I was a nine-tailed fox of the Qingqiu clan who had cultivated for years. But while chasing fireflies, I stumbled right into the arms of Xuan Yan, the Demon Lord. His serpentine tail coiled around me as his fangs grazed my earlobe. He chuckled, “Little fox, you’re the one who threw yourself at me.”
We clung to each other in a passionate embrace for seven whole days and nights. Only when black marks from demonic poison appeared over my heart did I realize he had been poisoning me all along.
I tore off three tails and broke through the barrier to escape, but while recovering from my injuries, I was found by the Emperor of the mortal realm. The old emperor gazed obsessively at my bewitching human form, wrapped me in his dragon robe, and brought me into the imperial palace.
After three years lying low, I became the most favored consort in the harem. At the Heaven-Worshipping Ceremony, the second prince, Xiao Zhi, had exquisitely handsome features and long, graceful fingers. Beneath his black python robe, his waist was lean and firm. He stirred my heart even more than that cold-blooded black snake.
I repeatedly pretended to run into him by chance, but when passion took hold, he gripped my chin and sneered, “Is Your Highness trying to make me kill my father and seize the throne?”
On the night the old emperor died, the new emperor ordered me to join him in death. Beside the old emperor’s coffin, I was about to drink the poisoned wine when Xiao Zhi burst through the door. He pinned me against the late emperor’s coffin. “Now, Your Highness, it’s time to serve your new sovereign...”
Thunderclouds suddenly roiled over the nine-tiered palace.
Xuan Yan tore through the void and appeared, his snake tail winding around my ankle. “My little fox, you stole the demon heart and now you’re stealing an empire too...”
The whole book is from the perspective of the heroine, but out of the perspective of the heroine, Xuan Yan is the biggest winner. He got everything he wanted, the power of Chongming, and the heroine who loved him with all her heart. Two sworn enemies, one died and the other was disheartened (and even changed her mind about him). So shady, scheming boy!