The World-Destroying Villain Gets Rewritten into a Hopeless Romantic

On the day the rebels stormed the imperial city, Emperor Jiayuan and the imperial clan chose death to prove their resolve.

Bai Yuqing was one of them. Born with a jade in her mouth, she was honored as Princess Yuning and considered a good omen for the Great Qing. But her title was all she had; those around her were wolves and tigers.

Under the moonlight, the wanton shadow of a nine-tailed fox demon struck fear into all who saw it.

He was the rebels' unshakable confidence. No matter how many soldiers charged at him, none could last more than a breath. He was cruel by nature, never even blinking as he killed.

Looking down at the corpses strewn across the ground, Bai Yuqing cowered beneath the nine-tailed fox's shadow. He truly did possess the astonishing looks described in the rumors.

Her fall took only an instant. As her consciousness faded, she saw those unruffled eyes high above the heavens suddenly fill with panic. Ignoring the thick chain around his neck, he rushed toward her.

The undefeated nine-tailed fox demon lifted her broken body like a madman, his eyes terrifyingly red.

Demons are born without feelings and cry only twice in their lives: when they are born, and when they die.

That day, she saw tears in his arms, and each one was mixed with blood.

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After being reborn, Bai Yuqing becomes a tiny half-demon. The quickest way back to the imperial city is to join the Demon Suppression Bureau.

To prevent the tragedy of her previous life, she resolves to make a pact with a demon beast and become a beast tamer.

After waiting in the mountain ravine for days, the one who wanders into her formation is an unlucky little white dog.

When he takes human form, Bai Yuqing finds herself face-to-face with him.

She's doomed. It seems she made a pact with the enemy who indirectly caused her death in her previous life.

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When the seals on the Demon Suppression Tower weaken, the nine-tailed fox demon takes the chance to escape. But halfway through bringing about the end of the world, he loses his memory, and an unknown power seals away all his demonic strength as well.

The infamous nine-tailed fox demon vanishes without a trace, while an ordinary fox named Shen Huaize struggles to survive in the world.

After escaping the demon-eating arena at great cost, Shen Huaize is dealt a cruel joke by fate.

It feels as though millions of nails have been driven into his head, tormenting his nerves every moment.

Then, staggering into a mountain ravine, he makes a pact with a beggar whose face he cannot even see clearly.

As long as he is near her, the bone-deep, heart-piercing pain eases.

Shen Huaize has never read the classics, nor has anyone taught him right from wrong. He is bloodthirsty and indifferent to life and death. Whoever catches his eye, whether they risk their life or something else, he will seize with every means at his disposal and keep firmly in his grasp.

He considers this whole misunderstanding a little interlude in his life.

At first, Shen Huaize only wants to figure out how to break the pact, find a way to ease his headaches, and then kill Bai Yuqing with his own hands.

But later, everything goes as he wishes. The pact really is broken, and she gives him back his freedom.

That very night, he climbs into her bed, wagging his tail and looking pitiful and aggrieved:

Yuniang, you can't leave me.

Yuniang, won't you please be kind to me?

Where light and shadow meet beneath the candlelight, he lowers half his face and murmurs in her ear:

This time, I won't let you run away again.

From then on, in this world filled with all manner of creatures, he sees only two kinds of people: Yuniang and everyone else.

A gentle, soft-spoken, sunny girl x a gloomy, sharp-tongued, lovesick attack dog

1. Told in third person. Most of the demon-hunting worldbuilding is the author's own invention.

2. The leads were destined to be together in both their past and present lives.

3. At first, they're an antagonistic couple, both secretly plotting to take the other out.

4. Not a strong female lead story; includes a growth arc.

Theme: Keep striving and never give up