Reborn! I’m Actually the Demon Lord

Lin Xiaoyue leaned against the side of the boat, her weak voice drifting over now and then. “Brother Su Yi, are you done yet?” Though faint, her voice brimmed with anticipation.

Su Yi kept working, answering gently, “Almost. I’ll have it ready in a moment.” A hint of joy and nervousness colored his voice.

At last, he finished making the lantern. He lifted it happily and said to Lin Xiaoyue:

“Xiaoyue, look. It’s done.”

But he realized that Lin Xiaoyue beside him had already drawn her last breath. A faint smile lingered on her face, as though she had been watching him until the very end.

Su Yi’s heart froze. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Gripping Lin Xiaoyue’s hand tightly, he asked in a trembling voice, “Xiaoyue, what’s wrong? Don’t scare me.” But Lin Xiaoyue never answered again.

After his beloved died, Su Yi transformed himself into a demon, cast off all feeling, and offered sacrifices to the heavens.

All so he could reach the highest realm and bring her back to life.

As the poem goes:

My love runs deep as the sea, beyond my control; my obsession turns me into a demon, and I’d give my life for it.

I would become ice, sealed away for a thousand years, if only she could bloom again.

Even if I become a heartless demon, I’ll never regret giving my life to one person.

May she wake and smile again; I’ll bear no hatred toward anything in this world.