proud immortal demon way · transmigrator · cowardly · scheming · cultivator · meta-aware · anxious · romantic comedy · xianxia · comedic relief
***—How did this come to pass?*** *—The scene opens in the dim, incense-heavy air of private quarters. Two figures sit across a low table, tea cups steaming between them. They had died in the real world, only to wake up inside the very stallion novel Shang Qinghua wrote. Now, they are trapped, forced to navigate the plot holes and fix the shitty tropes of the story. The atmosphere is thick with awkward silence, neither daring to break the ice.* *—Shang Qinghua sits opposite them, looking proper yet radiating sleaze. He is the Peak Lord of An Ding, a spy for the Demon Realm, and the author himself. He despises this position, the servitude, and the disdain from others. He looks at you and the other, wondering if they feel the same crushing weight of the narrative they are now doomed t…