Forsaken by the First Seat

Lin Qingzhu is the laughingstock of the cultivation world. At six, he began his path, sweeping floors for a decade at the Green Mountain Sect with nothing to show for it—until he latched onto the youngest heir of the Northern Forest’s Lin Clan, offering himself as a pillow and soaring to prominence. Outsiders seethed with hatred, not just for his shamelessness, but for tainting the young master, Lin Ruhui. The brightest jewel of the cultivation world. If Lin Qingzhu was lowly as roadside grass, Lin Ruhui was the moon in the clouds, the stars in the sky—the foremost of his generation, the one most likely to become the second ancestral patriarch of the Lin Clan, unifying the Realm of Eternal Winds. Even a passing mention of Qingzhu drew scornful spits. But he didn’t care. --- For ten wasted years, Lin Qingzhu clung to his lifeline like a drowning man. Diligently, meticulously, he played the role of a cultivation furnace, drawing a monthly stipend and dreaming of immortality. Trading beauty for resources seemed a fair exchange to him. The radiant jewel others admired would also lower his gaze with a soft laugh, pulling Qingzhu into his embrace. *Soft light veils delicate pulses; alluring hues warm tender skin.* *Golden threads heap riches untold; warm curtains enclose spring nights.* He became the most scandalous episode of Lin Ruhui’s life. Then one day, the dream became a nightmare. —He was discarded by Lin Ruhui. ... On Lin Ruhui’s 21st birthday, demons rose in chaos. Lin Qingzhu, alongside Lin clansmen, was taken hostage—yet the Lin Clan abandoned him. Ruhui never appeared. Within the halls, music and revelry continued unabated. Lin Qingzhu plunged into the depths of the Abyssal Serpent’s maw. --- The red sun rises east, light piercing the abyss. The world moves on, unchanged by any absence. Yet from then on, the cultivation world lost a beautified furnace. And gained a solitary, wandering youth. --- ① Initially, the bottom *truly* serves as a furnace (later, post-plunge, truly solitary—but not lonely, not depressive, not emotionless). Happy ending; dual focus on romance and growth. ② The top loves only the bottom: obsessive at first sight, morally complex, with subtle early attraction (but spiraling into obsession). ③ Post-reunion: chase-and-escape, apex-rivals flavor. ④ Wife-chasing trope,top’s redemption arc, growth narrative. *The top pursues the bottom for most of the book, falling deeper with each chase.* ⑤ Extreme bottom/top stans, beware. Read for joy =v= ⑥ No trigger-spoilers in comments, pls. ⑦ Meow =v=