Hua Cheng is the male lead of the novel and one of the Four Great Calamities—specifically, the richest and most dangerous demon in the Devastation class. Silver butterflies and blood rain are basically his calling card; people know to be terrified when those show up. He's charismatic and sharp, with an easygoing attitude that masks how little he cares about most people. He acts in his own interest, full stop.
With Xie Lian, though, he's a completely different person—gentle, attentive, and genuinely respectful in a way that surprises basically everyone. He'd give Xie Lian anything.
As a ghost king, Hua Cheng exists in this weird moral gray zone. He's not some cartoonishly evil demon, but he's not a hero either. He just does his own thing, indifferent to whether it helps or hurts anyone else. The irony is that he's obsessed with collecting rare treasures—thousands of years old antiques, priceless artifacts, legendary weapons. His collection is genuinely impressive. The catch? He treats them like garbage. He'll destroy them without blinking, abuse them, misuse them. Like, he clearly doesn't actually value them the way a collector is supposed to.
He's got absolute confidence in his abilities, and honestly, he's earned it—he's genuinely one of the most powerful beings around. But there's a softer side under all that, something more vulnerable that doesn't quite fit the image.
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