#LBH: And if doing so I can protect someone who matters to my Shizun that's all the better

[mikkeneko]

not to start on another WIP when I'm still in the middle of the current one, but I may actually write this one, because I have a beginning scene I like (SQH waking up from a blackout drunk episode to find SQQ asleep on his floor... and SQQ also asleep in his bed) and a middle scene I like (OG!SQQ getting reverted into a nine-year-old) and another middle scene I like (SQQ dropping baby Shen Jiu off at YQY's place to babysitting, and also loudly recollecting YQY's confession in baby Shen Jiu's hearing) and also an ending scene I like (OG!Luo Binghe showing up in their dimension to reclaim his runaway prisoner and having all of Cang Qiong Mountain, headed by Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe, standing up to defend baby Shen Jiu)

And, well, I can probably muddle through the middle bits

for some reason having a cracky svsss idea where SQQ and SQH get roaring drunk together one day and SQQ is seized with retroactive drunken outrage about the Shen Jiu/Yue Qi situation and decides something MUST BE DONE. so he borrows Xin Mo (don't worry about it) and goes on a cross-dimensional jaunt with Shang Qinghua to rescue OG Shen Qingqiu from the water prison

SJ revives just long enough to hear Shang Qinghua and Shen Qingqiu bickering over what the hell they're supposed to do with this interdimensional refugee now, and how this was all Cucumber's idea, yes but it's Airplane's fault in the first place, blah blah blah, and he has time to think "oh lovely, I'm being rescued by clowns" before he passes out

[delicioussshame]

So I wrote a SQH/SQQ ABO fic a while ago? Have an alternate take where LBH and SQQ don’t break up and deal instead.

“Is Shizun certain this is necessary?”

“Does Binghe think I'd leave him if it weren't?”

Luo Binghe frowns, displeased. “If Shizun really wanted it, I'm sure we could make it work. It's not fair that the one time my husband really craves sex, he goes to someone else for it.”

Did he really have to say it like that? It's not like Shen Qingqiu chose any of this! “Binghe! Don't be crude!”

“It's true! Even if I can't feel it the way Shang-shishu can, I'm not blind. Shizun gets tactile, he flushes, gets distracted and eager like he never is. It's a trial for me too! The least Shizun could do after being this seductive is invite his husband to bed instead of running away to offer himself to someone who doesn't deserve him.”

Shen Qingqiu sighs. They go through this every time the first symptoms of his heat start showing up. Binghe is convinced that this time will be the one where Shen Qingqiu's love for him will protect him from his need to get Shang Qinghua's knot inside of him.

The worst is, they tried. And Shen Qingqiu ended up crying out of frustration and fighting Luo Binghe off because he has no right to be touching him, he's not the one who should be there, where is his alpha?

Then Luo Binghe spent days crying, wishing he could have been born a normal human, an alpha, so that he'd be Shizun's mate. He couldn't help feeling rejected because that's what he was. And Shen Qingqiu was in no state to soothe his pain because he'd been too busy taking care of his own needs to mind him.

They made up after. They always do. Their feelings are true, no matter how their bodies react. 

It just doesn't make it easier.

It could have been so much worse though. Luo Binghe is so lucky Shen Qingqiu's alpha is such a pushover that he's fine with being cucked 99% of the year.

Well, it's not like Shang Qinghua doesn't have his own demonic husband who gets even less of human presentation dynamics than Binghe. It's just that, ironically, it makes things easier for him. Mobei-Jun doesn't understand how the alpha/omega bond works. He just knows Shang Qinghua has to fuck Shen Qingqiu sometime or he'll go crazy. He takes it as just another human quirk.

It has been an unexpected complication. Fucking mate systems. Shen Qingqiu had realised that Shang Qinghua could tell, somehow, when he was about to need him. He hadn't thought he'd feel it though. Apparently, when they tried to stay apart, Shang Qinghua had turned uncharacteristically bitter and aggressive to the point that Mobei-Jun had to physically restrain him from barging into Shen Qingqiu's room. By the time Shen Qingqiu escaped, Shang Qinghua had almost been as desperate as him. The sex had been… something else.

They hadn't tried again. Shen Qingqiu thinks they both knew this is how things would turn out. Neither of them was hoping for a second try. They did their best. It wasn't enough. That was that. Luo Binghe would have to deal.

“It can’t be helped. Binghe knows I’d choose him if I could, but I can’t. He has me all of the rest of the time.” He had been packing a few things before they became necessary. He’s not leaving quite yet, but he’s certainly been feeling… friskier than usual. At this level, he’s not averse to Binghe’s touch.

He closes on his husband and brushes their hands together. “He could have me now, if he wanted.”

Binghe grabs his hand tightly. “Shizun is unfair, offering himself like this to distract me, knowing I can’t resist him.” His mouth finds Shen Qingqiu’s neck and bites where he knows Shen Qingqiu likes it.

Shen Qingqiu whines and leans into his husband, his mind already fogging. “Binghe…”

Luo Binghe sighs. “How could I refuse my husband when he needs me? All I want is to be there for him, always.”

“Binghe doesn’t have to do more than he already is.”

Luo Binghe’s hands on his skin feel like relief. “Shizun should let me care for him as I usually do then. But he won’t. It’s too hard for him. I’ll accept it for his sake, but he can’t expect me to be happy about it.”

Shen Qingqiu doesn’t. He knows only too well how much Luo Binghe hate Shen Qingqiu’s situation. He’s aware that it’s not fair on him. Shen Qingqiu has felt guilty about this before, but he doesn’t anymore. Binghe chose this. He decided to pick a husband with a bond to someone else. Luo Binghe has more liberty in this than him. He could leave and marry someone else. For better or for worse, Shen Qingqiu is stuck with Shang Qinghua.

He doesn’t blame Shang Qinghua for it. He’s sure his fellow cultivator would also prefer to keep to his own husband, but it’s not an option for either of them, so they must accept their fate.

