Examples:

• A greater acknowledgement of what happened between ML and MC during that rough punishment sex
• A bit more lead up/expansion on the growing feelings of MC towards ML
• More interaction between the Son of Destiny and MC
• More lead-up to the selfless sacrifice of the cute System for the MC (I loved how sincere their friendship became but felt there was minimal work done in transitioning them from a professional work relationship to a lovely personal one)
  
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At first, MC denies his romantic feelings towards ML, but his eventual acceptance is quite lovely, stemming from his feelings of wonder and grattitude whenever ML shows he cherishes him.

Take this with a grain of salt but I believe there is a moment of actual non-consent between the MC and ML while they are both romantically involved that is treated seriously at the time of it happening. At the very least it is dubcon. ML takes his anger out on the MC after the latter's 'betrayal', and I was surprised by how violent it got -- to the point that the ML broke the MC's leg and caused him real pain (though I believe this was softened somewhat by the demons' fast healing). There was a moment afterwards where the MC again feels fear when thinking of s*x with ML, but this was eventually forgotten/looked over with the progression of the plot.

I thought that this was important to note because while one can skim over the scene and perceive it as aggressive s*x, I think the scene was intended to show a moment of true darkness. The moments after this were definitely of those I thought would have benefited from being expanded on further.

When starting the novel I had expected more interactions between the MC and Son of Destiny but the author spent more time designing goofy scenes between MC and ML.

Basically, ML has a qi deviation problem, where his cultivation is unstable. And the way to fix it is...R-18 dual cultivation. Of course. The plot must go on. Don't question the author's decisions. Anyway, in order to fix his problem, ML must establish a "channel" between his and MC's body while, you know. MC's condition for the sexy times is that ML must establish a channel while they do it. But, voila, ML has so much fun during the sexy times that he forgets.

Anyway, afterwards, ML was all, "Oh noes, it was too fun and I forgot to establish the channel! Now MC is crying and sad! But I kinda wanna do it again cuz it was so fun!" and victim-blaming the MC a bit because MC also enjoyed sexy times a little. Which kind of ruined any sympathy I might have had for him. The story thankfully seems to know and recognize that this attitude is pretty twisted, though, so it's not a story that completely glorifies such actions and thoughts.

After that part of the story, ML also treats MC a bit more like a pet rather than a lover. Rather than regretting actions, he tries to coax MC into forgiving him for them. He installs what's basically a secret surveillance camera on MC without MC knowing, things like that.

To be fair, this is a Xianxia where characters don't necessarily have a modern view of things, so it's fairly understandable that ML, who also has had no relationships ever prior to the story, s*xual or romantic, doesn't really understand how healthy relationships work. Especially when the guy who advises him on romantic matters is a scum.

Nonetheless, it kind of ruined the hope of fun fluff and misunderstanding that I had of this story before.

I still read it because it's not the end yet, so there hopefully might be some development for the ML and he learns how to do relationships properly. And I still want to see the ML finding out about MC's "affair" with a "wild human" that's in the summary, and the story stuff that happens after it.

Still, the earlier chapters were fun to read, and it's not as if the ML's transition in such a direction will bother everyone. After all, it's fiction. So yeah.

The only way to save the ML was for him to insert his pen*s in the MC and create a channel to circulate energy and deal with the ki-deviation. So the MC decides to help save the ML's life, and only asks for a promise of being gentle and only inserting.

Of course the demon king breaks the promise RIGHT AWAY and instead without preparation simple shoves and goes at it without any care about the pain, bleeding, pleas to stop, and DOESN'T EVEN CIRCULATE THE ENERGY.

Making the MC's sacrifice and pain and suffering useless.

Noticed as something bad and wrong he did and afterwards absolutely ignored as a form of violence by the demon king and WORST of all, by the system.

The demon king is a character in a wuxia world, so this kind of thinking can be expected on the worldview.

The system in the other hand, was like a trusted friend. One that simple glosses over the suffering, fear and trauma that came after the event and convinces the MC that the r*pe was his fault. That he knew it would happen.

