REMINDER: This is not my work, this work belongs to Naamah Beherit on AO3. I am only sharing it on Wattpad. illustration from Pinterest. ** A story in four parts about Xie Lian meeting Hua Cheng before his third ascension. Things thought lost are found, old secrets come to light, and one moment changes everything. For centuries, Xie Lian had wandered alone with only RuoYe for company. For centuries, he's been nothing but a reflection of an age long forgotten, powerless and bound to the mortal realm. It takes an encounter with a swim of hungry ghosts to change his fate.

After 800 years of pain and sufferings, Xie Lian and Hua Cheng are now together, happy. What happens one day, when Xie Lian asks about Hua Cheng's early years, just out of the desire to know even the worst parts of his lover, just to free Hua Cheng of his insecurities? He thought he could handle whatever Hua Cheng was about to say. Or show, to be exact. He was wrong. He was not. He was not ready to see the horrendous childhood and early years of Hua Cheng, of Hong-er. He was never ready to see the sheer of amount of pain he faced as a child. "San Lang...my San Lang....." "No one saved me... The gods didn't save me... Why.....What wrong did I do?" Hong-er cried his heart out. "No one will save you, devil child. This is your fate." Was what Hong-er heard from his bullies at the question of why they were hurting him so much. "No more...." Join our loving couple HuaLian, as the ever powerful Crimson Rain Sought Flower, opens up about his early wounds and awful past. What could go wrong? Queue Xie Lian raging and cursing children because they made his love suffer. This fanfiction contains triggering themes and dark topics. This is by all means a fanfiction. I do not own Tian Guan Ci Fu or the pictures used. They belong to their respective owners. I just edited the cover page. The raw photo is not mine. Future note: This was written when I was not even an adult. It's been a couple years, I have grown up into a full fledged adult and my writing standards have gotten drastically higher. So be warned that this is actually pretty cringe. (╥╯^╰╥) If you still wish to read it, go ahead.

Xie Lian never met this Mysterious person ever in his life but, how did this mere Ghost King came to know about him, nevertheless a mere God. Is this his fate? * Contains smut * None of these characters are owned by me all the characters and the story belongs to Mxtx the author of TGCF. Credits to the artist for the cover on twitter @lacygumii Enjoy

Xie Lian is captured by some of Hua Cheng's worshippers who decide to honor the ghost king by sacrificing a cultivator on his alter. 100 Swords related content!! Different 3rd Meeting!