#cang qiong

[lurkinginnernarrator]

disciple era peak lords getting sent on a big infiltration mission together

shen jiu completely flipping into a flirting doe eyed personality to extract Intel, to the shock and distraction of all the other PLs

oh or it being like a criminal ring and sj fitting in perfectly, like he swears worse than a sailor, knows ALL the lingo, could probably drink/smoke everyone else under the proverbial table, knows what faux paus to avoid

Or both, that'd be really funny

Mission 1 SJ: Honeypot

Mission 2 SJ: gang

[catpriciousmarjara]

Reading SVSSS and I realised that Shang Qinghua is most likely in charge of finances and accounting and internal affairs at the same fricking time. Like what? Cang Qiong why is your money guy also your internal investigations guy? That's prime position for so many, like so many crimes. Embezzlement is the least of it. He definitely took advanatage of that. Shang Qinghua was probably Corruption Georg, even without the literal, actual treason.

So SQH = Corruption Georg, but honestly that's on Cang Qiong, they should've known better after thousands of years of sect history and I'm now imagining generations of An Ding Peak Lords just cackling in massive amounts of embezzlement glee and SQH being just the latest incarnation of Corruption Georg in a long line of Corruption Georgs.

[misfitmonarchy]

Decided I’m gonna try to make an animatic based on all of those godforsaken heart wrenching “like a prayer” edits….

Drop your favorite moments in SVSSS

that would show how epic and gut wrenching/hopecore vibes

if you need references check out some of the “like a prayer” edits on YouTube they made me cry for several hours hysterically (not sure if that’s a me problem)

Blease I need inspo for the angles this song is 2:40 mins long and I need ideas

[starchbean]

Cang Qiong Peak Affiliation

If you were to be an immortal cultivator on one of the peaks of Cang Qiong, and you got to pick which one, what would you choose?

In this theoretical, you have no knowledge of the future plot and no in depth knowledge of the peak lords.

I'd love to hear your reasons for your choice, too!

I realized this morning that I would actually probably love being a Qing Jing disciple at least as far as the curriculum goes. I love all this artsy shit c:

My choices in order from best fit to worst fit: Qing Jing, Qiong Ding, Qian Cao, Beast Peak, Wan Jian, Ku Xing, Bai Zhan, Zui Xian, An Ding

(Sorry, Airplane Bro! The thought of doing maths and logistics for eternity is, to me, a mere one step up from literal hell XD)

[bambooswordwielder]

Headcanons about the different Cang Qiong's Peak's Disciple Dynamics and relationships! (Part 1)

I decided to make a quick post detailing my interpretations of the different social environments each peak has, since each peak is vastly different from another.

I also made this in order to further develop why certain characters are the way they are in Canon (this is all for fun mostly though!)

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Qiong Ding

The peak as a rule that makes it stand out as different than others.

You are not allowed to tell or use your origins to others. You are not allowed to show off who your parents are, you're not allowed to try and find out another disciple's either, nor are you allowed to brag about it.

This is to train disciples to build up their leadership skills from the very bottom to the top. The Future Leader of the Sect needs to know how to lead and get people to trust them without using outsider help.

It's due to this reason Yue Qingyuan didn't have his past as a slave discovered, many just believing he was probably from a merchant family at least, and his natural big-brother and leveled headed demeanour made everyone instantly trust him. He was also a grand talent in many ways, so it seemed almost natural for him to become the Head Disciple.

Yes, many were jealous, many were suspicious, but nothing could be done when after Yue Qingyuan's attempt to wield Xuan Su where he caught the attention of the Sect Leader who saw great potential.

Yue Qingyuan didn't care anymore years later. He just wished Xiao Jiu Shen Qingqiu would just say his name without bitterness.

Qing Jing

Imagine the stereotypical high school hierarchy bullshit except in Ancient China. Congratulations, you have Qing Jing Peak.

With a peak filled with both rich spoiled noble and merchant kids as well as struggling street orphans, there is a clear pattern of mistreatment and division between the youths. Of course it's not impossible to rise the ranks as a street kid (Look at Shen Jiu for example) but it often means the child has to show exemplary talent in both Politics and Strategy as well as in the fine arts like Painting, playing instruments, and Poetry.

This often means the children to get to flourish and succeed in Qing Jing tend to be those who already have established relations due to their parent's businesses or due to their previous education. This has led Qing Jing to be informally known as 'The Peak of Nepotism'.

Xian Shu

The female disciples at Xian Shu are like a pack. They stick together, they night hunt together, they study together, they do everything together.

