#and what if Liu Qingge didn't mind a little pain

[magabet]

What if I sketched vampire LiuCheng. what then.

[scribblestatic]

So, like, if you've read SVSSS far enough, you know about the Bingmei vs Bingge part. And there's all sorts of stories with Bingge (basically a PIDW Binghe, not SVSSS Binghe) finding his own shizun in various ways.

Well, what about if he manages to summon a Shen Yuan, but his soul is in Shen Jiu's body? Which, like, wouldn't really be a problem, except he's already been torturing Shen Jiu for a good while now and he's down an eye and all of his limbs are mostly stubs at this point. Thankfully he still has his tongue and penis, which, after so often demanding Shen Jiu be castrated, he's pretty jazzed that didn't happen.

Shen Yuan, being the absolute freak he is, probably wouldn't mind too much. After all, he'd read this part of the story and cheered it on. Just cause he's now experiencing it himself, doesn't mean the revenge was any less cathartic.

Though, well, the dreams he has about what Shen Jiu went through does dampen his enjoyment of his suffering (so many lives lost that he can do nothing about, so much torment that just cycled on because no one thought to seek help, because the world was built so firmly on cruelty)...

And perhaps he'd woken up sobbing at times, crying his apologies to Binghe as though he was the one who had done all those terrible things to him, but he didn't, but those dreams were so vivid and felt so real

The girls at the Warm Red Pavilion, were they okay? Shen Jiu never had sex with them, only kept company to avoid the boys when he couldn't sleep and trained them in the four arts and gathered information from them, gods, he'd misunderstood Shen Jiu and thought him a remorseless villain and enemy to women

Liu Qingge, fuck--

At least now he can help Binghe actually enjoy his life and perhaps stop the cycle of abuse from continuing. Besides, cool motive, Shen Jiu, still child torment. And though the results were quite drastic, it was the dog-eat-dog world of xianxia China, and life was generally unfair. No reason to make Binghe's life needlessly unfair on top of everything.

But yeah! Now that he's in Shen Jiu's body, he and Luo Binghe get to talk, and Binghe, for the first time in his life, experiences regret for his actions, because now his lovely new kind shizun can't card his fingers through his hair or twist little braids into it. Moreover, Shen Yuan somewhat mourns over the fact Binghe's hair is straightened--he loved reading about his bouncy curls.

So now, imagining that, after time, Shen Yuan becomes a more prominent figure in the empire, especially post-marriage. He has a lovely eyepatch and wears soft red, black, and gold clothes, heavy on the red and gold. This nearly limbless man helps Luo Binghe do his taxes and works out various tips on using beasts to the benefit of the empire and remembering small notes about other races that allows the Demon Emperor to be both magnanimous and fierce in whomever's eyes he meets.

Others can't decide if Shen Qingqiu's mind was utterly broken, if he was cursed to act against his own will, or if he was possessed by some strange spirit. Regardless, the realms have never been in such peace before now.

Moreover, Luo Binghe has started changing.

While he can never regain the height lost to a childhood full of suffering and a lack of nutrients, he can change in other ways. He actually eats healthier because Shen Yuan insists on having him eat as well. He steadily stops straightening his hair, letting his curls return until they're like clouds. His muscles grow in firmer and his chest broadens.

Also, as he and his kind shizun speak further, even though he explores the worst parts of himself and uncovers those dirty, evil deeds and the ways they truly hurt him, Xin Mo doesn't get the chance to latch onto them anymore. As painful as discussing those things are...releasing them is exceptionally freeing. So, a sense of inner strength and ease he never had before starts to settle in his body, and his qi, usually constantly battling, stabilizes more than before, his heart demons no longer so adamant or strong.

As a side-effect of both parts, he was already handsome, but now, he's even more so. A wise, secure man no longer so strongly gripped by hatred, lust, or greed. Someone unforgivable to many, but becoming okay with forgiving himself.

Indeed, what a man!

Which is kinda a shame for Luo Binghe's many wives, because he's been heavily trimming down on his harem. Political marriages are substituted for other exchanges, fervent troublemakers are sent back to their homes (the ones who dared to attack his A'Yuan are never heard from again, strangely), and wives who simply ask for divorce are granted them, receiving a hefty gift for at least being loyal whilst married.