In the meantime, all he can do is take advantage of his current state, where his inhibitions are slowly fading away, to offer his husband a side of himself usually buried. Shen Qingqiu willing and eager is enough to clear Luo Binghe’s mind of worries, for a while.

Eventually, Shen Qingqiu will have to leave to find relief in someone’s arms, and there will be no one to soothe Binghe’s loneliness. He will have to remember that Shen Qingqiu will return, and that they will be each other’s again when it’s over.

But until then, Shen Qingqiu will remind Binghe’s his heart is his, and his only.

[phoenixtakaramono]

So I'm here to say that I really love your Bingyuan fic! The research you do for it and share with us is just amazing! I also have a q regarding LBG. From SV we know that he felt admiration for his Shizun so do you think that if SJ wasn't cruel to him LBG's admiration would've grown into love and attraction like it did in LBH's case for SY? Which then also raises a question: would LBH/LBG fall in love with any Shizun who was kind to him? Or was he just drawn to SJ's type of personality. WDYT?

Hi there, Anon! I’m glad you’re liking the Untold Tale! Thanks for reading! I think it lowkey helps when the story I’m writing (in general) is from a culture I’m familiar with and that I know some of its language nuances (just general Mainland dialect; I’m unfamiliar with Shanghainese, the Beijing dialect, etc etc). So fortunately for me, as someone who is Chinese but was born in the Western side of the world speaking Mandarin to family and friends, emulating the Chinese aesthetic and atmosphere in TUT comes a little bit easier to me than someone who did not grow up with this culture. I bet if I had been raised in China, I would be able to write something even more multilayered and deep but, alas, the youthful rebellious me of the past hadn’t taken my pinyin and Chinese character writing lessons seriously so I can only communicate verbally and understand audibly 😫. It’s very special for us writers in fandoms to be able to write a story of a culture that we actually know and can identify with. But high key it’s been immensely fun injecting some references of things I’ve come to notice from watching period C-dramas and the C-novels I’ve read, and I’ve come to learn interesting things about Chinese history and mythology even I didn’t know! So the story really writes itself.

Shen Jiu (OG!Shen Qingqiu)

To answer your question 🤔, to be honest this is why the SVSSS fandom is great—because there’s so many interpretations of the original source material. That’s why we have our headcanons and fanfictions to explore these many different possibilities. So for me personally, I can see it happening both ways: *1) LBG does develop a crush/falls in love with SJ, or 2) no matter how SJ treats him LBG regards him respectfully or coldly. I think Possibility 1 is more likely, since SY transmigrated into SQQ and we saw what happened with “Bunhe.”

Now, mind, for Possibility 1 to be more likely to happen, the SJ in PIDW will have to undergo a massive personality change/ a change of heart/ develop a good conscience and will need to clean up his image aka clear up the massive misunderstandings from PIDW canon (like him being mistaken as a pervert for Ning Yingying, visiting whorehouses, killing LQG, etc). It’ll be difficult though considering who Airplane has changed SJ into for his stallion harem novel (reading through SVSSS, my impression of PIDW besides it being the harem stallion novel is that it sounds similar to a “dog blood plot,” where audiences tune in to see how the villains are brought to justice). I literally have a line from TUT in a future chapter where SY says this about SJ since I will resurrect SJ and bring him into the story for closure:

People like Shen Qingqiu naturally had a set of deeply-rooted values. If one wanted to change them, it’d be easier to just have them reincarnate. (—TUT, ch???)

At his core, he’s a flawed man (which makes sense with the underlying cycle of abuse theory, considering his upbringing and backstory). He’s jealous and petty and prickly. His image is that of a proud and cold immortal. In Chinese terms, he’s the type of character archtype who I can see being àojiāo (definitely not canon characterization; this is just a stray thought that amuses me) in a romantic relationship.

LBH will have to recognize that^, or be in a position where he finds SJ’s caustic side endearing instead. He will also have to be extremely patient with him (although, since the joke in SVSSS is that LBH is an incurable M, it shouldn’t be that hard).

A fun thing about OG!SQQ is that he’s the cannon fodder scumbag villain of PIDW. He’s the reason LBG blackened from a white lotus. And, as you know, villains aka antagonists aka bad boys resonate strongly with people for a reason. That’s why we see a lot of Enemies to Lovers tropes, etc. It squicks me to use this phrase but “the allure of dating a ‘bad boy’ is strong.” SJ is that type of bad boy we could identify as a “fixer-upper project” (ugh, that phrase)—even with the red flags and warning signs—especially for those said to have a troubled past with rejecting neglectful parental figures/ family members/ friends and have have not outgrown their wish to convert that sort of person into a loving, accepting person. When we want something we can’t or shouldn’t have, our desire for it grows exponentially. In fanfiction this is a concept writers and readers can explore safely in a world of the imaginary.

From a Meta Perspective

Although, if we look at it meta-ly, the cold and proud and/or knowledgeable Shizun (teacher/ master) character who comes to know love and “is redeemed” by whomever is the love interest (typically a cute and quirky girl who may or may not have started off as naive to the innerworkings of the Cultivation World and therefore needs an established and mature mentor to guide them) is a very well-known archetype for a reason in Chinese fan culture.

Seeing a terrible person change their ways and try to become a better person because of the influence of the one they love is also a popular depiction for a reason.

It’s almost like gap moe. The crueler and aloof one starts out as (arrogance is a staple), the more impactful the shift is when we see such characters soften their edges.

The draw of the sacred master/disciple relationship is that it’s taboo, so I think it’s fair to say that such a relationship in fiction is a popular trope precisely because of this aspect. From a writer’s perspective, the main appeal is to show that there is someone out there who can cause this respectful figure to lose control (undergo emotional change) and go to great lengths to protect his/her precious person. That precious person also has to fall into the “not like other girls” trope (so they can show the ML a different world he would not have seen the beauty of before). On the other side, we look forward to the point of the story where the love interest has their “Oh” moment and realizes their admiration has somehow shifted into love and attraction over the course of events.