If you have a problem with one Xian Shu disciple, you have a problem with them all. Even if two Xian Shu disciples are mortal enemies or total strangers, if one sees the other being bullied or harassed, they will instantly rush in to help defend her.

This Peak dynamic happened as a result of the Cultivation World (and the world in general) 's Patriarchal views that heavily unfairly judges women. Before Xian Shu joined Cang Qiong years ago, it was made as a Sect meant for discriminated or harassed women cultivators to seek refuge. The deeply embedded solidarity of the female disciples means that for most disciples their priority are 1) Their fellow Xian Shu Disciples then 2) Everyone else. This impacted Qi Qingqi to immediately prioritise the safety of her disciples when rumours of Shen Qingqiu's lecherous ways made their rounds through the entire peak.

For her, it was better wrong than sorry.

[jobycewl]

On my list of top ten things I thought Shen Qingqiu would say: NOT THIS

Read the fic here!

[skipblebee]

Sv au where everything is the same but it's like a reality tv show (the system takes interviews)

[theballadofmars]

I love how mqf's oficial description is something like: a good heart who wants to help others but then you read the novel and his reaction to lqg trapping ten infected men who are crying in panic is "great now I can start to work in my experiments with decomposed people to find a cure" and gets out a lot of needles, which makes the man cry even harder.

Even if we only get bits of the other Cang Qiong sect leader's we can reach the conclusion that no one there is normal, sqq is just biased.

[pr0cyon-lotor]

Au where SVSSS has a/b/o dynamics, but so does the world Shen Yuan came from.

SY is an alpha in his last life but like never used it. And because he never used his alpha status, he grew to resent it. When he croaks and gets booted into PIDW, the system reveals he's a beta this life. And he's like "FUCK YEAH!!! I don't have to get impossibly horny just because someone smelled nice!"

He somehow ends up in Cang Qiong Mountain in the beast peak. He's living his best life, unaware that he still technically acts like an alpha. He acts aggressive if someone tries to take his stuff and he can intimidate any alpha that messes with his juniors.

The beast peak lord sees this along with his good cultivation and aptitude with beasts and says "Y'know what'd be funny?" And makes him the head disciple.

And like imagine Shen Yuan accidentally walking into another head disciple having a heat in the middle of a hunt and he brings them to Qian Cao without trouble. Like not even fazed because he can't really smell them, but everyone thinks he's just so chivalrous and has a strong grasp on his instincts.

Anyway when they ascend, its established that all the peak lords are alphas except for SQH who is an omega and MQF who is a beta. (They are all wrong)

Anyway during a Peak Lord meeting someone fucks up and reveals that they're an omega. This leads to a domino effect and everyone reveals that they're also omegas masquerading as alphas.

Now cue MQF and SQH sweating bullets and revealing that they're both alphas. And everyone is like "But Mu-shidi never smelled like one and you never reacted when one of us was in heat" and he's like "scent blockers and willpower + common decency"

And everyone turns to SQH like "You don't act like one" and he's like "Okay rude, but fair."

And then YQY says something like "Well three alphas out of twelve peaks. What a small fraction." And SY is like "Oh, who's the third alpha?"

Everyone looks at him and goes "You?"

And SY is like "Girl where 🤨 I'm a beta"

That leads to another screaming match and then YQY recounts "Two alphas, nine omegas, and one beta"

Anyway shenanigans ensue. I just want polycule silliness

[eggsolotl]

PEG HIM, SHIZUN!!

I love when old man yaoi........... anyways, more of my Peak Lord!SY au!!! \(≧▽≦)/

(Cover parody for the manga, 'Go For It, Nakamura-Kun!' - CUTE AS HELL MANGA BTW)

[lurkinginnernarrator]

so. SVSSS time travel aus. know'em, love'em.

may I suggest: au wherein instead of the usual choice of Shen Yuan, or Shen Jiu, or Binghe, Liu Qingge etc, we do the one man who would probably succeed the best at a fix-it/do-over: Mu Qingfang.

Listen. Sure you have outside machinations like the OPM and the like, but Shen Qingqiu, OG or SY, has always been the leverage point of the plot. And conveniently, Mu Qingfang, atleast SVSSS:MQF would have an interest in ensuring SQQ doesn't do his typical SQQ things (dying).

I mean poor man had to figure out a treatment plan for an incurable poison, then implement it, unable to actually cure his patient. THEN that patient self-destructs, traumatizing literally everyone.