So, previously, a harem once numbering into the hundreds falls to the tens, and the remaining ones are either ambivalent or antsy.

Then, as though to answer everyone's burgeoning questions, he names Shen Yuan his empress during a meeting and proclaims that they will make preparations for his crowning ceremony.

I feel like that'd really set off what remained of Cian Qiong Mountain Sect.

Hmm... I think I'll talk more about this later.

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Part 11+: links on Part 10

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[liushen-stan]

Liushen Week

(Late) Day 4: Energy/ Tied Up. Or, a rewrite of Shen Yuan saving Liu Qingge in the Lingxi Caves.

Read it under the cut or in AO3.

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'Why me?!'

Shen Yuan, now in the body of the infamous scum villain Shen Qingqiu, couldn't believe his luck. First, he was stuck with this shit role, and now that he just wanted a few months to strengthen himself to prepare for the future, he was forced to fight! And not one easy level 1 monster or minion, no, but the boss level Bai Zhan War God himself! Who seemed to have a buff called 'qi deviation'! He knew this happened in the story, but why did it have to happen now?

“Liu Qingge, snap out of it!” He shouted as he dodged the crazed Peak Lord. As every time he'd tried, his answer was a wild swing from Cheng Luan which he hastily avoided, thanking all the gods for Shen Qingqiu's reflexes.

It was clear that he couldn't defeat the Liu Qingge in a fair fight, so he didn't even consider it. Mind going a mile a minute, he decided that desperate times needed desperate measures. And so, using the first opening he saw, he struck Liu Qingge's chest with a burst of spiritual energy, sending the man flying to the other side. Swiftly, Shen Yuan ran towards the prone body, who had thankfully dropped his sword-

He shouldn't have underestimated him. Liu Qingge's eyes opened and, in a move that looked more instinctive than anything, took a sharp rock that happened to lay next to him and stabbed it in his left side. The pain nearly made him lose his grip on Liu Qingge but, with gritted teeth, Shen Yuan endured. Thankfully the bust seemed to have burnt away most of the corrupted spiritual energy, and now the Bai Zhan Peak Lord's depleted body was something he could handle.

“Could you just stay still, I'm trying to help you here!” He exclaimed as he tried in vain to take off Liu Qingge's upper robes to have access to his chest, but the man, though weak, still had enough energy to struggle and try to hit him with flying limbs. Fed up, Shen Yuan ripped a strip from his robes (a cultivator's strength was no joke!) and tied Liu Qingge's arms up to a convenient nearby rock.

That took care of one set of limbs, but what to do to avoid the kicks...? Suddenly, an idea occurred to him, and he blushed slightly, but seeing no other option he steeled himself and-

Sat on Liu Qingge's lap, effectively pinning the man down.

“This is just to save you,” he told the struggling man sternly as he finally peeled away the robes and placed his palms on his (warm broad) chest, “so you can't kill me later, okay?”

'Though this position is a bit...'

The sight of Liu Qingge, who even like this was a peerless beauty, tied up and pinned by Shen Yuan's body was- Shaking his head to dispel the sudden thoughts (where did that come from?), he took a deep breath to center himself and began to gently, as carefully as he could, supply a steady stream of qi into Liu Qingge's meridians, untangling them little by little.

Inwardly, Shen Yuan sighed.

This was going to take a while.

-

The first thing Liu Qingge felt when he opened his eyes was warmth. A gentle, warm stream moved through his meridians, bringing him a slow relief from the second sensation he became aware of: the all-encompassing pain in his body.

Slowly, his mind muddled, he became aware of a third sensation: a warm weight in his legs. Opening his eyes with great effort, it took a few blinks for what he was seeing to focus, and then a few more to process it because-

Shen Qingqiu. Seated on his legs, his hands on his bare chest, those deep green eyes staring at it with a strange intensity.

Liu Qingge recoiled.

“Shen Qingqiu! You- what-” He moved to shove him away, but to his horror he found his hands bound above his head, and his body too weak to do something about it.

“Stop moving,” came the command from the man above him. “This is delicate enough without you disturbing my concentration.”

“What are you-”

“Trying to save your life.”

That made Liu Qingge pause, even if it was due to incredulity. Did Shen Qingqiu think he was going to fall for that?

But then, blurry memories started to appear in his mind. Of him meditating, noticing something was wrong too late to do anything, his mind clouding as his meridians started to scream in pain...

