Marrying an Evil Spirit [Book Transmigration]

After dying of a serious illness, Shi Ning transmigrates into an unfinished supernatural novel, where from the start he is forced to marry a shrine tablet dedicated to a revered deity.

As a man brought into the family as a husband, he has plenty to eat and wear and is free from illness, but he seems to have a special constitution. The supernatural horrors unique to the genre keep coming after him, and his life is constantly in danger.

Shi Ning is desperate to stay alive.

He remembers that the head of this family of Celestial Masters is the original novel's male lead, a powerful exorcist with a selfless sense of justice and righteous spirit.

After weathering a few twists and turns in his quest to survive, Shi Ning finally meets the male lead.

"I'm your ancestor's wife." He tries to use their connection to his advantage. "Don't you think you should do something for me?"

The male lead remains stone-faced and unmoved.

Shi Ning says, "A-at least send someone to protect me."

The male lead still says nothing, but his gaze grows deeper, its meaning hard to read.

Shi Ning thinks, This can't be right. Everyone says the male lead is kind and just. Why does he seem so cold-blooded and heartless?

"How about we pretend I never came today?" He backs down and turns to leave.

He isn't giving up out of fear. He'll come back tomorrow.

If tomorrow doesn't work, then the day after, or the day after that...

Thanks to Shi Ning's persistence and perseverance, the male lead is finally "moved" and lets him stay.

Shi Ning discovers he may have the potential to become a Celestial Master, too. Other people have to draw talismans with extreme care, thinking everything through before they act, but he can sketch one out in a single stroke without breaking a sweat. Even the male lead is astonished by his talent.

Heh, he knew it. How could someone who transmigrated into a book not have a golden finger?

Shi Ning happily lives with the head of the family for several months. One day, a man comes to pay his respects to the head. He says his name is Ji Daoquan.

Wait, who? His name is Ji Daoquan?

Isn't that the male lead's name in this supernatural novel?

Then who is the person he's been living with all this time?

After the real male lead leaves, Shi Ning is still baffled. He asks, "What is your name, exactly?"

The "fake male lead" smiles faintly. "My name is Ji Yunjing, courtesy name Hansong."

That is the name on the deity tablet he was forced to marry!

Later, Shi Ning dreams of the final story in the original novel before it was abandoned. It is called "The Evil God Takes a Wife," and among the many candidate husbands is someone named "Shi Ning."

When Shi Ning wakes, he pinches the soft flesh at the waist of the person beside him.

Ji Yunjing: "..."

It doesn't hurt, but darling, is this your idea of a little early-morning fun?

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Ji Yunjing grows increasingly weary of the world, with no desire to go on living. Just as he is about to drag everything down with him, a little lamb who seems soft and easy to bully, yet is bright and full of life, barges into his world.

At first, Ji Yunjing: A wife? Hah, she's nothing but a sacrifice.

Then, Ji Yunjing: Who does he think I am? I'm his wife.

Later, Ji Yunjing: A wife is a wife, always by your side like the stars and the moon, and impossible to live without.

Theme: Sincere love is the soil where affection takes root.