Luo Binghe has gotten tired of the countless betrayals within his palace and decides to take more extreme measures. All of his wives, his advisors, and his servants have already consumed his blood, so all it takes is giving the parasites one little instruction:
āPunish those who have any thought of betraying me, reward all who act loyal, and kill those who commit treason.ā
When set to kill, the blood parasites flood the brain of the victim and self destruct. This is the only sure-fire method to kill even the most hearty of his subjects.
Instantly, Binghe feels the strings connecting him to hundreds of his subordinates snap. All dead.
The palace becomes more tense than ever before. A fraction of his wives are dead, another portion are in the medical ward to suffer from their treasonous thoughts, the rest are either throwing themselves at him in desperation or secluding themselves in their rooms to avoid him entirely.
It settlesā¦ eventually.
One day, Luo Binghe stumbles into one of the servants, working as a physician, librarian, teacher or something else. Shen Yuan is his name, and as much as he looks like Shen Qingqiu, the blood thread confirms his loyalty. He watches Shen Yuan for a while, and then puts the encounter away. Then Luo Binghe stumbles into Shen Yuan again, then again. Luo Binghe slowly falls in love with Shen Yuan, keeping a close watch on that little thread of blood tying them together. It never wavers, a rarity in his castle as even some of his most favored wives have had thoughts here and there. Binghe decides heās going to marry Shen Yuan.
And then that thread snaps.
Luo Binghe flies into a rage. Was it a betrayal, was it a murder? He finds Shen Yuan in his room, no injuries. He asks the blood parasites for an answer, they donāt respond. Theyāve self destructed, Luo Binghe is certain, so he drags Shen Yuans body from his quarters to the dungeons, tears him limb from limb and burns his body to ash. Good riddance. Luo Binghe was a fool to expect anything different. He forces himself to forget it even happened, what was one more betrayal in a string of hundreds?
Years later, Luo Binghe arrives at that other world. He sees that disgustingly sweet Bingmei and his Shizun. He goes home, and looks for ways to find his own Shizun. During his investigation, he decides to ask Madam Meiyin.
Heās dead, she says. Heās dead, but his soul is still bound by heartbreak, by sorrow, by pain. Heās out there in the world, somewhere, but only as a spirit. Heās nearer than Luo Binghe might think, if only he looked closer.
Luo Binghe finds Shen Yuanās ghost in the dungeons, in one of the now forgotten, unused corners. Heās shattered, soul torn apart as his limbs were rended from his body. Heās scattered, punished even in death by his cremation, his mind carried on the wind like ash.
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Shen Yuan is the last life of Shen Jiu. Their soul is the same, though itās fragmented. Shen Yuan dies cursing PIDW in one life and is born in the next with no memories. Blank slate. He becomes Shen Jiu. Then the Qi Deviation happens, the memories of Shen Jiu disappear and the ones from Shen Yuanās past life take place. This is why Shen Qingqiu doesnāt appear as possessed when checked by the other peak lords. Itās the same soul.
Svsss happens same as usual, until one day post cannon Shen Jiu just snaps back into place. Whether they become a blended person, itās one with the memories of the other, Shen Yuan continues to pilot the body and whatever but Shen Jiuās commentating from the back seat.
At what point they understand that theyāve always been the same person depends on the situation. It could be just an innate understanding, the āoh I was missing this,ā or it could be revealed to them but they both reject it, or maybe itās some slow realization and maybe the acceptance means they blend together.
In this world the mushrooms donāt exist, but Airplane has another solution, and itās eyes another thrown away plot point.
It was originally supposed to be used to make all of Luo Bingheās human, non cultivator wives into immortals. It was scrapped since that also meant threats from outside the harem were less dramatic.
Itās a type of rock sugar that, when fully dissolved into liqueur makes a cultivation boosting elixir. It takes an excessively long time to fully dissolve, but a drop mixed into tea is intense enough to give someone with no cultivation base their own golden core, and a teaspoon is enough to bring anyone to the brink of Ascencion.
Airplaneās solution is to have the Cang Qiong peak lords ascend, if only to give Shen Yuan more time to prepare for Luo Bingheās revenge. Airplane would, of course, stay down and provide information for Shen Yuan
Bingqiu that, after a couple thousand years of marital bliss finally decide itās time to rest eternally together.
They die in each otherās arms, then Shen Yuan gets an alert from the system (which has been quiet for millennia now) that heās been assigned a new mission.
Shen Yuan has been given the opportunity (chore) of reliving his whole life in the modern era as Shen Yuan to āsee how things will change.ā Heās even given the reward of keeping the ability to use Qi, even though heāll have to cultivate a golden core on his own.
Shen Yuan thinks: whatever, itās only a couple hundred years or so, not insubstantial but only a drop in the bucket compared to how long heās lived.
He grows to be a child prodigy in multiple different studies and arts, but decides the spotlight is annoying and so becomes a professor at an arts university.
Of course Luo Binghe ends up being his student, one who dedicated himself to that field of study, whoās worked hard throughout his schooling just so he could study under the incredible prodigy Shen Yuan.
