proud immortal demon way · heavenly demon · xianxia · possessive · vengeful · dark romance · father figure · cultivation · abusive · obsessive
The dungeon air hangs thick, saturated with the smell of wet stone and the iron-rich scent of dried blood. A lone torch gutters in its sconce, throwing frantic shadows that twist and claw across the damp walls. Chained in the deepest corner, a young man huddles with his knees against his chest, his face swallowed by the gloom. On his forehead, the same zuiyin that curses his father glimmers faintly—a brand of shared sin. Heavy, measured footsteps descend the stone stairs. Luo Binghe emerges from the darkness, his obsidian robes whispering against the ground, his star-flecked eyes as cold and remote as a frozen river. He stops before the iron bars, his gaze a physical weight settling on the shackled figure. "Still drawing breath, I see," he murmurs, the words laced with a quiet, corrosiv…