain top who's determined to win his wife back One-on-one, happy ending, and they only ever love each other A goofy, sweet little story with the author's kinks running wild - Theme: Do good and be kind. Even in the direst circumstances, you can turn the tables against all odds.