Back Before My Nemesis Turned Dark for Me

[Delicate, scheming black-lotus heroine x naive, ferocious puppy dragon]

To save her cultivation partner, Ye Chenyin risked her life to seize the Dragon God's bone. In the end, it was that very partner who shoved her into the furnace where immortals' bones were removed.

As she lay dying, Xiwei fought his way through the formation, his white robes drenched in blood and murderous aura, a lump of soft, malformed flesh dangling beneath his left wrist.

Xiwei looked disgusted. "We agreed you'd wait for me to kill you. How did you die first? You tricked me again."

Ye Chenyin smiled back, undaunted. "Maybe in my next life..."

After she died, her soul lingered. She watched as this enemy, whose dragon bone she had taken, stormed Kunlun. Alone, he cut down hundreds, then strode over severed limbs and bones to tear out her cultivation partner's heart and offer it before her ice coffin. Afterward, he sank forever into the sea with her.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day she first met Xiwei. She had yet to take his dragon bone, and Xiwei was still a young little white dragon.

Ye Chenyin decided to live differently. From then on, aside from making life more comfortable for herself, she kept a close eye on Xiwei to make sure he didn't turn evil again.

Gradually, Xiwei grew closer to her, especially in spring, when he clung to her more than ever.

He was good-looking, after all, so Ye Chenyin figured she wasn't losing out.

The shadows of her previous life slowly faded, and everything about this new one was wonderful. Until one day, Ye Chenyin awoke contentedly beneath the bed curtains and met a pair of crimson, vertical-pupiled eyes.

"Weren't you going to take my dragon bone?" Xiwei cupped her face in one hand, rubbed her lips with his fingers, and studied her expression. "Why haven't you done it yet?"

Before she could answer, he took her hand and pressed it to his chest. Through the deadly reverse scale, his heart beat beneath her palm.

"In your last life, you chose him..." Xiwei whispered in her ear, his cheek pressed against hers as his teeth gently nibbled her neck.

He asked as if begging, "If I give you the Dragon God's bone, could you choose me this time?"

Ye Chenyin: "...?"

*

Xiwei hates lies most of all, followed by anyone touching his weak spots: his pulse point, throat, and the reverse scale over his heart.

She lied to him, pierced his reverse scale with lightning, and took a piece of his dragon bone. He should have hated her.

But he still loves her.

[Reading Guide]

1. The main couple are exclusive and have a happy ending. The male lead has no romantic experience, and the second male lead gets burned to ashes in the groveling arc.

2. This is my own take on fantasy, with a mountain of original worldbuilding.

3. Please add it to your favorites~ Thank you, everyone!

Theme: In a vast world, even the smallest speck has a voice.