She Conspires with a Fallen God (Campus)

Female Lead's Perspective: Xia Ange, a third-year student at Guanghua High, is aloof, eccentric, and gloomy, yet possesses talents in certain areas that even her teachers find astonishing. Her beauty brings gossip, her talent draws attention, and her aloof, eccentric personality breeds hatred and malice. She'd already decided to endure high school in silence, but the gruesome death of an old friend and the increasingly aggressive actions of her enemies push her past the breaking point. Just then, fate places in her hands a notebook containing a sealed spirit artifact. "If my school can't give me justice, I'll send them to meet the gods with my own hands." Male Lead's Perspective: Gu Lingchen, the legendary Son of the Era of the Yun Sect, the Demon King of the Apocalypse in the eyes of the Yan Sect's heretics, the youngest son of President Zhiming in real life, and the youngest scientist at the Xia State Academy of Sciences. He died during a coup at the age of seventeen, his soul shattered into countless pieces. When he wakes again, his homeland is on the verge of falling in the flames of war, he's been struck from the scientific community, and even his name has become an evil thing that must not be spoken. Gu Lingchen: How much worse can life get? Garuda: It can, of course. "Your Highness, all you need is a devout follower of noble blood, willing to offer you their heart with reverence, and you can return to the mortal world." "Easy. When are those old fossils going to make their move?" "I'm afraid you've misunderstood, Your Highness. We've lost all contact with Zhiming. Your only option is the pure-blooded girl who found the artifact containing your soul." "If you can make her willingly offer up her life to you, you can return from the Astral Realm and save your people from the flames of war." Only, something seems a little off... "Your Highness, I must remind you again: you need to win her over, not let her win you over." "...Mind your own business. I have my own pace." With his help, her enemies die one by one, but she discovers that she may have been caught up in an even larger vortex... From the first moment he saw her, he looked past the much-criticized shell she wore and glimpsed the serpent bound to him by fate. "Only you and I are alike." Content Warnings and Tropes: 1. Happy ending, both leads are each other's first and only, cathartic revenge story. 2. Low-magic modern setting, an age of technology at the end of the Dharma, spiritual qi revival. 3. The setting has fluid attitudes toward sexuality. This isn't about bravely pursuing love; everyone is a villain. 4. The setting is rather dark, but the protagonists won't sink to the same level. 5. The female lead is very powerful. For most of the story, she suffers mental harm but not physical abuse (ordinary injuries from pursuing her goals don't count as abuse), and most of that happens in flashbacks. Also known as: The Villainous Big Boss Tries to Win Over the Female Lead; The Tragic Romance Heroine and the Villain Get a Happy Ending; How to Survive a School Full of Bullies and Mean Girls and Get Your Revenge; The Female Lead Has Gone Dark... Premise: Only you can save yourself.