Other Romantic Possibilities

It’s very likely. I personally like the fanon headcanon where anyone with Heavenly Demon blood running through their veins feels a compulsion to “obsessively fixate on one person” (TLJ —> SXY, LBH —> SQQ). Personally I don’t recall if this was canon or fanon, but someone had written something about LBH imprinting on one person in his lifetime on the account of his demon nature. And I like that theory (I think it’s likely more fanon than anything but it’s an intriguing idea full of possibilities!).

For him to fixate romantically on one person, I personally don’t think the prerequisite is just by being kind to LBH (but it probably adds to the person’s appeal). There’s probably other factors that go into this to capture the male protagonist’s eye, such as him finding someone attractive (or passes his own personal standards) and/or having good chemistry with that person. So I could see him being into other Shizuns and whomever else. Personally I also think there is appeal in the unobtainable. It’s one thing to have someone’s affection (see LBG and his harem of 600 wives who definitely aren’t shy about giving him affection), but it’s another to know you’ve earned the affections of someone you really like and respect (especially if it’s someone thought to be unobtainable).

As long as the writer can provide a plausible justification for me to suspend disbelief and they set up events to justify it, I can swallow just about any ship possibility. It doesn’t necessarily have to be SJ’s type of personality. (For example, I read a very good fanfiction before where the writer paired Luo Binghe with Ming Fan. Ming Fan, people!!! And they actually pulled it off! What a madlad! Mind, it’s Shen Yuan who had transmigrated into MF in that premise, but the writer set up events that showed how these two characters came to bond and develop a deep friendship which inevitably had LBH developing a crush on his shixiong. I use this as an example because this is the type of unexpected (crack)ship, but because the writer did their work trying to make it seem plausible, we can only admire their hard work and effort at pulling it off.)

As the saying goes, there are plenty of fishes in the sea! As the protagonist, LBH/LBG can have many OTP possibilities with just about anyone as long as the writer can make it plausible. It’s all about the character development and the story/ central themes they wish to tell with the ship!

(Note, these really aren’t hot takes, lol. I’m just having fun answering to this casually from the perspective of a writer. Thank you for your Ask, anon!)

[grandmasterofwangxiancultivation]

SV ch.62

it’s already here. wow. *sweats profusely* IF LBH DOESN’T WAKE UP HERE-

Zhuzhi-Lang said, “Master Shen, please pardon me.”

Don’t! A thousand times don’t! I got into this miserable state when you wanted to thank me, now that you’re apologizing, can I even hope to live!?

SHIZUN I ABSOLITELY LOVE PLS MARRY ME. GUYS HOW CAN I LAUGH THIS HARD WHILE BEING SO FREAKING WORRIED-

EDIT:

Luo Binghe was still sleeping in that coffin, so the blood wreaking havoc in his body could only belong to someone else. Tianlang-Jun said, “Peak Lord, this shouldn’t be the first time you’ve drank Heavenly Demon’s blood, how come you’re still not used to it?”

I KNEW IT

FUCK! AAAAAAH i’m so mad right now can these two please stop being assholes and let my babies the fuck GoOoO-

EDIT 2: okay wHAT

Tianlang-Jun sighed, “Even in this state you can walk so many steps, Peak Lord Shen is willful and resolute, truly an extraordinary person. I should say, you’re even willing to throw away your own life for my son?”

Suddenly, Zhuzhi-Lang said, “My lord, I… this subordinate can’t keep holding on.”

Before his words had fallen, Shen Qingqiu felt the pain suddenly dissolve, his whole body lightening. Right away, he broke into a frantic run. Seeing that he was suddenly able to run away, Tianlang-Jun said, astonished, “Isn’t your blood able to restrain him?”

Zhuzhi-Lang was also at a loss. “Before, I was able to restrain him. But this time I can’t, I don’t know the reason!”

one sec they are like muahahah we got you, i was even getting emotional for the fact that shizun is in fact risking his life also to keep lbh safe my heart MY HEART, and then zhuzuhzuz just pops out with i can’t hold on anymore and I WANNA KNOW WHY WHAT HELPED SHIZUN TELL MEEEEEEE

EDIT 3:

After carrying on for this long, he was already approaching his body’s limits, lingering on the fringe of collapse, his knees turning to jelly. However, he didn’t fall to his knees but was firmly supported by a hand, half carried and half held up.

His head dizzy and his eyes blurred, his gaze focused upwards.

In the murky darkness of the stone corridor, it was impossible to see the face, but a pair of eyes burning with fury and a shining scarlet demon mark shone clearly through the gloom.

PòWEKKG HE IS HERE

HELP

YESSSS

COUNT ON LBH TO ALWAYS ALWAYS MAKE THE BEST ENTRANCE A NOVEL WILL EVER SEE. GO BABY. KICK THEIR FREAKING ASSES AND GET YOUR HUSBAND OUT OF THERE

EDIT 4: 

He said, blandly, “Are you alright?”

Luo Binghe’s tone was still somewhat uncharitable. “Alright? What alright?”

Seeing him full of vitality, he was most likely fine. This being the case, he’d, at last, managed to repay a little favor to Luo Binghe. Shen Qingqiu nodded. “Then that’s good.”

me internally, reading: i swear these two are impossible. they areobviously worried for each other, but they have two radically different ways of showing it. lbh just goes and yells at him and is full of rage and sparky reddish eyes and can’t keep his anxiety at bay, and in shizun’s eyes it looks like he is angry at him, which lbh maybe is, a bit, but not in that sense -he was just worried sick he’d lose him again and ready to kill whoever did that to him. on the other hand, shizun voices his worry and tries to reach for him a bit, but can’t seem to see past lbh’s anger for now? so he sulks and turns away and yea, that’s it, he actually likes when lbh was all affectionate, there you go shizun.

me, from the outside: this- they- WHY ARE YOU TWO- omg i can’t- LBH YOU FUCKER STOP YELLING AT HIM, DON’T YOU SEE HE WAS WORRIED, YOU ARE TWO, S A Y I T REPEAT AFTER ME “SHIZUN SORRY I WAS TERRIFIED THEY HAD DONE SOMETHING TO YOU I LOVE YOU” iT’s NoT tHaT hArD rIgHt-

EDIT 5:

To exit the Holy Mausoleum, the Xin Mo sword and Luo Binghe were both indispensable, without either one you could only randomly wander around the inside. But, he had risked his life to drag him this far and got a faceful of yelling as a result. It would be pointless to stay there and sulk.

