......this sparked something in my brain so here comes the ramble:
I genuinely think that MoShang would have been equally popular in the human realm because, despite the vast insistence that demons and humans are different, everyone loves to watch blood spill and drama happen.
It's genuinely known across the Demon Realm that Moshang is the Goal(TM). Their story was decades in the making. Loyalty, betrayal, cunning and strength, the rise of a king and the sheer audacity of some human to follow one of their own and somehow be more of a terror on demons than demons themselves.
Sha Hualing is the one who has to tell Liu Mingyan that her porn is subpar at best because the store of the emperor and his weird human is intriguing, sure, but like when you see an ugly puppy and it does nothing except somehow lick its own eyeball.
This somehow makes its way to the peak lords who are all deeply disturbed and highly interested, mostly because the way Shang-shidi is described in the stories makes him much more powerful than he has been around the sect.
Said Shang-shidi, who is currently handling his army of minions- students- who all know that their shizun has been managing a kingdom and a sect while also somehow making time for the entire thing with Shen-shishu. (Shang, who is an author from a modern era and so works on a modern era grind even after all these years, and no, he won't slow down, don't get Mu Qingfang-)
And the more the peak lords learn about it the more they're a little concerned because now it sounds like they may have been a little unsupportive. What do you mean Shang Qinghua was abandoned by his fellow students on that mission he met the Mo prince? What do you mean he has had to play Assassin and spy in both demon and human realm for years? Where did he go when he was hurt? (Cause it certainly wasn't Mu Qingfang who now has more reasons to tackle the An Ding Peak lord and drag him for a checkup other than overwork).
Meanwhile Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe are both baffled and a little insulted. Because once the MoShang story starts leaking out of the demon realm into the Mortal one and people immediately latch onto that 200k slow burn angst hurt and comfort, they're considered old news and (by most demons) sort of a knock off and weird tale that was enjoyable for the moment but not that interesting once you've heard it.
SQH: hmm. I feel like something in the world has shifted.
SQH:......well, not my problem! My king!
Mobei "I'd Freeze The World For You" Jun: Mm.
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