With My Phoenix Feathers Shattered, I Swear I’ll Never Become an Immortal with the Mad Demon Lord

[Reborn for revenge + two powerful leads saving each other + a deranged Demon Ancestor who protects his beloved + tearing apart the hypocritical immortal sects + refusing to become an immortal] In her previous life, Bu Yao was the most favored first disciple of the Tianyan Immortal Sect and the sole inheritor of the Mystic Phoenix bloodline. Yet the master she revered as a god and the junior sister she loved like family betrayed her together. Branded a demon spy, she had three of her natal phoenix feathers ripped out, her immortal bones shattered, and was thrown into the Immortal-Slaying Array to suffer the torment of ten thousand bolts of lightning devouring her soul. In her final moments, she saw only Gu Xuan, the world-despised Demon Ancestor who would destroy the world, forcing his way through his seal to save her. His soul scattered, leaving behind only one bloodcurdling cry: “Don’t trust the immortals.” Reborn, she returns to three years before the betrayal, still clutching the “Spirit-Nourishing Pill” her master gave her, laced with a deadly spirit-locking poison. The heart-piercing agony of her previous life surges within her. She crushes the pill and swears a bloody oath to the heavens: “In this life, I’d rather descend into the Nine Hells than join the immortal sects! I’d rather become a demon than an immortal! The hypocritical immortal sects will pay for their blood debts!” She turns and ventures alone into the infamous Nine Hells, rescuing the deranged Demon Ancestor Gu Xuan, who has been imprisoned for a thousand years, pinned to a Soul-Calming Stone by chains that bind his soul. Using her heart’s blood, she forms a life-and-death bond with him: “I’ll help you get revenge, and you’ll keep me safe. From now on, we live and die together. Anyone who betrays us will have their soul obliterated!” The world fears his boundless malice and his slaughter of immortals in his bid to destroy the world. Only she stands before him, her gaze cold: “He belongs to me, Bu Yao. If you want to touch him, you’ll have to step over my dead body first!” The world condemns her as a fallen immortal witch consorting with demons. Only he shields her, slaughtering his way through the nine heavens and razing ten thousand immortal sects: “Whoever dares touch my Yao Yao will be ground to dust!” The white-lotus junior sister steals her phoenix feathers? She’ll strip her of her cultivation and ruin her reputation!