The Dream Tapir Doted on by a Feudal Demon Emperor

A cold, restrained, jealous demon emperor x a bold, food-loving dream-eating tapir

She eats people's dreams wherever she goes, and his jealousy keeps the Three Realms awake.

Sui Ning transmigrated into the primordial world and became a newly hatched dream-eating tapir.

Starving, she burrowed into a dream and devoured a vengeful ghost that had been demanding lives for thirty thousand years.

The True Fire of the Sun pressed against her throat.

The dream's owner asked, "Do you know who I am?"

Sui Ning burped. "No. But do you serve food here?"

And so, Donghuang Taiyi made a seven-day pact with her:

I will give you dreams, and you will eat my nightmares.

After the War Between the Liches, all the Three Realms believed Taiyi was dead. In truth, he was still alive. He had forged the heart of the bell from half his primordial spirit to suppress dream demons, and had not slept for thirty thousand years.

Until Sui Ning barged in.

She ate his nightmares, moved into his divine palace, and even complained, "Today's dream was too bitter. Can't you dream up something sweet?"

Taiyi: "No."

That night, for the first time, he dreamed of a sea of flowers.

After she transformed into human form, Sui Ning ate dreams for the Matchmaker and returned smelling of osmanthus.

Taiyi: "Whose dream did you enter?"

"The Matchmaker's."

"Don't do that again."

"Why?"

"Entering a dream is like entering someone's soul. You tasted his joy and sorrow, and left your own scent behind."

Sui Ning: "I eat dreams to save people. It's not as if I like anyone else."

Taiyi: "Then who do you like?"

"You, of course." Taiyi's gaze shifted slightly. She added, "You're my most generous long-term meal ticket, after all."

Donghuang fell silent for a long time. "Very well. My dreams are yours, but don't go barging into other people's dreams again."

At first, he kept her around only so he could spend a night without dreams.

Later, he learned to dream again, and she was in every one of his dreams.

Theme: Sleep is of the utmost importance.