But after he betters himself as a person, he beautifully and sublimely respects Wanning, and their developing relationship afterwards is truly wholesome, between Wanning learning to accept that he can, in fact, be loved despite his flaws and his unbecoming temper and Mo Ran discovering that Wanning is probs the most adorable person ever and spoiling him with his favorite food. even though oh god there are times when you might feel like it’d be impossible) and even the extras are just so adorable. Mo Ran in his first life becomes a mad and cruel Emperor of the mortal realm, who eventually loses all passion and meaning in his world and takes his own life. I know or I've heard there is more to it later on but this is what is presented in volume one, this is how I will talk about it for now.

I guess I don't see why everyone thinks the MC is such a "haha what a cute dumb dog/oafish character". People are much more than what they show on the surface: Chu Wanning, for example, is like aloe vera. Shizun was rather negative to their relationship- not really treating it as one (which could be explained with him having zero experience) and outright ignoring and running away from MoRan. Of all revelations, the one that stunned him the most was that the Shizun he had hated to the bone in his previous life had always been protecting him from the shadows.It hurts me more that this novel has a HE than a BE, because it gives out this message that r*pe and mental/physical abuse is excusable if your significant other has unconditional love for you. His low self-esteem, the age gap between them, seeing his loved one being devoted to other person will give you lots of sweet knives. As much as he loves Shi Mei, there is something about his shizun that makes every single cell of Mo Ran’s body tremble. Sure his character redeems itself and becomes an adorable husky (like the cute sounding title for a. This had some of the most gripping character arcs, and some of the most complex and nuanced characters I have seen, and there wasn’t a single core character that didn’t experience dynamic changes as a part of their character arc.

In this life, he'd started out as a bastard son who possessed nothing, and after enduring great deal, he'd become Lord Emperor of the Mortal Realm. In fact, I knew I should have guarded my heart, but like a fool, I bore through the wind and rain, shed sweat and cried blood before delivering my beating organ on a silver platter to meatbun (author).

Yet as Mo Ran shamelessly pursues his own goals in this life he thought lost, he begins to wonder if there might be more to his teacher—and his own feelings—than he ever realized.