Handbook for Raising the Dark Moonlight

Yuzhi is a princess of the East Sea. She has an older sister, Yuqing, who treats her wonderfully.

One day, Yuzhi came across the Book of Fate. It said that the eldest princess of the East Sea, Yuqing, would meet a man, an evil spirit from Hell who sought revenge for his people, who had died at their father's hands.

He schemed to get close to Yuqing, driving her to have her dragon tendons torn out, her scales ripped off, and her immortal bones broken. In the end, the East Sea dried up and the entire dragon clan died.

To save the man she loved, Yuqing went willingly to the Tomb of the Gods. Just as she was about to leap to her death for him, she learned the truth: he had only been seeking revenge. He had never loved her. Not even a little.

The Book of Fate said this was a debt of blood the dragon clan owed the man, and that no matter what, it had to be repaid.

To protect her people, Yuzhi would pay that debt.

Later, Yuzhi crossed out the final debt of blood. The dragon clan no longer owed him anything.

Right in front of him, she leaped from the Tomb of the Gods.

The Book of Fate gleamed and added a new entry.

The debt of love he owed her.

**

Even while keeping a low profile, Dugu Zhao knew that the so-called young lady of the Lin family who had been lost outside their home was an impostor. She was also his enemy, a member of the dragon clan he despised above all others.

A plan gradually took shape in his mind.

Get close to Yuzhi, marry Yuzhi, and destroy the dragon clan.

Until, at the Tomb of the Gods, Yuzhi crossed out the final entry in the Book of Fate.

"Dugu Zhao, I have repaid everything the dragon clan owed you. From now on, we're even. We'll never meet again."

She leaped down.

Dugu Zhao's eyes widened. His heart stabbed with pain, and he couldn't breathe. Only then did he understand that he had already fallen in love with her.

**

Later, Dugu Zhao kept trying to win the love of Yuzhi, the East Sea's Emperor.

But no matter what he did, the Yuzhi who had once been willing to give him her heart and soul was gone.

Before the Tomb of the Gods, Yuzhi refused to let the Book of Fate restore those memories to her.

"Do you believe me, Dugu Zhao?"

"I never loved you."

Note:

No trigger warnings. This is a melodramatic angst novel, as promised by the blurb. Both the male and female leads suffer.

Bad ending. No happy ending.

The female lead doesn't love the male lead. She never did.

Stamped: Blurb revised on 2026.2.2. This is the final version; no more changes.

Theme: There's no such thing as a cure for regret. Think carefully before you act.