THEN (1) traumatized demonic disciple of your dead patient/shixiong KIDNAPS you and demands you figure out a way to resuscitate the DEAD.

Five years of this.

Your dead patient/shixiong shows up again, and everyone goes through more trauma once more.

So a Mu Qingfang able to prevent these things from the beginning? You bet your ass he's going to.

Do you know how much time he could've been doing more interesting things than trying to figure out necromancy?? (FIVE YEARS)

And the research time alone, looking for a cure to a poison named "Without-a-Cure"...

I'm appointing Mu Qingfang for time-travel au. Also he's a mad scientist and he deserves to be able to go feral

[schrodingers-monster]

SVSSS post-mausoleum era is so fucking funny. Binghe is like “Shizun is choosing Cang Qiong over me!” and the other cultivators are like “he’s literally protecting you rn he’s a demon sympathizer” and Cang Qiong is like “we don’t really care about his pet demon disciple (that much) he’s back from the dead and we’re not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth here so back tf off” and Shen Yuan’s internal dialogue is like “actually im doing all of this for nefarious selfish reasons” (lying to himself(also having a sexuality crisis)). And then he narrowly escapes death via System which to outside observers looks like he just. Passed out for absolutely no reason

10/10 no notes

[whos-the-seme]

Shen Yuan is actually a cuddle bug. Had a ton of Luo Binghe body pillows back home not just for the merch reasons but because he needs something in his bed to squeeze when he's sleeping.

Since he started having weekly planning (boozing and bitching) sessions with Shang Qinghua, he sometimes accidentally sleeps over. After he's finished his paperwork and started on some of Qinghua's, sometimes the wine gets to him and he's just so sleepy. Or, sometimes, Shang Qinghua will let the other read some of the short stories he had written early on in his transmigration when fighting to not lose his mind. Shen Yuan would critique them, before harassing him to publish them anonymously.

("Oh, so you are capable of writing more than papapa trash."

"Aw, you like it?" "...it's good." 🙄)

But by the time he finished them, it would be so late, and it didn't make much sense to leave when a bed was right there. And Shang Qinghua had custom ordered goose feather pillows and blankets, which was so unlike his porcelain pillows, and Shang Qinghua himself is right there. Therefore. The man himself becomes his new object of comfort when asleep.

At first, Shang Qinghua used to just wave it off. Then he started to playfully complain and tease about how clingy Shen Yuan was in his sleep, and Shen Yuan would grumble and turn bright red and turn his back on him... only for them to wake up with Shen Yuan basically curled around the other like an octopus in the morning. And then it just became normal because, of course, they really only had each other, so like why not? It brought them both comfort and two people could totally cuddle platonically.

Before long, more than half the week, Shen Yuan was spending the night over, and some rare times, Shang Qinghua goes to the bamboo house. Shang Qinghua learns when to give up his piles of paperwork when his friend starts getting tired and to get more fucking rest himself. Otherwise, Shen Yuan will just walk in, curl up on his lap with his head resting on Shang Qinghua's shoulder, and fall asleep there.

("Really? I ordered those extra stuffed pillows for you, you know. Go to bed, I'll be done in a minute."

"Ugh, shut up, sleeping isn't the same when you're out here ordering new fighting posts for Bai Zhan Peak for the 5th time this month. I'll just wait here for you to finish."

"In my lap...? That's kinda gay--" 😏

"Qinghua."

"Shutting up and finishing the work." )

Those of An Ding Peak, being the peak that was basically the backbone of the entire sect and kept it running through sweat, blood, and some other bodily fluids, knew how to keep secrets from other peaks. You don't become a disciple there without knowing how to keep your mouth shut when outsiders are around. But between each other, whispers abound.

"I don't think Shen-shibo has left in two days," one disciple murmurs to another when they see Shen Qingqiu flouncing around yet again, ordering one of the disciples to bring some two small meals to their Shifu's rooms for a late dinner.

"Do you think they're... you know?" Another asks quietly after delivering some new contracts to their Shifu. The door to his bedroom had been slightly ajar, and through the cracks, green leaf-pattern outer robes were on the ground.

("I'm not sleeping in these, okay! You should have written in pajamas while you were busy adding in chocolate, and whatever else doesn't exist in Ancient China, to PIDW!" 😒

"Oh my god, just sleep in your inner robes, then! Better yet, borrow some of my clothes. But you're sure as fuck not sleeping naked on my silk sheets, bro!")