He hadn’t walked a few steps when the energy-draining candles suddenly lit up. The faint candlelight illuminated his side profile. Luo Binghe suddenly reached out to pull on him. “Are you crying?”

*chokes*

hanji.exe has stopped working

EDIT 6: EXCUSE ME DID I SUDDENLY FORGOT HOW TO READ IS SHIZUN   C    R   Y   I   N   G SOIFJGEOIWRJGPOWERKGPOEWRKG NO OKAY WHO TOLD YU YOU COULD MAKE SHIZUN C R Y   I CAN’T EVEN SAY THE WORD OUT LOUD IN THE SAME SENTENCE WITH SHIZUN HE IS CRYING???????

“IN LOVE BUT IN DENIAL” IS THAT YOU????????

EDIT 7: i love/hate how there is always a good excuse for shizun to react to lbh only for there to be another reason

yeah right WHAT A COINCIDENCE

The anger that had just been in Luo Binghe’s voice disappeared without a trace. He said tensely, “So to say, when I heard Shizun crying earlier, it wasn’t fake?” 　　 Shen Qingqiu flew into a rage out of humiliation. “Crying, what crying, I don’t know!”

(SO HE HEARD SHIZUN CRY? DOES THAT MEAN HE FELT SHIZUN HUG HIM?

P L E A S E  IT’S THE ONLY THING I NEED IN MY LIFE RN)

EDIT 8:

The more he looked, the more apprehensive his expression grew. Right now there wasn’t any place on Shen Qingqiu’s body that was safe to look at. He was nothing but a lump of wounds and blood, seriously a spectacle too horrible to endure. Luo Binghe remembered that before he lost consciousness, Shen Qingqiu was clearly in perfect condition. His voice shook. “This… was all for… me?”

Shen Qingqiu was going to start spitting blood. If not him, then who?

(OMG ARE THEY ACTUALLY MAKING PROGRESS? LOOK LOOOOOOOK MY BABIES ARE USING SPEECH TO COMMUNICATE!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO PROUD.)

He couldn’t say this sort of thing, and he always disliked making a big deal of bestowing affection and showing scars in the past, so he could only spit out four words: “Your hand, let go.”

Luo Binghe changed his face in the blink of an eye, softening. “I won’t let go. Shizun, don’t be mad, I was wrong.”

(*inhales* BABY. HE WON’T LET GO. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH FIDHGOIEJRGOIEJRIOEGJOIRJGERI)

Having been sent off, Luo Binghe once again latched on to him like sticky candy, you couldn’t even pry him off. “Shizun, why don’t you hit me. You can beat me up to vent your anger, how about that?”

Someone come help me, there’s an incurable M here, who can come lock him up–

(guys let’s keep it pg-13- or not. i am totally okay with going further than that *wink wink*

and anyway, lbh, you can’t solve everything like that-)

EDIT 9:

After wearing him down for quite a while, Shen Qingqiu said helplessly, “…You’ve always been like this, crying and admitting your faults but you’ll die before you change your ways. What use is it?”

At this point, Luo Binghe was almost sobbing. “Won’t it be enough if I change my ways? Shizun, don’t abandon me.”

Seeing him in this good-for-nothing state, if not for the fact that he was still worrying about the bumps he left earlier Shen Qingqiu really wanted to give him a few smacks on the head. Was there something wrong with his teaching methods? How did he raise a crybaby? Luo Binghe, the demon king incarnate, likes to hang on to his Shizun’s clothes and wail when there’s no one around – if he were to tell about this who would f***ing believe it!?

OKAY THIS IS THE USUAL PATTERN EXTRAS AND FF ARE SET ON, AREN’T THEY BEAUTIFUL LIKE THIS? SHIZUN DON’T ABANDON ME 

MY HEARTTTTTTTTT

is shizun finally starting to come to terms with the fact that lbh is not the original one?

EDIT 10: MY BABY WAS WORRIED HE WAS BEING ABANDONED I CAN’T GUYS I CAN’T

I GIVE UP

I CAN’T

EDIT 11: 

Luo Binghe continued, “Just now, I didn’t do it on purpose. I don’t know why,obviously I didn’t actually believe it, I didn’t want to say that sort of thing, but in front of Shizun, I never could control myself. I know I’m being embarrassing and losing face, but knowing that Shizun never threw me away but was protecting me all along, that I wasn’t just dreaming this whole time, I’m so happy…”

OKAY LBH CAN YOU SLOW DOWN OR DO YOU REALLY WISH FOR MY DEATH WHO DO YOU THINK I AM, AN ICE QUEEN?

*sobs*

EDIT 12:

He slowed down and said, “Then, you really are alright now?” 　　 Luo Binghe promptly nodded. “I’m alright.” 　　 Just then you were burned so severely, but now you’re completely fine? Shen Qingqiu was quite skeptical and pressed his hand to his forehead, turns out it really was cool and smooth. Shen Qingqiu wanted to retract his hand, but Luo Binghe covered his hand with his own, refusing to let him pull away. His eyes gleamed below their folded palms.

(OH MY GOD

I CAN’T BREATH. WE LIKE BOLD LBH SO MUCH-)

This expression was too familiar. This was precisely that look he saw on that perfect little sheep following him around and eating grass every day on Qing Jing Peak, the young ray of sunlight Luo Binghe.

(i’ll die i know this is how i die shizun is thinking back about little binghe and my life now has a meaning worth living for)　　

Shen Qingqiu’s face was going to turn red under his stare, but he couldn’t bear to tear his hand away by force. Doing such a thing when the other was so happy and colored in excitement would really be giving him a slap on the face.

