How to Raise a Villain

- The Demon Lord Long Ting, whose name made the Ten Directions Realm tremble, was dead. When he opened his eyes again, the Demon Lord who had once ruled the Ten Directions Realm had become a miserable young boy in a human village, bullied by everyone. His cultivation was gone, and he was covered in mud, but Long Ting felt no resentment. He only thought that since he hadn't quite died, the powerful cultivators who had surrounded and hunted him back then would look wonderful when they found out. To restore his cultivation, Long Ting joined a middling sect, intending to devote himself to training. But Meng Li, the pampered only son of the sect leader, came looking for him. Meng Li got straight to the point: “I cast a divination and learned that you’re no good.” Thinking his identity had been exposed, Long Ting’s killing intent surged. But Meng Li said, “I can’t stand my senior brother. You’re no good, so you must know plenty of ways to hurt people. Teach me how to get at him.” As a demon, Long Ting was delighted to see someone from a righteous immortal sect willingly sink to learning how to hurt people. But why stop at teaching him to hurt one person? Long Ting had a brilliant idea. He would raise a truly vicious villain for the righteous immortal sect… Long Ting worked through the night on a villain-training plan, but Meng Li had his own principles. He only wanted to go after his senior brother. The Demon Lord wasn’t discouraged. Once you’ve hurt one person, you can hurt another. Long Ting carefully began by teaching Meng Li how to trip up his senior brother. Unfortunately, Meng Li had no talent for hurting people. His first attempt not only failed, but got him into trouble and dragged Long Ting down with him. Bone-Eroding Spring, a forbidden drug among humans. Without pleasure, it kills. Under its effects, Long Ting and the villain he had hoped to raise spent one passionate night together. … Reader’s Guide: 1. A cultivation-and-leveling story, with the protagonist as the pursuer. 2. Couple: a reborn, fun-loving pursuer and his not-too-bright wife. Theme: Good and evil are always repaid in the end.