After the Fox Ran Off While Pregnant, the Demon Venerable Went Full Scorched-Earth

[A beautiful little sunshine, a silly fox x a gloomy, deranged bad guy]

1.

Yu Zhaochen was a wild fox with low cultivation in the mountains. One day, he transmigrated into a storybook and became the vicious cannon-fodder fake young master of a cultivation clan, destined to be a stepping stone for the true young master.

This world despised demon cultivators. On his first day after transmigrating, he witnessed cultivators skinning and dismembering a fox demon before hanging its head on display.

Among the cultivators, all of whom were paragons of righteousness devoted to slaying demons, only Fuyao, the true young master who had been cruelly tormented by the original owner, showed compassion and pity in his eyes. He was a slave from the demon race.

To stay alive, and to atone for the original owner's sins, Yu Zhaochen hid his tail and decided to follow Fuyao, obey his every command, and become his sword.

From then on, he played the original owner's role in public and did his best to care for Fuyao in private.

When Fuyao was bullied, Yu Zhaochen drew his sword and stepped in to protect him.

When Fuyao's meridians were damaged, Yu Zhaochen sought countless spirit stones and immortal herbs to treat him.

When Fuyao fell into an illusion, Yu Zhaochen risked his life to follow and take a fatal blow for him.

At last, Yu Zhaochen told Fuyao the whole truth, and the two confessed their feelings to each other.

Fuyao said he loved red foxes most of all. Once his identity was restored, he would save the demon cultivators and marry Yu Zhaochen with a grand procession of wedding gifts stretching ten miles.

He said, "I will never betray you in this life."

2.

Yu Zhaochen never got his grand wedding procession.

The day Fuyao reclaimed his identity as the true young master, a hundred thousand black-armored demon soldiers descended on the border. Only then did Yu Zhaochen learn that the man before him had already become the Demon Venerable long before Yu Zhaochen transmigrated, and had known all along that he was a fox demon.

Everything that had happened was part of a deliberate plan, a deception.

After conquering the Yu family, Fuyao not only ordered the mass slaughter of demon cultivators, but also exposed Yu Zhaochen's identity in front of everyone, accusing him of falsifying his heritage and cutting off every possible escape.

Gravely wounded and leaning on his sword for support, Yu Zhaochen spat out a mouthful of blood at those words. He could no longer maintain his cultivation, reverted to fox form, and staggered unsteadily.

At the moment the human cultivators swarmed him, he saw through a gap Fuyao's cold red eyes, which had never held the slightest trace of pity.

Yu Zhaochen didn't blame people for changing their hearts.

He only blamed himself for entrusting his heart to the wrong person.

3.

Later, rumors spread that the renowned Demon Venerable had attacked Mount Ling and slaughtered the cultivation sects for the sake of a lowly demon slave.

They said that by the time he found the demon slave, the man was three months pregnant. The unborn child was frail, so the Demon Venerable cut out his own demon core.

Not long afterward, every red wedding sash in the markets had sold out.

At the time, in the demon palace...

Fuyao carefully showed Yu Zhaochen the phoenix crown and wedding robes he had kept hidden for years. "I've prepared a wedding procession stretching thousands of miles for you. Would you..."

He never expected the person who had once nestled in his arms to look at him with eyes as cold as if he were trash. "You're too kind, Your Excellency. I'm just a wild fox."

Fuyao's heart and soul shattered.

Fortunes change.

He deserved it.

[Reader's Guide]

* Pregnancy, running away while pregnant, and a groveling pursuit after a breakup. Extremely melodramatic.

* The top is not a good person. Feel free to hate on him, but there will be no switching tops.

* Handsome top, beautiful bottom.

* I love strong, beautiful characters who suffer, and I am a staunch supporter of happy endings.

* Both are virgins.

* My own take on cultivation, with many original worldbuilding details created to serve the couple's romance. Those seeking rigorous cultivation lore may want to skip this.

* Screenshot saved on 2026.2.26.