A voice. Flashes of green robes fluttering away from the glare of his sword. A sudden torrent of energy impacting on his chest. A splash of blood.

“I... had a qi deviation,” Liu Qingge murmured, his eyes on the bleeding wound on Shen Qingqiu's side. Which he'd caused.

“En.”

“You're... trying to save me?”

“Obviously.”

“Hm.” He wasn't lying. The qi Shen Qingqiu was supplying him with was gentle, smoothing his meridians mangled by the qi deviation. Not knowing what else to say, and slightly ashamed of having suspected Shen Qingqiu of trying to kill him (though not regretful, his caution was justified as the man had tried to kill him in the past), Liu Qingge tried to stay still and let the man work, through a few minutes later he couldn't help but as to be untied as his arms were starting to feel numb.

“I'm almost finished,” was the answer he got. Liu Qingge huffed but didn't protest anymore.

It was... strange, to be so vulnerable with someone he didn't trust. His body, though still, was tense, prepared to defend himself the second the man above him made any foul move. Though with his body feeling as weak as a kitten, he knew that, realistically, there wasn't much he could do, and that only made him tense even more.

“Whatever you're thinking about, stop. You're making this difficult.” Liu Qingge glared, and Shen Qingqiu seemed to contemplate him for a few seconds before letting out a sigh.

“I'm not going to do anything to you,” he stated. “I would swear, but you don't trust my word, do you?” Qingge's glare was more than enough answer. “Then trust this: if I came out of here and you did not, everyone would suspect me of murder. And I'm not stupid enough to put myself in that position, especially since our martial siblings already dislike me. Can you trust that?”

The answer was yes. Liu Qingge could trust Shen Qingqiu to act in his own self-interest, and as he had said, if he walked out and Liu Qingge was found dead, everyone would know who would have been the culprit, so it was in his best interest to keep Qingge alive.

Now assured, Liu Qingge let himself relax slightly, enduring the tense silence that seemed to go on forever before finally, Shen Qingqiu took his hands from his chest.

“I did everything I could,” he said, eyes cold. “You should go to Mu-shidi-” he stopped and the look in his eyes changed... was that concern? “You're bleeding.”

Without moving from where he sat, Shen Qingqiu leaned forward, and in front of Liu Qingge's astonished gaze, he brushed a gentle hand through his head, though the jolt of pain he felt told him why Shen Qingqiu had done that.

“I will be fine,” he grunted.

“Head wounds can be dangerous, even to cultivators. Here, let me check there aren't anymore.”

And this was the moment Liu Qingge started to think this was all a hallucination caused by his qi deviation. Because Shen Qingqiu's eyes, while still intense, softened somehow as he carded through his hair, and Liu Qingge... didn't know how he felt.

It was... strange. With the assurance that Shen Qingqiu wasn't going to hurt him, his guard had lowered, and now Liu Qingge didn't know how to react to the sudden awareness of his body. The soft cloth around his wrists, the warm weight pinning him, the focused gaze, and the gentle hands carding through his hair, making his shiver slightly every time they brushed against his scalp... all these sensations mixed together and it was... it was...

Their gazes met, and Shen Qingqiu must've realized what position they were in, because he suddenly jumped away and off Liu Qingge with- was that a blush?!

“It seems there aren't any more wounds,” Shen Qingqiu said after clearing his throat a few times, and yes that was definitely a blush staining his cheeks a soft shade of red. He then untied Liu Qingge, rubbing his wrists absentmindedly for a few seconds before snatching his hands away as if burnt.

“Well, as this master said earlier, I recommend Liu-shidi to go to Mu Qingfan for treatment,” and the words that followed, about wanting to forget the past and for their relationship to improve from now on made Liu Qingge even more sure this was a hallucination. And then, after telling him he would only be a few caves away in case he needed assistance, the man finally left, leaving a bewildered Liu Qingge staring for a few minutes at the entrance of the cave, trying to reconcile reality with everything that had just happened.

[limywife]

So this idea was stuck in my mind for awhile....

