[Naive, blunt, super-strong little tree demon x sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, tsundere young Daoist]
[Mutually devoted + one-on-one romance + secret crush + groveling pursuit + face-slapping]
A heroine who knows how to flirt but doesn’t get the hint, and a hero who secretly loves her but keeps his feelings in check.
Shan Nai is a giant tree, shunned by the other forest demons because of her enormous true form.
Then lightning strikes her and turns her into a little demon. From that day on, she embarks on a path where she can take hits without breaking and grow stronger just by absorbing sunlight and rain, with her golden finger fully unlocked.
When a demon hits her, she asks, “Have you eaten?”
When a fox demon tries to drain her essence, she says, “Why are you spitting all over me?”
When a mob of demons gangs up on her, she stands perfectly still. They beat themselves tired, while Shan Nai remains completely unfazed.
Until one day, as she’s being beaten, she hears a young Daoist on a tree sneer,
“So demons can be bullies too, huh? A bunch of ugly demons picking on one little one. It’s quite the eyesore.”
Shan Nai has never seen a man so handsome and powerful in the mountains, and decides to stick with him.
Song Chengyu thinks he has saved a frail little demon. But when she reveals her true form, her tree canopy covering half the sky, he realizes she’s no little demon at all. She’s practically the Old Demon of Black Mountain.
Later, when Song Chengyu fights someone with magic, she casually tosses his opponent ten li away.
When Song Chengyu struggles to pull out the impossibly heavy World-Destroying Sword, she reaches out, draws it, and even gives it a flourish.
Song Chengyu says he hates demons, so she walks away without looking back.
When Song Chengyu finds her again, she’s lying in the arms of a handsome fox demon, not even bothering to raise her eyelids.
“Why are you here?”
“I heard the shade beneath a big tree is nice, so I came to reclaim mine.”