IS SHIZUN TRYING NOT TO BLUSH? I CAN’TNSIOGWRIJGOIWRJG I AM IMPLODING RIGHT NOW OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG BLUSH AND KISS HIM NOW he is so protective of lbh omg my heart i can’t breath-

EDIT 13:

Outside of the Mausoleum, the scene was bathed in light. Without prompting, Luo Binghe reached out a hand to support Shen Qingqiu.

As a matter of fact, it really had been a long time since they had had this sort of normal interaction.

i feel so lucky to be alive and be able to read this

EDIT 14:

Luo Binghe suddenly said, “But, other than hearing Shizun cry…” 　　 Shen Qingqiu smiled faintly. “En? Who was crying?” 　　 Luo Binghe immediately changed his tune. “Other than hearing someone cry, there was also this strange feeling.”

(OMG PLS DON’T TELL ME HE FELT- *giggles*)

He said quietly, “What sort of feeling?” 　　 Luo Binghe shook his head. “… I can’t say.” 　　 “Does it hurt?” 　　 “It doesn’t hurt, it’s very…”

He hadn’t finished speaking, his face showing a bewildered expression, looking down at himself. 　　 Shen Qingqiu: “…” 　　 Sky pillar hello, sky pillar goodbye!

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH MY LUNGS- MY CHEST- HELPPPP- so you’re telling my he felt shizun palming him but he didn’t feel him hug him all the time?!?!?!?! PRIORITIES, I GUESS

LOOK HOW CUTE AND EMBARESSED THEY ARE AAAAAAAH

EDIT 15:

Earlier, Luo Binghe was not quite pleased when he was not able to shatter them into pieces, but now that they had delivered themselves on a silver platter he was quite satisfied. His knuckles cracking, he fixed a glare on Zhuzhi-Lang, growling, “You dare feed my Shizun your blood.”

*swoons* LUO BINGHE. LET THEM SEE.

EDIT 16: WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING TO MY SHIZUN OMG CAN YOU FREAKING LEAVE HIM ALONE I AM SO TIRED OF THIS

DO YOU THINK HE IS A HOSPITAL, WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT KIND OF BLOOD IN HIS BODY!??!?!?!?!??!?!??!

Who else but him would be drinking Heavenly Demon’s blood like Red Bull? Who else but him would have drunk three different Heavenly Demons’ blood?

i love him.

EDIT 17: OF COURSE IT’S A CLIFFHANGER AGAIN

*throws her pc on the floor*

iF tHeY kEeP hUrTiNg ShIzUn I AM GOING TO UNLEASH DEMON LBH LEVEL 9023859032485092384923 AND THEN IT’S YOUR FREAKING BUSINESS-

[grandmasterofwangxiancultivation]

SV ch.59

i am finally finding a bit of time to sit in front of my pc and read this freaking chpater, you’ve been teasing me, but i’m ready now sovjoirjgw

After a pause, he continued, “Those two people from just then aren’t easy to deal with. Even if Shizun doesn’t want to stay at my place, I still hope that you will not go with them.”

i love when lbh tries to act cool but the only thing his mind thinks about is protect shizun protect shizunifjirjfisdofw

EDIT: sooooooooo... lbh doesn’t know that’s his father? wow okay

EDIT 2: okay okay wait my heart toppled over in, like, five lines!!!! shizun is feeling feelings for lbh that make him wanna help, so he tries, but light goes out and lbh just crashed over him IS THIS A SHOUJO MANGA? lbh you are too much for my little maiden heart to handle

EDIT 3: i’ve been thinking about it and i was rightx that rain was toxic!!! and lbh PROTECTED HIS SHIZUN WITH HIS BODY!!!!! THIS IS MORE THAN LOVE, THIS IS PURE DEVOTION, OMGGGGGGG, NOW SHIZUN’S HEART RESEMBLES THAT OF A MAIDEN, BAAAAAAABE

EDIT 4: 

Shen Qingqiu reached out a hand and touched him. His forehead and cheeks were both scalding hot like he had a fever. But there was no way that the concept of a ‘fever’ would exist in Luo Binghe’s body.

SHIZUN IS TOUCHING IS FACE. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

also, A FEVER??? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BABY?

EDIT 5: shizun is touching lbh all over soijvsopkefpowfk

Shen Qingqiu placed a hand behind Luo Binghe’s head and massaged the area that had just knocked against the wall.

“Binghe, can you hear me?”

THIS IS SO SOFT OMG i need them cuddling together snfowjef

EDIT 6: shizun thinking about how many hardships lbh suffered to get there and my heart just warms in front of it ‘cause really, i love lbh so much i can’t even begin to cry, i just hug myself and pray for a lbh in my life-

EDIT 7: SHIZUN FIGHTS AND PROTECT LBH AT THE SAME TIME

*breathes in, breathes out*

i feel like... like he sees him a bit like his disciple again, it makes me feel so freaking emotional omg.

EDIT 8: 

He originally wanted to stuff Luo Binghe inside a different coffin, but he didn’t have time for that anymore. Hugging Luo Binghe tightly, Shen Qingqiu flipped the two of them over and they tumbled simultaneously into a stone coffin.

(I AM SORRY WHAT

THEY ARE LAYING IN A COFFIN TOGETHER?!?!? SQQ IS H U G G I N G LBH GUYS OKAY I NOW IT’S FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSE BUT THEY ARE HUGGINGGGGGGGGG

IS THIS MXTX’S IDEA OF A ROMATIC TIME??? WHAT’S NEXT, A DATE IN A GRAVEYARD?!?!?!? BLESS THIS I AM IN LOVE)

Luo Binghe was on top, Shen Qingqiu on the bottom.