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Shen Yuan who unintentionally spirit writes with Shen Jiu being the spirit trying to tell him stuff like ākill the beast, coward,ā and āyouāre wasting my favorite tea, kys.ā
Von Willebrands being a genetic disorder that fucks with how blood clots, making it so small cuts can bleed for hours and bruises form really really easily, which matches up with Jing Wang bruising after Piao Xue.
Probably type 1 or type 2, since idk if he wouldāve survived type 3 back then. Iād say type 2, so maybe in that case the fish babies couldnāt inherit it? And maybe it could be resolved for Jing Wang with the vacation they take near the end?
He wouldāve had a crap ton of nosebleeds growing up, and had to be very diligent in combat training since receiving a more severe injury in battle could kill him via blood loss. As he gets older itās a lot less serious, he bruises a lot but doesnāt seem to bleed as long.
Prompt of that one scene in the first book of The Disabled Tyrantās Beloved Pet Fish, the misunderstanding of the century, as a thank you to @melons-n-cocoa for their donation with @danmei-action for g4g!
āYour Highness, you can't! The fish is too small! It won't be able to take it!ā
Soulmate pairs in PIDW each have a semi-unique way to symbolize that connection:
Red strings of fate. Words/names/marks on the body. Feeling each others pain. Only seeing color when making eye contact. One eye changing color with first eye contact. Having a mental link. Sharing scars. Sharing dreams. Sparking on first physical contact. A/B/O pheromone stuff. Etc etc.
In PIDW, Luo Binghe is each of his wives soulmate. Each and every one of them. Itās not totally clear whether thatās just fate or some reality bending protagonist/heavenly demon power he holds. He marries each beauty who claims to be his soulmate, since rejection by a soulmate means falling into soul-sickness (an ailment where oneās soul latches onto its mate, slowly plunging a person into a deep depression until all thatās left is a living, soul-less husk. Itās cured, as one might expect, from papapa with oneās soulmateā¦ or a heavenly demon)
In SVSSS Shen Qingqiu wakes up and discovers he has no soulmate. At all. Which should be completely impossible by the worldās logic. But he puts it aside, itās safer for him like this, anyway. No reason for the stallion protagonist to go into a jealous rage if he was somehow also fated to one of the wives (as had happened way too many times in PIDW)
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BingBing doesnāt get eaten by the Abyss, however, instead gaining levels never before seen, evolving into a legendary beast without compare. In the process he becomes feral, gaining a bloodlust for humans and a desire to kill them all.
BingBing is such a determined little bun, never giving up despite all the odds stacked against him. With just a hit of kindness from his human heās toughing out fights he really shouldnāt just so he doesnāt make his Shizun sad.
But Shen Yuanās system insists BingBing must go into the abyss, and so he does.
And Shen Yuan keeps the empty pokeball in his team, unable to fill it or the slot ever again.
If Cang Qiong sect is the only sect that accepts from common people, and all the other sects only take nobles/ the wealthy, then that means Su Xiyanās parents were well off.
Maybe they were cultivators.
Or scholars.
Or merchants.
Etc etc.
BUT, if theyāre well off, thereās a better chance that one or both are still alive at the beginning of PIDW.
And in PIDW Luo Binghe wouldāve never met them because they ascended, died to PIDWs monsters/poisons or died/went into hiding because of Luo Binghe targeted cultivators/rebels.
And of course the Old Palace Master would know about them but never say anything, since that would bring up Su Xiyanās death and his role in things.
Death note esque AU where heavenly demons can see how much time a person thinks they have left to live.
When Luo Binghe spots Shen Qingqiu in Jin Lang city heās absolutely shocked to discover a mere 2 or 3 (how much was it) years left on Shizunās counter. What had happened in the time he was gone? Did without a cure get worse? Was it something else?
Worried to pieces he hurries over to his master. Except once said master lays eyes upon himāwhile outwardly calmāhis counter starts to glitch showing only minutes left, then seconds, then months, zero, seconds again and so on.
Luo Binghe had seen that before. On his enemies moments before he killed them.
The numbers seem to have stabilised but are still somewhat low (Binghe opts against chasing him through the city), but with each benign interaction a bit more time seems to increase on the counter, and Binghe sees it as "Shizun is starting to trust me again! Activate"lost puppy best disciple ever" mode!"
Until when trying to make awkward conversation, SQQ asks if HHP gave Binghe a new sword to use, and being the clueless dork that he is thinks "Oh my chances to prove to Shizun I'm strong and respectable by taming a demon sword!" and pulls out Xin Mo. The numbers go haywire, he can feel SQQ's heart racing and body panicking from the blood mites he snuck into his tea to track this current WAC flare. He takes a step forward and reaches out to SQQ in concern, but the panic becomes too much when combined with the 2.5 years of WAC and poor nutrition, and SQQ faints.
LBH makes the connection that this didn't happen when he was carrying the spare sword from HHP, and concludes Shizun is actually terrified of Xin Mo. He reaches out to Meng Mo because he needs to talk this out with someone (he doesn't know about the widow era self neglect so it confused), and MM suggests that as a strong cultivator currently ill with a demonic curse, SQQ might be incredibly sensitive to demonic qi, especially the levels coming off of Xin Mo.
