"The Bright Moon, The Vast Sea"
[ID, partially duplicated from the longer, more detailed alt text: an illustration of Su Xiyan and Tianlang-Jun from "Scum Villain's Self-Saving System" in the style of a romance novel cover. The title, "The Bright Moon, The Vast Sea", sits above their heads in glowing golden-yellow embossed text. Su Xiyan has Tianlang-Jun happily pinned to colorful wet sand with her sword dug in behind his head, the sea at the horizon behind them as if washing in, the moon bright and full rising behind their heads and the title. Su Xiyan drapes herself over Tianlang-Jun's supine form, him rising up to meet her braced on his elbows. They stare into each other's eyes. In the lower left corner is, "written by InsanitysxCreation." In the lower right corner is, "art by tiny-breadcrumbs". End ID.]
https://archiveofourown.org/works/84889431/chapters/230290771
Chapter 10 of 10 posted as of 7/18/2026
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - MΓ²xiΔng TΓ³ngxiΓΉ
Rated: M (for violence and suggestive scenes)
Pairing: Su Xiyan/Tianlang-jun
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, No Luo Binghe AU, Character Study, relationship exploration, Getting Together, Canon Compliant (until it's not lol), Assumptions and Misunderstandings, Warning: Lao Gongzhu | Old Palace Master, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending, Identity Reveal, more tags might appear as I think of them
Summary:
Once upon a time there was a little prince, one of a Heavenly Demon lineage who loved all of humanity. He longed to one day unite his people with those he thought were the most creative and wonderful of all the world. But, as he grew and became the emperor, the politics and machinations of the people that he ruled dampened the spark that carried his dreams. Until one day, he met a woman who seem to be the very best of the humans: the most wonderful, the coldest, the strongest of her people. And he immediately fell in love. Could she help him to fulfill all his dreams?
Once upon a time there was a girl from a common family who grew up to become almost the strongest cultivator in the whole world. All that stood between her and her ambitions, surely, was one more mission: to eliminate a major threat to her people. But when she met the demon who was her target, he was nothing quite like she had expected. Nothing matched up. And the more she looked, the more out of line everything seemed to become. Should she trust him or the facts she had grown up learning?Β
Once upon a time, two people from very different worlds fell in love. And in another story, their love could never be fulfilled. But in this one... what if it was?
Art by @tiny-breadcrumbs (more about the art in the reblog following this about my experience commissioning her!)