The disciples on Qing Jing Peak certainly notice when the bamboo hut isn't occupied for the night. At first, they just thought that their Shizun was extra silent in his house now, but once, Ming Fan had to go to Shizun for a small issue late in the evening, and he wasn't there. Nor was he there the next night, or the next. They're not sure where he is, or what he's doing, but he's always there in the morning, so they don't worry too much.

On the fourth night, Shizun was home, but Shang-shishu was also there. And... stayed there. The lights went out, and the disciples who were sent out to spy came back and reported that Shang-shishu had never left.

("He... is Shang-shishu still in there?"

"I think so. M-maybe he stayed in the extra bedroom?"

"..." 👀

"..." 👀)

The disciples eye each other and simultaneously agree to never let those outside the peak know about this. When crossing paths with A Ding disciples, there are discreet looks and nods of understanding, and they pass each other by with not a word.

(Shen Qingqiu and Shang Qinghua?)

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One bright and sunny morning, Liu Qingge slams his way into Shang Qinghua's office. He is followed by Mu Qingfang, and Yue Qingyuan, all needing to speak with Shang Qingqua to figure out Shen Qingqiu's whereabouts. He wasn't in his bamboo hut this morning, nor was he anywhere else that he typically frequented.

Mu Qingfang because it was time for his bimonthly check-up to ensure that his treatments with Liu Qingge were progressing as they should. Yue Qingyuan due to peak matters (though, technically, he could do it on his own, but if he got to see Xiao Jiu--). Liu Qingge because the beast that he had dropped on his doorstep yesterday afternoon had yet to be removed, which was odd. And also, he had ordered new fighting posts a week ago, and usually they would have been delivered by now, which was also odd.

Wei Qingwei and Qi Qingqi also follow along because they could smell drama. And also they were a tiny bit worried about their shixiong. Whenever he disappeared for too long, it was likely that he had gotten kidnapped or poisoned. Again.

Shang Qinghua scrambles out of his bed chambers with hastily thrown-on outer robes, blurry-eyed, screaming "Whoosit!?" He barely has time to open his mouth before he is instantly bombarded with several requests, most of them pertaining to the apparent missing peak lord. Liu Qingge also asks about his fighting posts, which Shang Qinghua pretends not to hear.

"We've not seen him in a few days," Mu Qingfang says to him over the noise, with an apologetic smile for waking up his overworked shixiong. "I know you two are somewhat friends, so if you see him soon, please tell him he really needs to come to Qian Cao for his next physical."

"Wait, who's missing? Ah, please don't touch that." The last part is directed at Qi Qingqi, who is combing through his shelves. "Shen Qingqiu is apparently missing, according to this bunch," Qi Qingqi says, smirking at him. She pokes the figurine he told her not to touch. Oh well, she'll realize why he told her not to touch it soon enough.

"Shen Qingqiu? What do you mean, he's--" Shang Qinghua instantly closes his mouth, hoping that no one heard that. "I-I mean, yeah, I'll let you guys know if he stops by! No problem, will absolutely send him your way--" "What was that?" Liu Qingge narrows his eyes at him. "You were about to say something. You know where he is. Tell me."

Shang Qinghua begins to sweat immediately. "Whaaat? No, you must have heard wrong. Seriously, I'll let you guys know if I catch him. Now, if you guys can be on your way--" He starts trying to herd people out.

Unbeknownst to him, his bedroom door cracks open and a figure, eyes barely open, shuffles out and heads towards him. Wei Qingwei, idling in the office, is the first to notice the person wearing another set of An Ding Blue outer robes over soft Qing Jing Green inner ones. His jaw drops.

"Qinghua?" A soft, sleepy voice murmurs in his ear, arms circling around his waist and a head laying on his shoulder from behind. "It's too early, come back to bed." A small yawn.

Shang Qinghua can feel himself freeze with a nervous smile on his face.

Shit.

[sunderwight]

Related to the "Shen Yuan as super wealthy cosplayer" idea, I think it would be fun if Airplane had absolutely dreamed of doing a lot of the same stuff but just never had the budget for it. Man's barely making rent and half his diet is instant noodles, so even the cheaper tiers of cosplaying were largely out of reach for him before he died.

Then he transmigrated, and his family was financially comfortable, but not to the degree where they could afford to splurge on "eccentric" clothing. Once he was on An Ding Peak as an outer disciple he only had access to uniforms, and it wasn't really until he got the head disciple position that he could take some leeway with his style of dress, but the really fun stuff was still out of his budget and also now he had An Image to Uphold and shit.