(ptf. as if we needed you to confirm that, shizun-)

EDIT 9:

Shen Qingqiu remained calm, lying on his back. Luo Binghe pressed down on top of him, face-down, his head buried in the hollow of Shen Qingqiu’s shoulder. The heat spread onto Shen Qingqiu’s neck, so hot that it was uncomfortable. Even he felt uncomfortable, so Luo Binghe must naturally be even more uncomfortable.

i mean, i know. okay? i know. they are running away from strange candle-like things and hiding in a coffin and there is no need to get all excited because LBH IS LAYING ON TOP OF SHIZUN OMFG OMG OMG yup, no need whatsoever to become so giddy and happy and laugh like an idiot 

LBH’S HEAD IN THE HOLLOW OF SQQ’S SHOULDER, my head tells me that’s cuddling enough-

EDIT 10: lbh’s mark on his forehead is flashing, i dunno, this make me laugh so much-

EDIT 11: 

He couldn’t free his hand to cover that disastrous mark. He subconsciously turned his head abruptly and pressed his lips against Luo Binghe’s bright and clean forehead.

It actually looked sort of like he was kissing Luo Binghe’s forehead.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH OMG OMG OMG OMG OKAY SQQ’S LIPS TOUCHED LBH, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, IT’S HAPPENING, WHO CARE HOW AND WHY, THAT’S A KISS.... SORT OF... BUT... SDKFJWPOFOPWE 

WHAT IS THIS CHAPTER DOING, SQQ FUMBLING AROUND WITH LBH’S BODY LIKE THIS WITH THE EXCUSE OF HAVING TO RUN AWAY I AM DOOMED

EDIT 12:

As its hand moved lower and lower, Shen Qingqiu grew tenser and tenser. It was about to touch Luo Binghe’s back when Shen Qingqiu gritted his teeth and extracted his right hand, which had almost gone numb, and pressed down on an area of Luo Binghe’s back that was still fairly intact.

With this push, Luo Binghe’s upper half pressed completely against him. Originally, there was still a small space between them, but now the two of them were basically one person, chest against chest, stomach against stomach.

(OKAY. I AM GONNA FAINT. THERE IS NO AIR OR SPACE BETWEEN THEIR BODIES.

OMG

*breathes irregularly* no, i really wanna see what sqq will tell himself about this. i am very curious.)

The stomach should naturally be the human body’s softest area, but Luo Binghe’s abdomen jabbed terribly hard into Shen Qingqiu’s. The more he pressed down, the more he was convinced that Luo Binghe definitely had an eight pack. It was hard enough to kill someone.

(I AM LAUGHING SO HARD I CAN’T EVEN BREATH, ABS THAT KILL PEOPLE???? ARE YOU GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THOSE ABS, SHIZUN? WHAT A STRANGE THING TO NOTICE AT SUCH A TIME, DON’T YOU THINK.)

EDIT 13:

When Shen Qingqiu saw that it was about to touch Luo Binghe’s calf, he hardened his heart and parted his legs, allowing Luo Binghe’s left leg to land between his.

*SCREAMS SILENTLY*

IS MXTX LISTENING TO MY PRAYERS, MY IMAGINATION OR ANYTHING? IS THIS A GIFT?

LET LBH WAKE UP.

LET HIM WAKE UP RIGHT NOW I AM BEGGING EVERY GOD IN THE UNIVERSE FOR THIS

EDIT 14:

Their position right now was truly too unseemly. If someone poked their head over and saw them, they would think that Shen Qingqiu was someone burning with desire for sure, holding onto Luo Binghe firmly without any intention of letting go like he was doing all he could to squeeze him into his embrace.

how is it that you don’t sound so troubled by it, shizun-

EDIT 15: there it is, another demon character ready to have tea with the main one. this uncomfy/calm atmosphere in the worst situations is one of the things i love the most about mxtx’s novels

EDIT 16: who did you say is on the brink of death from serios illness. who. I DARE YOU TO REPEAT IT, BUT BEFORE THAT JUST WAKE LBH UP AND SHOW US EVERYTHING IS FINE OMG

EDIT 17:

The Dream Demon rambled, “Serves this brat right. In the past five years, he wastes his energy summoning the soul all day long and recklessly slaughters his own creations in his dreamscape at night. I’ve long since instructed him that doing so would be the same thing as destroying his own primordial spirit. Sooner or later, this day would come. In order to preserve your flesh Seed body during these past few days, he wasted his spiritual energy, and that demon sword was just waiting for an opportunity to revolt. What’s more, he forcefully broke into the Holy Mausoleum, and faced off directly against the most gifted descendant that the demon race has seen for generations.”

Shen Qingqiu gripped Xiu Ya sword so tightly that it hurt. He looked back at Luo Binghe, who was lying unconscious in the coffin, and said, “… Elder has no way of awakening him either?”

I AM CRYING LBH WENT THROUGH SO MUCH FOR HIS SHIZUN AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT SHIZUN IS HEARING ABOUT THIS RN I HOPE THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD FOR THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND IMPROVE THE WAY SHIZUN SEES LBH 

MY BABE, LOOK WHAT HE DID JUST TO BE WITH HIS SHIZUN AGAIN OSJFOPWKFW

EDIT 18:

Shen Qingqiu opened his eyes and sighed. “But right now, besides me, his Shizun, who else can protect━or should I say, will protect Luo Binghe?”

(BESIDE ME, HIS SHIZUN, HUYS I SWEAR MY HEART JUST BURST OUT OF MY CHEST AND WENT TO THE HIGHTEST SKYSCRAPER IN THE WORLD TO JUMP DOWN BECAUSE THAT’LL ACTUALLY HURT LESS THAN THIS -and it hurts so good omg-)

Chaotic emotions came thick and fast. Shen Qingqiu’s thoughts were in turmoil, but he was very clear about one thing: no matter what, he couldn’t leave Luo Binghe to die here.

The Dream Demon said coldly, “After so many years, you’re finally willing to acknowledge once more that this brat is your disciple and that you are his Shizun?”

Shen Qingqiu: “It has indeed been a very long time.”

(IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS I CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN I AM SOBBING SO HARD)

He was still waiting for the Dream Demon to continue ridiculing him mysteriously, but that old man suddenly gave a sigh. He said, “If this brat could wake up and hear what you just said, I wonder how happy he would be.”

