Alright, so part of this is just me enjoying badass Shen Qingqiu generally, but I think it would hilarious to have future fics where Shen Qingqiu is unknowingly the most terrifyingly powerful figure in jianghu.
I mean, the guy is dual cultivating regularly with a Heavenly Demon after all, and said Heavenly Demon sure isnāt sharing his affections with anyone else.
You also canāt tell me dedicated house husband and demon emperor Luo Binghe āwho personally spent half a decade keeping his dead belovedās cultivation system āwell polishedāā doesnāt feed his beloved spouse all sorts of insanely rare and powerful spirit herbs, fruits, flowers and so forthā¦ all made up into tasty dishes of course!
It would also be funny if hanging out in the demon realm half the time turns out to be the spiritual cultivation equivalent of āAltitude Trainingā, leading to Shen Qingqiu having the most rapid qi recovery and precise qi use ever documented (excluding sun moon dew mushroom bodies).
Somehow, despite all this, and with the general understanding his cultivation is progressing, Shen Qingqiu has absolutely no clue he has become more powerful then everyone else in the cultivation world (his sect siblings included).
Heāll utterly destroy some terrifying creature with a flourish and think, āAh, that was cool! Of course, itās the least that can be expected from a peak lord.ā Meanwhile any peak lord witnesses are completely stunned into silence, because āHow the hell did he do that?! We couldnāt do that!ā
Or heāll let his aura loose to intimidate a batch of unruly demons or cultivators and think, āNot quite as intimidating as when Zhangmen-shixiong did it, but effective enough.ā Only he hasnāt considered he isnāt using a sword to achieve the effect, and he isnāt losing a portion of his lifespan about it either!
Heāll sit at peak lord meetings, clearly having advanced to the peak of late stage Nascent Soul, and think to himself, āMan, I hope Iām not too far behind on my cultivation compared to the others, what with all the traveling I do. I havenāt gone into seclusion in years.ā All his sect siblings just side eye him wondering how a tribulation hasnāt snatched him up to the heavens yet. (The Heavens in question donāt want to deal with a Binghe meltdown, so they stealth warded against Shen Qingqiu at some point.)
Really though, itās not Shen Qingqiu fault he has no idea how powerful he has become. The guy lives with Luo Binghe after all! The worldās protagonist, and a nigh invulnerable Heavenly Demon! While Shen Qingqiu keeps getting stronger, so does his husband, so itās difficult to get a good sense of scale.
He also has his past experience in the mushroom body to consider. Sure his qi storage and regeneration rate is getting quite good, but itās still not that good, so it canāt be too big a deal, right? Itās also super easy for him to think, āLife really is so much easier without Without-a-Cureā and fail to consider things further.
Plus while he certainly wouldnāt mind sparring with Liu Qingge, his shidi and his husband somehow always end up being the ones sparring instead. Ah well.
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