As expected, I can't bring myself to hate humans.

Saw this on twt the other day and I just finished it.

I've been reading a lot of fics about this guy lately, honestly I think he's such an interesting character and I would have loved to see more of him in the story.

I was thinking about when exactly he's reborn... And I think I know my preferred time.

Tianlang Jun's sister throws a fit when he barges in to one of her orgies but he just literally stands on her until she tells him where she left the baby.

When he helps his nephew take human form this time he looks to be about 10.

Tianlang Jun hugs his little snephew and then takes his shoulders and tells him, "Your name is Zhuzhi Lang. You're my nephew, and you are never ever allowed to die for me, do you understand?"

He gets a bewildered little nod from Zhuzhi, that's all he needs. It's as good as a promise.

...After that he has to sit and think. About what exactly to do next. He has some time, most of the key players aren't even born yet.

He decides to go about this from multiple angles.

First, his favorite step, he abducts the Old Palace Master at the earliest opportunity and kills him, leaving his corpse abandoned in the wild. (Huan Hua Palace never finds out what happened to him, his seconds manage the palace in his place and the disorganization and infighting keeps Huan Hua Palace a lesser great sect.)

Next, he runs into a monk on the road. Wu Chen is enamored with little Zhuzhi and the three of them have a fascinating conversation... And Demon Emperor Tianlang Jun receives an invite to visit Zua Hua Monastery. He's sure to make regular visits.

He has some time to wait now so he takes things easy. He isn't watching Huan Huan Palace that closely, really he isn't, but he is able to intercept the lost baby ice demon before the humans find him.

Mobei Jun is not pleased when Tianlang Jun visits with his own son in tow but really, if he's not going to watch his children more closely TLJ doesn't see why he shouldn't steal them. He's got a past history of it! (Gestures at Zhuzhi Lang) It's a fun hobby!

He nearly misses the next step in his plan, this is admittedly the part he knows the least about. He finds the boy who will be the next Sect Leader of Cang Qiong Mountain Sect trying to break into a manor house and after scaring him senseless is able to get the whole dramatic story from him.

So he a Zhuzhi Lang terrify the Qiu family long enough for Yue Qi to steal his Xiao Jiu away. (Tianlang Jun recognizes the boy as soon as he sees him. Hello Shen Qingqiu, good to see you again.)

They escort the boys to the mountain too, just to be safe.

After that he waits, and waits and doesn't check who Huan Hua 's head disciple is... And after that very important date passes he resigns himself to this new future. He knew his meddling would change some things, he can live with this.

Years pass, he keeps up with his cultivator friends and does emperor stuff. His sister doesn't die, which is a pleasant surprise. Her 50s seem to mellow her out and she starts making an earnest effort to know her son. Poor Zhuzhi is torn before TLJ tells him that he is not betraying his uncle by having a relationship with his mother.

Now Shen Qingqiu and Yue Qingyuan start a very dramatic public relationship, so really it's a good thing there won't be a Luo Binghe in this world. The poor boy would be heartbroken.

He's not heartbroken by the way. He's fine! Totally fine! And he sticks to that story right up until he gets into a fight at a human bar, and takes a rogue cultivator's spiritual energy infused fist to the face.

He lays there on the floor until she comes over to nudge him with her foot.

"I didn't hit you THAT hard did I?" she asks.

She is still so so beautiful. He's missed her so much.

"Alas," he says. "I am incapacitated... Now my attacker can drag me off and have her way with me!"

And to think he had nearly forgotten the way she smiles with her eyes.

"Not interested."

"Oh please? Am I not handsome enough for you?"

Their daughter is born two years later, and TLJ is sure this means there will never be a Luo Binghe...

So you can imagine his shock twelve years later when their second child, a boy, is born and TLJ recognizes the baby staring up at him.

"Ah, hello Binghe."

"Oh that's a nice name, I like it." Demon Empress Su Xiyan says.

Tianlang-Jun and Su Xiyan's Trade Deal.

[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/224063396

Chapter 1 of 10 posted as of 5/15/2026 (3k of 61.7k)

Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù 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?  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?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84669866