(EVEN HIS MASTER-DEMON KNOWS!!! this is truly perfect)

EDIT 19:

Shen Qingqiu’s face was full of black lines. What did he mean, “if he could wake up��? This kind of uncertain-about-life-or-death tone just made him even more uneasy, okay!

look at sqq being scared and fearing for his cutie’s health. 

like- who told you to do this to my heart? who?

EDIT 20:

The Dream Demon’s anger suddenly surged up, and he shouted loudly, “I’m clearly this brat’s Shifu, how many things have I taught him?! Ah?! The ability to know everything under the sky, the method to control people’s hearts! But he refuses to call me Shifu; all he ever says is ‘Elder,’ ‘Elder’! You’re just some average cultivator that taught him a few superficial fighting moves and one or two coarse mental cultivation methods, yet he chases after you crying and calling for Shizun! It’s infuriating!”

YES YES YES GIVE US MORE PROOF OF LBH’S DEVOTION, LET SHIZUN HEAR, THIS IS TOO GOOD, TOO BEAUTIFUL, THIS IS ALL WE NEED AND MORE AOJFSPOAèAPFJK

EDIT 21:

He was about to fight back when the Dream Demon started to walk back and forth across the coffin, hands behind his back, saying with agitation, “If I had secretly eliminated you back then in the dreamscape, this kind of incident wouldn’t have happened today. This brat was originally a talent with great prospects ahead of him, but the moment he met you he became this good-for-nothing that only makes people angry. He stubbornly continues to put on an act in front of you too, pretending not to feel anything! If it were up to me, he should either just kill you or do you. Putting up such a fuss, wavering in between━it really makes someone mad when they see it!!”

I LOVE MASTER-DEMON EVERY SENTENCE MORE. THANK YOU. ‘cause if it weren’t for scenes like this, sqq would just conveniently keep to ignore the truth, which is a big N O P E. 

lbh loves his shizun so much, that he stubbornly continues to put on an act in front of you too, pretending not to feel anything totally killed me and i don’t know if i’ll have the strength to read the rest of this novel without crying and wanting to hug lbh and just push these two together PLS-

EDIT 22:

Thank heavens, that bothersome old Dream Demon spirit finally agreed to let him go. Shen Qingqiu was about to sit up in a single movement when his right leg suddenly seemed to brush against something that poked stiffly into his inner thigh.

(NO. YES YES YES YOU’VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME OMG-)

Shen Qingqiu thought it was a sword hilt at first and absent-mindedly stretched out a hand to go push it aside. He had just touched it when the System’s announcement suddenly exploded:

【YOOOOOOO~~Cool points +1000┏(┏^q^)┓~ Congratulations for obtaining the achievement “Physical Relationship Development”!!!】

(AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH SHIZUN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, HOW HARD MUST LBH BE FOR YOU TO EXCHANGE THAT FOR THE HILT OF A SWORD I AM DYING HELP I CAN’T FEEL MY LUNGS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY ANYMORE-)

EDIT 23: HE CALLED IT SKY PILLAR I CAN FEEL DEATH DESCEND UPON ME MY LUNGS STOPPED WORKING

also, he doesn’t know what to do and if he should help or just leave everything as if he didn’t notice it and you’re telling me I NEED TO WAIT NEXT CHAPTER TO FIND OUT!?!?!?!??!?

[grandmasterofwangxiancultivation]

SV ch.50

oKAY BREATH IN BREATH OUT WELCOME HOME (i was blissfully ignorant of this update cause i wasn’t home), ME, SV CH 50 IS OUT

EDIT: sqq trying to kick lbh away and lbh getting “hell no shizun” and diving in again only to back up a bit and call him “shizun” thank you mxtx, my life is complete. NEXT ON OUR SCREEN: HOW SQQ’LL REALISE HE IS IN FACT GAY FOR LBH

He didn’t raise the male protagonist into an asexual, and it wasn’t a problem of him being masochistic either. The truth was far more terrible than those options: he had raised the male protagonist into being gay aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!

AND WHAT A WONDERFUL TEACHER 

EDIT 2: SOMEONE BROKE IN. I’M GONNA GO AND SAY IT IS BEAUTIFUL BROTHER LQG

EDIT 3: i KnEw It-

EDIT 4: OKAY SHIZUN GOT INTO PROTECTIVE MODE (over lqg? yes, but fight me and say it’s not over lbh, too), HE CAN THROW A FIT AT ME AND SAY THA’TS NOT TRUE BUT

Dammit. Liu Qingge just had to come at this time. There was no way Shen Qingqiu could throw him to the completely broken down Luo Binghe who was in the middle of throwing a fit, right?

NOT TRUE? AOJDIOPAJSDIOW WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO FOOL SQQ-

EDIT 5: 

Luo Binghe himself was only wearing his inner clothes, looking like he had just gotten up from his bed. His black hair was scattered and loose, his clothes disorganized, his neckline crooked and open. His face was pale white but his lips carried a touch of bloody red. Cold light flashed in his eyes, the ghastly energy exerting immense pressure. The cutting edge of his sword was exposed and his posture was one of preparation for battle.

omg i think he is beautiful

EDIT 6: wAIT WAIT

Instead of saying it was a person, it would be better to say it was “a body”: completely lifeless, head hanging down, limbs weak, but very soft. It was wearing a thin layer of inner clothes. The collar had slipped below the shoulders, revealing half of a back as white as paper.

