After Being Reborn, I Became My Junior Brother's Thorn in His Side

In her previous life, Huo Yaofan was infamous for her tyranny. She did whatever it took to take revenge, making countless enemies across the cultivation world. From murdering her master to slaughtering her fellow disciples, she committed every atrocity imaginable. In the end, karma caught up with her, and her junior brother ran her through the heart with his sword.

Only as she lay dying did she learn that the hatred driving her had been part of a carefully laid trap.

Reborn, she resolved to turn over a new leaf. She became respectful toward her master and eager to help others. All the disciples were terrified and wary of her, except one, who watched coldly from the sidelines and even spoke cruelly to her. It was the very junior brother who had killed her in her previous life.

At first, he opposed her at every turn. Huo Yaofan put up with it for the sake of peace, but he only got worse.

When she wanted revenge, he got there first and avenged her.

When she wanted to punish scum, she found he'd already left them thoroughly crushed.

When someone proposed to her, he couldn't handle that in her place, so she decided to respond herself. But he gripped her chin and threatened, "Go on, say yes. I dare you."

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In his previous life, Meng Feizhao watched his master die at the hands of the woman he loved. In a fit of rage, he killed her by mistake, then jumped off a cliff himself.

When he woke up again, he had returned to two years earlier. Facing the rebel disciple who had murdered his master, his former love had turned entirely to hatred. He swore he would never let history repeat itself.

But gradually, he realized that something was different.

She had changed. She was no longer cold and heartless, but protected him at every turn, offended elders for his sake, got hurt for him, and risked her life for him...

He went from confusion to turmoil, and finally even came to despise himself. Reborn, he still couldn't rein in the heart that longed to be close to her.

He couldn't lie to himself. Clear-eyed, he fell for her all over again, willingly taking every tribulation in her place...

Both reborn / happy ending

A ruthless, cold, aloof female lead vs. a younger, gentle, devoted male lead.

Theme: Have the courage to change for the better, and learn to grow and protect others in adversity.