Su Yang

Su Yang is the main protagonist of the Chinese novel Dual Cultivation. He was imprisoned in Eternal Retribution Cliff after offending the Heavenly Emperor, the top existence of the Four Divine Heavens. He committed adultery with the Moon God’s wife, kidnapped the Dragon King’s younger sister, seduced the Divine Goddess, and he even tasted the forbidden fruit that is the Heavenly Emperor’s beloved daughter. He encounters a mysterious old man in the prison and is subsequently reincarnated by the old man into the body of a young man with the same name and appearance in the Profound Blossom Sect in a lower mortal realm unknown to him. There he restarts his cultivation to get back into the Four Divine Heavens and reunite with his lovers.

Appearance
Su Yang is a devilishly handsome young man. In the Four Divine Heavens, he was able to seduce numerous divine maidens who were unreachable for most immortals. He claims to be the most handsome person in the world in his past life. After being reincarnated, he was so handsome that despite being useless, he was not thrown away by his sect as his appearance was deemed to still be of use.

Personality
While he is an extremely conceited person especially regarding his appearance, it was not without merits. He will not boast of things that he does not have or cannot do. He holds himself to a high standard of honesty and truthfulness. When he says and claims something, he will fulfill it, even agreements with people who have offended him. He is easily offended when someone becomes unreasonable with him, even if it were to be a beautiful young maiden. He has no shred of cowardice as he was willing to offend the Heavenly Emperor of the Immortal Realm for his own interests.

Before reincarnating
He was originally from a mortal realm and an ordinary young man who just had a handsome face. He admired a beautiful general whose cultivation was leaps and bounds away from him. There were many powerful figures who were pursuing her. Despite this, he did not give up and remained steadfast in cultivating. He was finally successful and caught up to her, even finally claiming her favor. However, she was past her prime by this time and could no longer advance to being an immortal. He also could not help her as he had to focus on his cultivation. She later died of old age as he wept in front of her tomb, the same young man in appearance from all of those years. He severely regrets this fact and blames himself for having been selfish and only focused on his cultivation.

After some time, he had advanced into the Immortal Realm and enjoyed a lengthy life. He had a myriad of lovers, all whom where peak beautiful maidens, and whose backgrounds were top of the line. As such he also has offended many people, including the Heavenly Emperor. Due to this, he was imprisoned in Eternal Retribution Cliff and met a mysterious old man who would later reincarnate him after being impressed by his deeds.

After reincarnating
He found himself stabbed by a fellow Outer Disciple named Yang Ming in the Profound Blossom Sect as he regained consciousness. Enraged after having been wounded by a mere mortal, he let out a mighty roar the knocked out everyone in the vicinity. He then acquires the memories of the previous owner of the body. The previous owner was a weak-willed and mentally-challenged young man with the same name and appearance. He does not remember being this person in his past life and the realm he resides does not seem to be from any of the realms he knwos. He is taken back into the current situation and it is revealed that the previous owner coveted the cultivation partner of Yang Ming and had been challenged to a life-and-death battle. The Profound Blossom Sect is a dual cultivation sect and he still had not found a cultivation partner due to his lack of talent and reputation of being retarded. An Elder sees the situation and reprimands them for having a deathmatch without proper permissions.

He now starts his journey back to the Immortal Realm, and swears to get back together with his lovers.