Hi. I'm looking for something similar to my all time favourite story Thousand Autumns by Meng Xi Shi (wuxia in a historical setting).
It have romantic relationship between two men who have VERY contrasting characters. It delve deep into dynamics this two very different individuals with contrasting morals, values, ethics who find some common ground and slowly fall in love with ech other.
• Yan Wushi, who genuinely believes humanity is evil and like to watch people's suffering they cause themselves.
• Shen Qiao, who represent kindness and understanding.
Shen Qiao main protagonist is a martial artist and the Sect Leader of one of the most famous Taoist Sects. He was sheltered from worldly affairs. As a sect leader he kept his sect and himself cut-off from political matters. When he lost a compromised dual and fall from a cliff. He also loose his eyesight, his memory, his reputation and a majority of his martial arts skills. This is how his journey and testing his beliefs began. Yan Wushi is the one who found him after dual and save him. Sect Leader of a Demonic fraction of martial artists. Yan Wushi believes that people are inherently evil, decides to test his theory. His intensions are to taint this fine unblemished jade and force him make moralistic choices. To see if the former Taoist sect leader remains good in a cruel world.
I seek dynamics between villain x hero, black and white, morally grey vs rightenous, devilish x angelic, good and evil when they learn from each other or trying to seduce the other party on their side. Metaphorically play chess together about the nature of humanity
Other similar what come to my mind is Hannigram dynamics from Hannibal.
Religious overtones and philosophy are bonus.
! It doesn't have to end with romantic relationship between this two people and genders doesn't matter (two men, two women, man and woman).
Thank you.
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