Shen Yuan was Shen Jiu's younger brother. Shen Yuan absolutely adores his gege and wants to be just like him, fearless and cold. But Shen Jiu absolutely hates his mindset. Fearing that Shen Yuan might become like him, he starts pushing him away and starts spending most of the time with Yue Qi. Shen Yuan doesn't know what suddenly happened but he starts developing some type of feelings. First, it was fear. Fear that he might loose his only family. Then it was jealousy. He was jealous of Yue Qi because he spent most of the time with Shen Jiu and he looked like he enjoyed his time with him. Then it was anger. How could his own sibling leave him like that for someone that they just met some time ago ?

Getting frustrated, he decided to take make his brother and Yue Qi's life miserable. He started learning demon cultivation and left Shen Jiu and Yue Qi without any notice.

On one hand, Shen Yuan was fuming with anger and betrayal, while on the other, Shen Jiu was worried. Where did his little brother wander off to ? His heart felt a pang when he realised what he had done.

Now, after many years of hardships, Shen Yuan was finally strong enough. He was already famous in the three realms. Some feared him, some admired him. And Shen Jiu, now known as Shen Qingqiu was now a peak lord of one of the strongest sect. He still remembered the day his brother left and that moment left a scar on him that can never be healed cuz he knew he was at fault.

Shen Yuan attacked the Huan Hua palace and captured the palace master. He did this only to lure out his dear Jiu-ge, so he could finish him off, little did he know he would not be able to even face him.

All the other sects came to Huan Hua palace for defeating the demonic cultivator, but the disciples stood no chance infront of him. Even Liu Qingge, the war god was having a hard time. When Shen Yuan finally faced Shen Qingqiu, his feet stopped moving. He felt like he was frozen all of a sudden. What was he waiting for ? He can finally finish off the person who made him feel like an orphan, who made him feel like he wasn't needed in this world.

He could finish him right off but something, that he could not pin point was stopping him. Maybe it was the little amount of admiration left for Shen Jiu. But Shen Qingqiu didn't stop. He was now a peak lord who left his past in the past and started his new life on the peak. He saw Shen Yuan not moving and unsheathed Xiu Ya. He swung it forward, attacking Shen Yuan right in his heart.

Shen Yuan still was in a daze when he realised a sudden pain in his chest. He knew what happened, actually, he already knew what was going to happen but he decided to not move. He thought that it was his punishment to think of finishing his gege off. He thought he deserved it.

"Jiu-ge" he uttered with a smile, falling down to his knees and then coughing up blood. He started feeling dizzy and fell down to the ground with a thud, blood flowing from his chest and forming a puddle.

"Xiao Jiu-" Yue Qingyuan called out Shen Qingqiu. He finally snapped out of the daze in which he fell without even noticing. He analysed what he just did. Again, the same pang in his heart. But this time, it was like someone held his heart and then tear it into two pieces.

He flopped to the ground on his knees, crawling towards his little brother's body. He flopped his lifeless body over just to see that once expressive, cute face having no expression at all. He shook Shen Yuan's body, in hopes of him getting up just like he used to when they were kids.

They would always play sword fight with some sticks and Shen Yuan always used to be the one who acted dead. One could say that he was actually dead by the way he acted. No motion at all to be detected in his little body. He would always get up with a huge smile, feeling satisfied by playing with his gege.

But now, he wasn't smiling, neither he was getting up.

A tear rolled down Shen Qingqiu's eye, realising that he met his little brother afted so long only for him to go and never come back again. If only he would have talked with him, if only he wouldn't have pushed him away, maybe they could've been the powerful peak lord duo ? But thinking all this now was of no use cuz this would never happen.

Shen Qingqiu hugged Shen Yuan's body and cried. Other peak lords didn't have anything to say. How could they ? They never knew it was his brother for whom he was crying. In their eyes, it was the cold selfish scum that was crying. Who knew a scum could also cry for someone else ?

AN: this was better in my head wtf 🥹

[admirableadmiranda]

Thank you so much for your wonderful answers....🤩

First of all, sorry if I'm bothering you with my ask, please ignore it if you don't want to answer it.....It's just that you are the second person from all of the people that I ask (and from other people's asks, that I found) that loved SVSSS more than TGCF....And it's very interesting....

If you don't mind me asking (again), can I ask, who are your top 5 (or top 3) favorite characters from SVSSS? And why? And what are your top 5 fav moments from the novel? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks.....

That is very interesting. I'm sure there's a few others like me, SVSSS definitely has its fans and it and TGCF are very tonally different.

