This Human Is a Great Demon

[The full novel is complete and will conclude on October 3] [My new novel, The Zoo Is Full of Monsters, is now available to preorder. I'd love your support!] * In her previous life, Shi Ye died during a great monster's heavenly tribulation. After being reborn, she cultivated the demonic path all over again in a purely human body. She weathered another lightning tribulation and became the only human great monster in the history of the demon realm. Rumor had it that she was savage and bloodthirsty, her moods unpredictable, and that all demons fled wherever she went. In reality, most of the time Shi Ye simply lounged in Yunmeng, rocking in her chair and watching the sky and clouds while looking after a few demons who had wandered in on their own. Rebirth had taken most of her emotions. She could no longer feel joy or sorrow, and very few people or things mattered to her. That changed when a rabbit demon with a damaged spirit essence came to beg for help. Shi Ye discovered that someone had tampered with its origins. And the trace that should not have existed bore an uncanny resemblance to the heavenly punishment she had suffered in her previous life. Around then, someone else showed up in Yunmeng, and no amount of chasing him off could make him leave. Yun Yuan. Born human, he cultivated both the human and demonic paths. He knew what foods she disliked, how she liked to hold her flute, and even many things about her that Shi Ye herself did not know in this life. Shi Ye asked, “Have we met before?” Yun Yuan smiled but did not answer. She had no idea that he had searched the entire demon realm for four hundred years, all to find her again and stand by her side. Only when all the clues began to fit together did Shi Ye realize that from the moment the rabbit demon came to her door, they might already have stepped into someone else's game. Thunder rumbled again, and tribulation clouds gathered once more. All demons were pawns. The living would be used, and even the dead would find no release. Beneath the tribulation clouds, Shi Ye held up an umbrella and stepped into the formation. Yun Yuan stood beside her with his sword in hand. Demonic power surged along its edge, and he did not retreat a single step. Shi Ye asked, “Are you afraid to die?” Yun Yuan lowered his eyes to look at her and answered gently, “I fear neither living nor dying together.” * New novel coming soon: The Zoo Is Full of Monsters Blurb: On the day of her father's funeral, Lin Jianwei received an inheritance. A zoo on the verge of bankruptcy. A mountain of loans she could never repay. And an old bracelet delivered by a strange man. The man said her father had left it to her. Lin Jianwei glanced at the bracelet, then at the man standing in front of her who looked very much like a con artist. She smiled politely. “Thanks, but no.” That night, the bracelet jolted her awake. A new task had appeared inside it: [Before midnight, go to the big cat enclosure and deal with an abnormal incident involving the Siberian tiger.] Lin Jianwei: “...” At last, she understood what it meant to be careful about accepting an inheritance. * To pay off her debts, Lin Jianwei had no choice but to take over the zoo. On her first day, she discovered that the tiger could talk. On the second day, she found out that a peacock had secretly transformed into a human and snuck out on a date. On the third day, the fish in the aquarium, supposedly there for twenty years, sat by the pool smoking and asked when the new director was going to pay him. Lin Jianwei fell silent for a long while. Fine. As long as they could make money, she could keep them all. And so, the zoo that had been on the brink of bankruptcy suddenly began to thrive. * One day, she discovered that her father's death might not have been so simple. * Later, someone asked Lin Jianwei: “Why are you so determined to keep investigating?” She thought for a moment. “At first, it was because I was in debt.” “And after that?” Lin Jianwei picked up her knife, smiling sweetly. “Then I found out that not one person in my family has been telling me the truth.” So she would just have to catch them one by one and ask. Book ID: 11031771 Theme: Resist the forces that control your fate and live the way you choose.