Binghe starts putting pieces together, except none of them are actually the correct pieces for this puzzle. The fact Shizun was still defending him briefly after his seal was broken, not immediately bothered about his demonic nature, and if MM is correct, Shizun likely felt his nature long before and wasn't concerned. However when they were close to the abyss, Shizun changed. He became poker faced, then the new numbers (he didn't know what they were at the time) were going haywire before Shizun pushed him into the abyss.
Binghe puts these together and concludes SQQ sensed Xin Mo and the other demonic energy coming from the abyss, and that's what caused his sudden strange distance and rejection, and the panic upon reunion. He decides that the gradually increasing trust was because with his demonic side under control, the qi wasn't bothering Shizun as much. Sensing the sower demons' qi in the city is probably why his numbers were only at 2 and a half years to begin with. Xin Mo's demonic aura, and the residual demonic energy from infection he cured from Shizun's body this morning in secret is probably what caused Shizun to faint just now. He concludes Xin Mo is bad news for his chances with Shizun and decides to seal it the moment he puts Shizun to bed at the inn.
He does some dream snooping on YQY and MQF and discovers their memories of widow era SQQ. How they had disciples perform a suicide watch in rotation at all times. How MQF had a talisman sewn into all of SQQ's inner robes to monitor his qi signature in case he deviated, had a WAC flare, or attempted to detonate his core to end himself. How YQY had NYY and MF keep a strict nutritional intake record and behaviour diary, which often read things like "26 hours at the Binghe's sword mound. Finally agreed to go inside after Ning Shimei persuaded. Ate 3 spoons of soup and 2 mouthfuls of rice after much persuasion. Went to sleep fully clothed. Found back at sword mound at dawn."
SQQ wakes up confused to a very upset Binghe in a full bow, crying and apologising. "I'm so sorry Shizun! This Binghe was foolish! He understands everything now and has sealed Xin Mo away, so there's nothing to make Shizun unwell or afraid anymore! This disciple only wished to protect Shizun and was unaware how sensitive to demonic qi Shizun had become due to Without a Cure and made an unforgivable mistake. This disciple believed Shizun had thrown him away out of choice, but now understands the demonic qi from the abyss and this disciple had made Shizun unwell and not himself! This unfilial Binghe should never have doubted Shizun's care of him. Please allow this Binghe to return home and care for Shizun, at least until Shizun's health returns! I'm so sorry!" His forehead is still firmly on the ground despite his whole body shaking with sobs.
SQQ can't help it, he rushes to pull Binghe up and comfort him, barely processing what he just heard.
The system pops up "Alternative route unlocked: Protagonist's forgiveness! The protagonist has created his own conclusions and has chosen to forgive User 2. Side effects: User 2 will become unwell or faint when exposed to high levels of demonic qi to align with the protagonist's expectations. Would you like to accept this alternative route?"
SQQ while disappointed that demons will be hard to study after this, decides it's worth swooning inconveniently to avoid being a human stick.
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Emperor Tianlang with a harem and everything, who is taken with Su Xiyan to the jealously of the other concubines. His Empress (whom he cannot remove due to political implications) is especially determined to maintain her power, and poisons all the other concubines to ensure no viable heirs ever survive or are born.
Su Xiyan falls pregnant, and for fear of her child being slaughtered, convinces her washerwoman to help her hide the child. She arranges for the washerwoman to catch Tianlang-Junās fleeting attention. Then, when the maid is promoted to a concubine, she pleads with her Emperor to send the maid to the Cold Palace. He concedes.
She guards herself carefully from the Empress and her machinations, carrying her pregnancy to term. But when she gives birth, she replaces her baby with a stillborn and has her trusted Eunuch whisk the child away to the washerwoman in the cold palace, where he can hopefully grow old and strong enough to survive the palace when heās revealed to his father.
The washerwoman is isolated from the rest of the palace, guarded by two trusted Eunuchās who bring her food and water twice a day.
By the time Binghe is grown and strong enough to dominate the palace, heās the only child of the Emperor still living.
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Shen Yuan dies, and transmigrates into some low level monster, plant, or inanimate object. His System helps him like any standard Leveling System, showing his skills, stats, health and granting him points to improve them.
Itās tedious and painful work for sure, but heās thrilled. Heās read so many different versions of this, and is certain that heās the main character of some new, exciting fantasy world.
He levels up enough to gain a human form, and finally leaves his cave/dungeon.
Then he realizes heās in PIDW.
+ Extra points if heās some rare, precious material Luo Bingge needs to find for one of his wives.
++ Extra points if this rare, precious material must be harvested in a way that will permanently hurt or kill Shen Yuan, making Shen Yuan flee in fright. Plus it provides extra conflict for Luo Bingge as he falls for Shen Yuan.
+++ Extra Points if the material is harvested by Luo Bingge before he falls for Shen Yuan, and it permanently affects Shen Yuan. Then he falls for him and has to find some kind of way to fix/make it up to Shen Yuan.
