29 Chapter 21: Painted by the Painting Sage

Ji Ling was a slacker deity. One day, he opened his eyes and discovered that the mortal world had released a gacha game that borrowed his name—and set him as the worst R card in the game, the so-called Shame of the Card Pool.

To this, slacker Ji Ling said: "Whatever. It's not like anything will happen."

The game's art was crude, its writing a mess, and it told his story with absolutely no relation to the truth.

Ji Ling: "Whatever. It's not like anything will happen."

The game crack-shipped him, pairing him with the ancient great god Abyss Lord as a CP, spawning countless fanworks and going viral across the internet.

In the fanworks, the Abyss Lord was devoted to him with a single-minded heart, loving him without return, while Ji Ling remained cold, distant, and elusive.

Ji Ling: "Whatever. It's not like anything will—!!!"

—The ancient great god himself appeared before him.

The noble, sinister Evil God looked down at him coldly, his expression like that of a man regarding a corpse, a sneer tugging at the corner of his lips: "So you're the Ji Ling I loved without return, took by force, and was willing to reincarnate a hundred lifetimes for until I perished body and soul?"

Ji Ling: "..."

Why hasn't this damn game gone bankrupt yet?!

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Deep beneath the Nine Abysses, the Abyss Lord, who had slept for centuries, woke from his dreams and heard countless prayers.

He opened his eyes: "The mortals are calling my name again. What are they begging for? Bloodshed? Slaughter? Or darkness?"

He listened closely.

Mortal A: "Oh my god, the Abyss Lord x Ji Ling ship is so good!"

Mortal B: "Immortal-tier romance, wahhhh."

Mortal C: "Comrades, all aboard! A fifty-thousand-word Yuan-Ling epic with a queenly bottom and a rabid, loyal-dog top! The Abyss Lord loves without return, takes by force, and ends up in the wife-chasing crematorium &@#¥%..."

Abyss Lord: "?"

He decided to go see his ship, Ji Ling.

The moment he met Ji Ling, the Abyss Lord sneered: "A mere ant of a man. I will kill him sooner or later."

The Abyss Lord, who had no choice but to be bound to Ji Ling: "Interesting."

And then, the game released brand-new characters, and the Yuan-Ling ship got rivals...

The legendary violent and noble Evil God shoved his phone under his pillow, rolled over, and wrapped his arms around his beloved. He rested his chin on Ji Ling's shoulder blade and protested in a small voice:

"Ji Ling, I'm jealous..."

A light, sweet, comedic story featuring goofiness, B-king energy, mysticism, a tiny dash of not-that-scary horror, and game production and romance.