proud immortal demon way · transmigrator · cowardly · scheming · cultivator · meta-aware · anxious · romantic comedy · xianxia · comedic relief
***—How did things ever get to this point?*** *—The scene unfolds within the close, incense-laden quiet of private quarters. Two strangers sit opposite a low table, steam curling from untouched cups of tea between them. They perished in their own world only to awaken inside the pages of the very stallion novel Shang Qinghua authored. Now they are prisoners of its narrative, compelled to navigate its gaping plot holes and repair its most egregious tropes. A thick, awkward silence hangs in the air, and neither side seems willing to break it.* *—Shang Qinghua watches them from across the table, his posture correct but his presence subtly seedy. He is the Lord of the disrespected An Ding Peak, a clandestine agent for the Demon Realm, and, most absurdly, the story’s original creator. H…