That since he knew in the very back of his mind the possibility, shown by his reluctance, he MUST have wanted it and it was HIS fault.

That argument of "man are unable of keeping their reason or stopping once they put it in" and that it was his fault for believing the demon king's promise. That he was asking for it. (Victim blaming at it's worst)

Even the trauma of the event is resolved by further raping in a very short time.

And it totally detracts from the story. Because if you are going to write about the pain and trauma it caused, writing that it was solved in a few days or weeks and ignored as if it never happened, with no lasting effects, at least put an reason for it. Even a half baked one.

Ok, what happened in chapter 70 is definitely nonconsensual and by no means justifiable. The MC was definitely a victim to the ML at this moment.

What triggered others even worse was the aftermath of it. It’s poor behavior, obviously.

However, as a fictional work, please think about who these characters are. The system is not human and it’s been made clear that although it has sympathy, the empathy is very off. It’s only there to give moral support and reminders to the MC. In its viewpoint, it warned the MC against helping the ML but the MC paid it little mind and went ahead anyway, so in its eyes, the MC was at fault.

As for the ML... do you guys forget he’s the demon king. He orders massacres, sends 2 people to be used as prostit**es, the most feared and powerful man in the DEMON realm. He’s going to be selfish, narcissistic, and similarly lacks empathy like the system. DEMONS are said to more animalistic when it comes to instinct. Him saying he really just couldn’t help it or that he forgot (if uk then uk) was that point of them being DEMONS.

What the ML did was unjustifiable in real world. His actions for him as a character? It’s within expectations. You see those characteristics from the beginning.

The author SHOWS you they understand the actions that happened were completely wrong with the MCs reaction. Idk why people say they went for comedy because the MCs reaction made me feel like he genuinely, and irrevocably, despised the ML and would never forgive him (oh how quickly that resolved). I was upset with him and I was disappointed with him. There was no comedy there. His reaction was realistic.

as for the MC, he’s so naive. So so naive, but at the same time he’s not s*upid. He’s so full of heart and yet willing to do what needs to be done. He’s so easily attached to the demon king from the get go despite his fear of the ML. The MC had so many ways to be out of his relationship with the ML, we see it, the system sees it, and yet he’s the one who persists. That’s his character flaw, to overlook the worst in someone in favor of their best qualities.

Let me tell you that the ML is charming. He’s charismatic and is half wolf dog and half golden retriever. It’s such a weird dichotomy and makes me like his character more. When MC says the ML is so contradictory it really is true. He’s not like the usual MLs we tend to see. He lacks so much emotional intelligence it’s just funny to see him make up whatever makes sense in his head.

So yeah, I don’t agree with the hate to the author. What happened fits into the character setting they established. It’s a five star for me.

So much so that he makes the decision to stay in the world with the demon king. But of course, that doesn't happen because Plot occurs.

MC: No, Protagonist, I'm your father!

ML:......

Protagonist: Noooooo! I don't have a father like you! You abandoned me and my mother! *Acts like a kid who just realised his father was a scum.*

After their first time:

Hua Feihua: I can smell you guys on each other, hmm, YOU HAD SEX?

ML: *blushes like a virg*n maiden*

MC: (can't let HFH think I'm the bottom and I fainted twice) Y-yeah! We did! So?

HFH: the Demon King's the bottom??!!

So the demon king basically has qi deviations from time to time and if he wants to stop it he needs to share his qi (by sex) with another person who happens to be his beloved Bai Yang and so BY is like "cool I'll help you" and demon king is beyond happy but BY was told that as long as he doesn't move then it won't be considered s*x. But then the demon king is so happy that he can sleep with his crush that he ends up moving without BY's consent and above all forgets to share his qi.

Demon king finds out that BY is meeting the protagonist Zhou Ying in the human world so he catches them and then before demon king can kill Zhou Ying BY tells that Zhou Ying is his son. LMAO!

There is dubious consent/noncon in this, and the treatment of that dubcon is a bit flippant and victim-blaming. This is common in CN BL. It didn't affect my enjoyment but it might lower someone else's.