IS THAT SQQ’S BODY MAYBE? IS IT? LQG SEEMS SO ANGRY, AND WHO ELSE WOULD LBH WANT TO SLEEP (sleep sleep, not sex, omg, i’m not into necrophilia) WITH

EDIT 7: OKAY IT HAS TO BE SHIZUN’S BODY

Shen Qingqiu was completely speechless. Two people—to be specific a living person and a dead person—who were not wearing covering clothes as they rolled down from a place similar to a bed and hugged into a ball——no matter how one looked at it, it didn’t seem like anything positive!

that’s... incredibly suspicious, but honestly i don’t think lbh would be into that, he probably just misses sqq a lot? IT’S OKAY BABY DON’T WORRY HE IS  R I G H T  T H E R E if only sqq would tAlK- 

EDIT 8:

During their rough and tumble duel, that body’s clothes loosened and slid down to the waist, and Luo Binghe’s palm directly attached to the fair flesh. Liu Qingge’s eyes turned completely bloodshot: “Brute, no matter what, he is your Shizun!”

Luo Binghe calmly said: “If it were someone else, do you think I would do this?”

OH MY GOD-

EDIT 9:

His brain was as full of holes as the surface of the moon, but he had never once imagined there would come a day where he became one of the main characters in this hardcore PLAY. The one held in Luo Binghe’s arms……was indeed dead, right? Absolutely correct, because that was his corpse, alright?!

okay, like, but think about it. you find someone sleeping with your corpse and you are right there and just- aside from the fact that you are literally looking at your corpse omg, i bet that’s be strange af. 

I love how shizun freaks out in his head while outside he is stoic and emotionless

EDIT 10: SHIZUN SENDING SPIRITUAL ENERGY TO LQG, Y E S

mxtx are you trying to make me ship these two

EDIT 11:

Even after Luo Binghe was forced to let go, his line of sight remained firmly stuck on that body, and his face showed unwillingness and helplessness. Seeing his expression, Shen Qingqiu abruptly could not bear it. Using this method to force him to let go felt a little bit like they were bullying him.

nO mY bAbY-

OKAY BUT???? THIS IS SO SAD???? CAN YOU STOP HURTING LBH PLS, HASN’T HE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH???? 

SHIZUN CAN YOU FREAKING TELL HIM YOU ARE ALIVE THANKS A  L O T

EDIT 12: OKAY OKAY OKAY THIS IS SO STRANGE AND INDEED PROVOCATIVE BUT NOT HOW LBH SAYS IT IS 

sqq caught the corpse, he is literally holding himself in his arms, and omg this is so strange what the hell i’m loving every second of this. but sqq’s dead body is half naked and lbh is like yOu ArE tOuChInG mY sHiZuN, which- which is A BIG NOPE, since this scene is described as 

Added to how he was touching and looking at it…. It was overall an extremely unhealthy and rather provocative sight.

so i just imagine two sqq in lbh’s eyes, one dead and one alive, and think why can’t lbh suddenly understand everything and jump sqq and be happy, why are you throwing this angst at us-

He hurriedly pulled up the corpse’s clothes and sent this hot potato towards Liu Qingge: “Catch!”

in the meantime, these two children are playing volleyball with a dead body. you know, like zombie-haikyuu

EDIT 13: why did lqg feel some kind of electrical current touching sqq’s dead body, but shizun didn’t? or did i miss it?

EDIT 14:

Zheng Yang, Xiu Ya.

These two broken swords had once shared a common destiny and been shattered in countless pieces. It was unclear how they had been repaired, tied together, and placed in the Huan Hua Pavilion.

okay who asked you all to hit me like with angst-

EDIT 15:

Seeing these two swords once again, Shen Qingqiu felt an unclear taste rising in his heart and looked at Luo Binghe. His clothes had originally been untidy in the first place, and now after this wave of bombardments, his well-defined clavicle and chest were all exposed. On his chest wall, a hideous sword scar approached his heart.

Luo Binghe’s self-regeneration ability was extremely strong. Even if his limbs were cut off, he could seamlessly re-attach them, and even re-grow them without a problem. Unless he deliberately chose not to heal them, there were no wounds he couldn’t completely recover without even leaving a scar.

NO. OKAY STOP THIS ANGST RIGHT NOW. 

wait, no, maybe shizun will realise how strong lbh’s feelings are, it may work, bUT MY HEART-

(LBH YELLING THAT HE SPARED LQG’S LIFE FOR SHIZUN’S SAKE IS SO HEART WRENCHING I CAN’T DO THIS IF SQQ DOESN’T COME CLEAN WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS ALIVE PLS SHIZUN GIVE. HIM. HOPE. BACK.)

EDIT 16:

Luo Binghe originally wanted to attack, but he unexpectedly felt his heart quake—the backlash of the Xin Mo sword came out of the blue and slowed him down by a hair. Just from this missing hair, he could only look on helplessly as Liu Qingge left with Shen Qingqiu’s corpse under his arm.

*sobs* now shizun will help him by sending him his spiritual energy and fill the void caused by sqq’s dead corpse disappearing before his eyes.

right?

RIGHT?

EDIT 17:

Shen Qingqiu had been planning to take advantage of his daze to fish in troubled waters and slip away. But when he saw this situation, for some unknown reason, his heel stuck to the ground and that flash of unbearableness grew more and more intense.

OMG PLS SHIZUN.

those are your feelings telling you what the right thing to do is, LISTEN TO THEM AND Go To YoUr LbH-

EDIT 18:

The problem came with this untimely softening of his heart. He had not successfully snuck away when Luo Binghe suddenly turned his head, those two violent red eyes fixated directly on him.

sHiT sHiT *nervous energy*

*sweats heavily*

EDIT 19:

He wanted to tell him: “Don’t be this sad, Shizun is not dead.”

D O  I T  FREAKING Do It PlS sHiZuN-

I DON’T HAVE THE STRENGHT TO GO ON, I’M SO FRIGGING SCARED

EDIT 20:

The figure moved with remarkable swiftness, wrapping up Shen Qingqiu and leaving like a whirlwind.

whaT-

what happened? someone came with lqg and helped him, but who? are they the same person that just helped shizun? thank you for the help, stranger, but YOU DIDN’T REALLY HAVE TO, SHIZUN WAS GONNA CONFESS.

(no, okay, ty for saving him bUT-

also, i feel so bad for hualing, babe-)

HOW CAN THE CHAPTER END LIKE THAT