At the grand ceremony uniting the immortals and demons in marriage, the Demon Lord tore up the marriage contract before everyone. “The only one in my heart is Fairy Yaoguang. You’re nothing but a stand-in.”
I quietly put away the bloodstained love knot and bowed to him amid the crowd’s jeers.
The next day, the thirty-six clans of the Demon Realm rebelled, while all seven great sects of the Immortal Realm announced their alliance with me.
When the newly appointed Immortal Venerable strode in with sword in hand and smashed through the Demon Palace’s threshold, I was polishing my life-bound sword with a smile.
“Didn’t the person who taught you cultivation ever tell you that a stand-in can take your life too?”