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[Hot-tempered, competitive bottom x lazy, loyal dog-like top who's secretly a pervert]

Lin Qingzhou, one of the four immortals of the Qilin Palace in the cultivation world, was a peerless genius whose talent and beauty were the best in a century.

But just after ascending to immortality, he suffered an accident. A lightning strike destroyed his body and extinguished his soul, leaving only a wisp of spirit attached to the body of a sect disciple, Ying Suifeng. He became the inner demon of Ying Suifeng, the villain.

As far as he knew, Ying Suifeng had been in love with the male protagonist for years and followed him to the immortal sect. In the future, when that love went unrequited, he would turn evil and destroy the world.

But right now, he was still a child. His comprehension and spiritual power were poor, and he spent his days lazing around, taking whatever abuse came his way without fighting back or talking back. He was the very picture of a timid pushover.

Lin Qingzhou was so frustrated that he thought Ying Suifeng was far too saintly. He called him weak, incompetent, and too kind for his own good, saying he deserved to stay stuck in the mud and never improve.

He told him that if he liked the male protagonist, he should tell him about all the good things he'd done instead of always letting others take the credit. Ying Suifeng asked whether he should make crystal dragon-and-phoenix cakes or frozen flower pastries tomorrow.

He told him to work harder at cultivation, curry favor with his elders, and climb the ranks by any means necessary. Ying Suifeng asked whether he should bring water to his senior brother first or sweep the floor for his master first.

He told him that if he was truly upset, he didn't have to pretend he wasn't. It was okay to cry out loud. Ying Suifeng said he would find him a new body.

Lin Qingzhou was so angry he spat blood. When the original male protagonist ran Ying Suifeng through the heart with a sword, he jumped out to take the blow and was reduced to ashes.

*

Ying Suifeng was the least favored eldest son of the Ying family, abandoned at a young age in the immortal sect to fend for himself.

With no family or friends and a quiet disposition, he was honest and well-behaved, doing his best not to cause trouble.

Then one day, he learned that he was the villain in a book, destined to love the male protagonist without being loved in return, eventually turn evil, and destroy the world.

Ying Suifeng was terrified. From then on, he became even more restrained and respectful, doing his best to avoid bad thoughts and keep the cultivation world at peace.

But his inner demon appeared anyway.

The inner demon kept tempting him with improper desires and made his emotions and affections so obvious.

At first, he tried a thousand different ways to make the inner demon disappear.

Later, he realized that the inner demon was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, always looking out for him and pushing him to move forward.

Ying Suifeng thought there was no one better than his inner demon.

But such a wonderful person was reduced to ashes right in front of him.

The man who had once been gentle and dutiful fell into demonic cultivation. In a single night, he slaughtered everyone who had bullied him, then took control of the Qilin Palace as a demonic cultivator and became the foremost of the five great immortals.

He stood before the male protagonist who had ascended by taking his life, pointed his sword at the man's forehead, and said coldly, "I'll make you pay with your life."

*

Ten years after Lin Qingzhou's death, his soul finally returned to his body.

When he awoke, he heard that the pushover from before had not only become his colleague, but had also grown into someone with such a bad temper that nobody dared to provoke him. Lin Qingzhou couldn't help feeling like a proud father.

Meanwhile, Ying Suifeng had become famous at a young age, with such extraordinary talent that countless men and women in the cultivation world dreamed of becoming his Dao companion.

Suitors came in an endless stream. Lin Qingzhou was genuinely happy for him and even began looking for suitable candidates.

But not long afterward, Ying Suifeng made a declaration to the world:

He had once become Dao companions with his inner demon. His inner demon was dead, so he would remain a widower for the rest of his life.

Lin Qingzhou: "... ?"

Are you crazy?!

[Reader's Guide]

* The top does not like the male protagonist.

* The bottom transmigrates.

* Both are virgins.

* Screenshot saved on 2026.8.11.

Theme: Don't bully foxes.