By the time he was a peak lord, dressing more or less practically and in An Ding colors was a habit, and he had too much on his plate to try and pick up new hobbies (or expenses). Plus, where would he wear some of the looks and outfits he'd always wanted to try? Who would appreciate them? Either he'd introduce new fashion trends or else he'd be branded a weirdo, and he was pretty sure he knew which option was more likely!

But that changes after Peerless Cucumber transmigrates in.

One passing comment on Shang Qinghua's part waxing wistful on the concept of dressing up, and Shen Qingqiu zeroes in on him with the kind of intensity usually only found in preteen girls who have discovered a new dolly.

[fangirlingpuggle]

SVSSS AU/fic prompt where Shen Qingqiu and the entire sect find out about Luo Binghe being at Huan Hua palace much sooner.

Shen Qingqiu panics and goes into mini qi deviation as how is so soon, oh god he going to come for me and kill me so soon, the bodies won't be ready!

The sect however see this as a qi deviation at the betrayal at Luo Binghe defecting and not returning to his Shizun, especially cause Shen Qingqiu keeps mourning him and is always at the sword mound, he's still not eating or sleeping and it seems to have even got worse!

The peak lords are honestly ready to storm Huan Hua palace and demand answers or drag Luo Binghe back (they have had to stop Ning Yingying from doing so multiple times) the only reason they haven't is because oh god what id they drag him back and he leaves again? It'll be so much worse! Will Shen Qingqiu even survive?

When sowers mission comes up Shen Qingqiu is not sent because he's in such an awful state they're pretty sure he'll drop into a qi deviation at any time, and Ning Yingying Ming Fan are so protective they probably won't be able to get him off the peak.

So Luo Binghe doesn't meet his Shizun in the city but a lot of very pissed of peak lords who are giving him death glares, he's pretty sure they must know he's a demon and that's why.... until he mentions Shziun and they go off on him. That Shizun has been in mourning for years? IS not eating? There's a sword mound? And that he's gotten even worse after finding out Luo Binghe joined Huan Hua palace?

He kinda just freezes and is so confused, he can't believe it until he sees there dreams and oh gods his shizun is suffering so much, he misses him, he must miss him and he thinks Luo Binghe left him, that he escaped abyss and then abandoned him!

Luo Binghe nopes out of Huan Hua without a second look and basically tells peak lords he's coming back with them they don';'t trust him but Luo Binghe is not running off to Shizun's side immediately is to show peak lords how strong he is and that he will be returning to shizuns side no matter what they say.

Shen Qingqiu jut standing there in shock after peak lords return with Luo Binghe who instantly begs to be accepted back as a disciple and that he never officially joined Huan Hua and he is still his disciple and please let him stay.

He has no idea what is happening

[touchlikethesun]

during my reread today, i was struck by the difference in shen qingqiu's opinion of liu qingge and what is actually happening, or rather, how liu qingge views their relationship. over and over again, shen qingqiu refers to liu qingge as a "brute," one time literally calling him "his hired thug." he calls out easily to liu qingge, but he seems to view their relationship as mostly if not entirely transactional, and one where he is reaping more of the benefits. liu qingge is reliable for protection, for help with-out-a-cure, but the only time shen qingqiu thinks about him outside of needing his help - or remembering his original faith - is when he meets a cute new potential disciple for him.

but what he doesn't notice or comment on... from an outside perspective, it is so obvious just how fond liu qingge is of shen qingqiu. he has correctly identified shen qingqiu as an accident prone and self sacrificing person that needs someone looking out for him to save him from himself, and he has fully accepted that role for himself. when woac flares up, liu qingge firmly refuses to let him endanger himself with the practice and patience and love of a parent keeping their toddler from touching a hot stove. when shen qingqiu is in trouble with the ba qi cultivators, he calls for liu qingge who shows up immediately, and despite his current frustration with shen qingqiu, he agrees to take him where ever he wants to go. and it's not just babying, liu qingge knows shen qingqiu well enough to be able to tease him, like when he threatens to drop him for being ungrateful! of all the peak lords, liu qingge is the one who understands just how much luo binghe means to shen qingqiu, and he's the first to intervene when shen qingqiu is threatened by the other sects, and he was ready to tear thru hhp's water prison the moment it seemed like qingqiu was in physical danger. while he may not understand shen qingqiu all the time, he seems to know him so well, seems so endeared by him, so protective of him. and whether it's romantic or platonic, it is clear that liu qingge decidedly does not view himself as shen qingqiu's "hired thug"