resist fate's hand

“You said you would always treasure me.” The Grandmaster choked on blood, his body trembling beneath Chi Chengxin’s blade. “Is this how you love, Chi Cheng…? Destroying that which you love?” Chi Cheng leaned in close, his voice soft, almost tender, but there was also something dark. “No.” Then colder than winter steel, he answered again, “In all your perfections, dear Grandmaster, loving me was your greatest flaw. This is how I end things I should’ve never started.” ******* He was once Jing Ling, a celestial beast revered for his beauty and power. But punishment for his crimes in the heavenly courts left him banished, hunted, and broken. Stripped of his divinity, he escaped to the mortal realm, crawling into the cold body of a dead child from the Chi Clan. Now reborn as Chi Cheng, he is not free. His meridians are sealed, his power coiled like a beast in chains, and his name is a stain on his clan. Even in this second life, he suffers—mocked, unwanted, forgotten. All he wants is quiet. Peace. Maybe even the love of Han Yijun, the senior disciple of the Ice Sect he once adored as his lover. But on the day he arrives at the Northern Ice Sect, Han Yijun betrays him with another—and the fragile hope in Chi Cheng’s chest shatters like ice underfoot. Then comes the Grandmaster. A man who is feared by mortals and dangerous to the immortals. He’s meant to become a Celestial Hunter—trained to kill the very being Chi Cheng used to be. He doesn’t know who Chi really is. And yet… he can’t stop wanting him. Affection becomes obsession. Pain blurs with pleasure. Chi Cheng becomes an addiction the Grandmaster can't stop chasing, a dream he's wanted for years. And as demons rise, slaughtering sects in the shadows, an old lover from Jing Ling’s past returns—with one goal: to control him again and use him to bring darkness to the world again. Now Chi Cheng walks a knife’s edge. The love he sought is not easy. Nothing comes without blood. ****** He was reborn with sealed power, a shattered heart, and a bounty on his soul. But the one man meant to kill him… is the one he’s making fall in love. ********* Note: The story doesn't follow an omegaverse trope but there is a factor of mpreg much later in the story. join my discord server to chat with me: find link under my profile cover picture is ai made by me