Oooh now I get to remember everyone! That'll be fun!

1.) Shen Qingqiu/Shen Yuan/Shizun. Hands down my favorite. He's so sassy and witty and I feel like he'd be a blast to talk to after he got the ranting about PIDW out of his system. He's charming and funny and I don't get why people aren't charmed by him too and would prefer his original body's host over him. He's just such a sweetie once you get past the tsun-tsun.

2.) Zhuzhi-lang. Snakey-boy! I enjoyed him and his loyalty every time he popped up. I always feel sad when many characters that are loyal to the first person that was kind to them show up because usually it's used to show them how that trust was misled and abused. But with him it isn't really so much. Both Shizun and Tianlang-jun are kind to him and don't abuse him (much). I hope he has a happily ever after with more kind people in his life.

3.) Luo Binghe. Our little white lotus who manages to avoid blackening by falling for his teacher. I love his struggles, I love the person he grows up to be, I love that he has his eyes fixed forwards and does not look away or give up on what he wants. I am also kind of a sucker for characters who would rather die with their lover than live on alone. Yes, it's very tragic, but sometimes you just want a good tragedy and he would be the hero of the best tragedy. Thank god for the system, amiright?

4.) Ning Yingying. I don't know why she's so high up, but I love this sweet girl with a spunky core that comes out as the story changes a hell of a lot. She doesn't have a lot of screentime or heavy character, but she makes me smile and laugh and I like her development into being a cool shijie in her sect and growing up to be helpful and wiser than she would have been in the original story. She's just fun.

5.) Liu Qingge. I didn't adore him at first, but I'm warming up to him a lot on my reread. There's just something about beautiful man who can and will fuck up your day because you insulted someone they care about that's very appealing. As well as he's easily one of the most determined characters in the book, which is saying something! I'm looking forwards to seeing him more as I reread.

As for my top favorite moments...even though it's shorter than MDZS and especially TGCF, I bet I can find five moments I really love pretty easily.

1.) Shizun's first time mixing his energies with Binghe to stop him from losing control and the fallout from that. It's a very dramatic turning point. It shows how far he would actually go when pushed, gives Binghe a very dramatic understanding of his Shizun that he did not have (even if it's very painful) and fundamentally alters the story in a way that cannot be understated. Literally everyone in the story is fundamentally changed by that action. His students grow up, his martial siblings are united, his white lotus is never the same after that moment and even the enemies are caught off guard by such an act. It is literally world turning and I cannot overstate how much I love moments like that. No one is unaffected.

2.) The whole mausoleum chase. At this point we know how much Binghe cares for and what he would do to protect Shizun, but here we see it the other way around. Binghe is in no state to fight his way through, they are vastly outmatched by an enemy they cannot hope to win against but the absolute last thing he would do is leave Binghe behind. It is Shizun's second act of ardent devotion, by the end of it, he is battered and bruised and wounded and at the end of his rope, but he will not let Binghe be hurt or left behind. And of course we have a coffin scene, which is just lovely.

3.) Papapa to save the world. I'm sure by now you've noticed a trend in my favorite moments...A third great act of love and this one unlike the others is not guided by desperation in the same way. Binghe is in a bad state, but they are alone, they are not being chased or hunted by anyone else in the moment. He just wants to help the man he can admit to himself that he's fallen in love with in the only way that he can think of, stop him from being controlled by this sword any longer. It isn't a pleasant scene for them, but I don't get the feeling that he regrets what he's doing at all, only that the inner romantic in him didn't think this is how everything would go down. If this is what will help him save Binghe, he will do it. And it works, after a fashion anyway.

4.) The deep dream record extra. It's sad, wistful, a little funny and full of Shizun just adoring Binghe and being sad for what he missed and what he went through, and then ends with him initiating intimacy of his own accord. A shorter moment than the rest of them, but I like how it shows that they are continuing to build a relationship that makes them happy.

5.) Bing-mei and Bing-ge's climactic showdown! The price, one Shizun- who will win this fight of evenly matched jealous men? It's just tons of fun and I enjoy Binghe getting to let loose and beat up someone for daring to try and hurt his Shizun for once with no consequences.

Thank you so much for the asks! I hope you've enjoyed my ramblings. Feel free to drop more if you wish. My inbox is always open.