Crossing the Azure Dragon

I dedicate this book to my grandfather, the teacher who first introduced me to Chinese literature. The hundreds of fairy tales and poems you read to me as a child inspired this imperfect novel. May it bring you comfort.

Blurb:

When the Azure Dragon King falls from power, Ji Tingfei is entrusted with saving him from certain death;

The Asura Grounds are full of danger, and the bastard turns out to be even worse than she imagined.

After many twists and turns, they finally escape,

but at the last moment, a flying arrow pierces her heart.

When she opens her eyes again, she has been reborn.

But can someone tell her why that arrogant man has become so strange?

#Love Beyond Control#

#Meeting you and falling in love made me want to become a better person#

Reading guide:

This is a rebirth story, but I don't recommend starting from the rebirth. The first thirty-five chapters develop the leads' relationship while also introducing a lot of worldbuilding and characters. Starting after the rebirth may leave you feeling like you're reading a book in a foreign language.

Content notes:

1. The setting is loosely constructed: an ancient society where men and women have equal rights in some respects. Please don't nitpick the historical details.

2. The tags are wrong. This is a political drama with a serious plot, though the tone is fairly light. It has a tiny amount of fantasy, but it is not a fantasy novel.

3. A groveling story about training a dog of a man. Before the rebirth, the male lead is a stubborn, incorrigible jerk who refuses to listen and needs to be taught a lesson. After the rebirth, he comes with a love-struck disposition. If he makes you angry, feel free to curse him out, but don't curse me out.

The original blurb was written on August 17, 2020, and has been photographed.

The next novel, [Saving the Villain's Poor Little Darling (Quick Transmigration)], is currently being serialized.

The one after that is planned to be [Mistook the Demon Lord for My Junior Sister]. Please add it to your reading list.

Mingzhu, the eldest daughter of the Wanxian Sect, has everything a person could wish for. Her father is the sect master of the cultivation world's greatest sect, her mother is descended from Nuwa, and she was born with profound cultivation and a glittering family background. Her life is perfect, earning her the nickname "Miss Good Fortune."

But on the night of her sixteenth birthday, she dreams that she is the fake heiress in a story about a true and false heiress. The true-blooded daughter of the Wanxian Sect is actually the new junior sister who has just joined the sect. In the story, afraid that her identity will be exposed, Mingzhu does many cruel things to undermine the junior sister. When the truth finally comes out, she is driven out of the Wanxian Sect and left to wander the streets, where she dies fighting wild dogs for food.

When Mingzhu wakes, she discovers that everything in her dream is true and goes to tell the sect master and his wife. The junior sister is welcomed back by the sect master's family, and Mingzhu is allowed to stay in the Wanxian Sect.

The sect master and his wife treat Mingzhu as affectionately as ever, but whenever she sees the junior sister's beautiful, almost otherworldly face, thin with hardship, she feels she owes her so much.

So at the apprenticeship ceremony, when the junior sister says she likes Mingzhu's jade pendant, Mingzhu gives it to her without hesitation. At the gathering of the sects, when someone falsely accuses the junior sister, Mingzhu steps forward to shield her. And in the verdant secret realm, when the junior sister is badly injured and falls unconscious, Mingzhu tends to her wounds and stays by her side all night.

The more time Mingzhu spends with her junior sister, the more adorable she finds her.

She's beautiful, talented in cultivation, and very clingy. Most of all, she loves tugging on Mingzhu's sleeve and calling her "Big Sister."

Then one day, when the entire cultivation world lays siege to the Wanxian Sect and Mingzhu sees no hope of escape, the junior sister appears in red, wielding a golden blade, and shields her.

The bleak sunlight catches the blade as it flashes like lightning and a shooting star. The figure holding it stands proud and untamed. Only then does Mingzhu understand two things.

Her junior sister is actually a boy.

And that boy is the legendary Red-Robed Demon Lord, a ruthless killer.

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The Demon Lord Rong Mu was switched at birth and suffered terribly as a child, which made him twisted and weary of the world.

At first, Rong Mu stayed by Mingzhu's side only because he wanted to see how amusing it would be if the "Miss Good Fortune" who had stolen his identity found that nothing in her life went her way.

He never expected that he would eventually become willing to lay every good thing in the world at her feet, wishing only that she would live long and happily, year after year.

Gentle, resilient sunshine girl * twisted, world-weary demon king

A story of healing

Theme: Persevere through hardship.