But ZZX is just. Nah bro. I totally can't find any likable traits for him at all. He's way too possessive and is always victimizing himself at some point. Not to mention how manipulative he is and turns the situation around and make ZZH seem like the bad guy. Also, I really didn't like the way the author tried to make ZZX pitiful in the end (maybe an attempt to make us like him more which is just... no. Didn't work. I still hate his guts. Oh, and not to mention how he tries to romanticize all those non-con moments they have and keep on reminding ZZH about those. Don't forget how he also says things like "Didn't you ever feel love for me when I forcibly pushed you down?" and crap. Just... what the hell. He is, by far, the worst character I've ever encountered. The rest of the novel is just a total letdown. I wondered why it had such low ratings and now I know why.

MC and ML used to be brothers and princes of the reigning dynasty in their past life. they were particularly close, but MC discovers a secret about the royal bloodline that forced ML into exile and fall from grace. as it turns out, ML is a bastard child and not a true son of the empror. ML is heartbroken and furious towards MC, thinking that this is a ploy to secure the throne. although MC didnt want to succeed as emperor, due to multiple infavourable cirucmstances (his own father trying to steal his core, trusted allies plotting behind his back, his mother pressuring him, etc), he is forced to upsurp the throne. ten years pass, and ML returns stronger yet blackened. he has two of the four heavenly treasures, and with them he reduces MC into a figurehead leader. MC understands that many people want his core, perhaps even ml, so he kills himself before anyone has the chance to steal it. ML goes on a rampage and tears open the netherworld trying to resurrect MC, but he is killed by the netherworld emperor.

a hundred years later, both MC and ML reincarnate. ML retains his memories, but MC does not. they become disciples of a netherworld master, and together work as the two wuchang. MC is lead to unravel what happened with his past lives. as he regains his memories, he learns that his core is special because he is the reincarnation of a god, therefore his core has the potential to ascend anyone who consumes it. once word got out, everyone starts to hunt for him once again. in the aftermath, MC and ML separate for three years, and in that time, ML got roped into overthrowing the order of the three realms. he retrieves his two heavenly treasures, but the in the process he glimpses into mc's past life and finally realizes that he had misunderstood MC the whole time. trying to make up for all his wrongdoings, he sticks to MC and and agrees to save mc's friend who had been kidnapped and held hostage in hell. in the end, they save the three realms and reconcile.

I wanted to shake him and make him take responsibility for the mess in the past. He was a victim of his shitty parents and terrible circumstances, but he did have several chances to try and help Zong Zi Xiao. He could have told him the painful truth when he found out about how awful Zong Ming He was and how Shen Shi Yao was scheming on his behalf. Instead of trusting his terrible mom he should have taken ZZX away to safety. When ZMH found out the truth about ZZX and ambushed them, he should have fought side by side with ZZX and fled with him.

When that didn't happen, he should have sought out ZZX when he emerged as the Supreme Demon, instead of fighting him he should have admitted that he messed up and ask ZZX to forgive him. Maybe the outcome would have been the same, but then at least he would have tried.

I don't blame him for keeping silent after the r*pe. It was a conscious choice on his part and the only 'revenge' he inflicted on his ab*ser - thanks to him ZZX suffered for over 100 years thinking that the person he loved the most was a powerhungry schemer who betrayed him and his mother.

It's obvious that ZZH was very resentful of ZZX, and he did have a right to be.

went to hell for his crimes. He suffered unspeakable torture for 100 years, to the point where he only got through it with some sanity intact because of his deep obsessive love for ZZH. Before that, he had everything taken away from him at the age of 14, he watched his mother's closest friend betray him and his mother, found out that his entire life was based on a lie, his 'father' turned against him, he watched his mother die in front of him, his real father turned out to be a monster, he had to flee for his life and live alone and ostracized for 10 years. All that time and afterwards he had every reason to believe that the cause of all this was because his beloved older brother betrayed him. That the person he loved the most turned his back on him for the sake of the throne, even though he had explicitly stated that he was willing to give up the throne for ZZH's sake.

1) he hadn't learned to let go of his own resentment (understandable that he held on to it after hellish torture for 100 years), and 2) as soon as XBA was in danger, FWS had more reason to try and get the Heavenly Talisman to become powerful enough to protect him.

falls in love pretty quickly and deeply enough that he can't let go of his feelings even after believing that FWS wasn't sincere and didn't actually love him. My theory is that he simply is as obsessed with his Xiao Jiu as FWS/ZZX is with him, but he's able to handle it a lot better - and also he's deeply traumatized by the way ZZX hurt him.

It's shown repeatedly in the past and present that his love for Xiao Jiu is the one thing he can never let go of. He can't bear for Xiao Jiu to be in any kind of pain, and despite everything ZZX/FWS has put him through, his brotherly love for Xiao Jiu turns into a romantic love in the present life.