The Devil I Made a Soul Pact With

While out exploring the shore on a trip, a young woman finds a message in a bottle and accidentally releases the demon inside. To save her father, she is forced to make a pact with the demon, enslaving it. Once the demon has fulfilled all her wishes and has nothing left to desire, her soul will belong to it. To stay alive, the young woman keeps finding tasks for the demon. By chance, she stirs up a storm in the divided and chaotic city of Shanghai. There, in the glittering world of the foreign concessions, she is forced to grow from an ordinary girl into a mighty warlord. Later, she retires from the world and lives a carefree life. When she happens to meet a woman who makes tea, she tells her the story of her life.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.