The Beautiful but Tragic Demon Venerable Refuses a Bad Ending

Jiang Qingli is the junior senior sister of her sect. She cultivates the Heartless Dao, excels at her duties, and is admired by all her junior brothers and sisters.

After being reborn, she remembers how her junior brother Xue Lingjun turned evil in her previous life and went mad, destroying the Three Realms. The sight had been so deranged that she decides to seek him out from the moment he joins the sect, provide him with the finest treasures, ensure his physical and mental well-being and help him develop his cultivation in every way, and stamp out every possibility of his falling to demonic cultivation.

But her plan goes awry.

In front of her, Xue Lingjun is refined, gentle, and obedient. Behind her back, though, when someone once tried to touch her face, he ran out into the rain to kill them. When he returned, he still remembered to bring her steaming osmanthus cakes.

Perhaps the osmanthus cakes are too sweet, because Jiang Qingli never notices her well-behaved junior brother's double life. She even thinks she can make a clean exit.

The day before she is to become dao partners with someone else, Xue Lingjun drops the act. He not only steals her away on the day of her Dao Companion Ceremony, but swaggeringly takes her back to the Demon Palace, making everyone in the world think the new Demon Lord is getting married.

He really must be sick in the head. After kidnapping her, he neither wreaks havoc on the common people nor expands the demon realm's borders. He just keeps her locked up in the Demon Palace and pampers her, telling her heartbreaking, epic love stories day after day.

After hearing so many of them, Jiang Qingli muses, "Is this how you demons torture people?"

[Bonus Scene]

Before Jiang Qingli comes to the Demon Palace: Xue Lingjun must be terrifying if he turns evil.

The day she is tied up...

The demons filling the hall don't dare make a sound. They stare fearfully at the two people in the center of the Demon Palace.

Jiang Qingli: "How dare you tie me up."

Xue Lingjun smiles as he gently strokes her disheveled hair, fixing the crooked golden hairpin in it. "I was wrong. Isn't it nice staying in the Demon Palace?"

Jiang Qingli: "How dare you tie me up."

Xue Lingjun: "I really was wrong."

Jiang Qingli: "How dare you tie me up."

The demons silently think to themselves: This woman is incredibly bold.

Cover art by Meigu from Bishui.

[Please Read]

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first, happy ending.

Here's a coming-soon title:

I Became the Divine Lord's Heart Demon After I Died

Huo You'an is the beautiful young daughter of a powerful minister.

She has no need to worry about marriage, but then she has a prophetic dream. She sees herself marrying into a prestigious family, only to die before she turns eighteen.

So her first rule is: Don't get involved with anyone. The person she most wants to avoid is Yu Lueheng.

But Yu Lueheng falls in love with her at first sight.

When she is punished in embroidery class, he steps in to resolve the matter.

When she wins a falcon at a hunting banquet and is accused of cheating, he steps forward to testify on her behalf.

After all this...

Yu Lueheng: It's time to propose.

Huo You'an: It's time to run.

When he realizes how she feels, Yu Lueheng schemes to take her by force, leaving her with nowhere to run.

But just as she falls for him, her entire family is thrown into prison because of him.

He says he wanted to marry Huo You'an only for power.

With her love betrayed, he can be the one to propose and she can be the one to call it off. It seems only fitting.

When they meet again, Huo You'an is about to become the Crown Princess, while Yu Lueheng remains a great general of the cavalry. They can wipe the slate clean and put all their past foolishness behind them.

She lowers her eyes and salutes, observing every propriety as if she'd never loved him.

Huo You'an means to leave things there, but Yu Lueheng cannot let her go.

He blocks Huo You'an's path. "Are you going to marry the Crown Prince?"

"Yes."

"What if I use my military achievements to ask His Majesty to arrange our marriage?" Yu Lueheng waits for her verdict.

Huo You'an: "Our fate has run its course. There's no point forcing it."

Yu Lueheng: "What if I were willing to be your secret lover?"

Be her secret lover???

++++1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first, happy ending.

++++2. A lighthearted, sweet story with no concern for logic.

++++3. The heroine is adored by everyone.

++++4. The male lead is not right in the head (manually set in bold, size 4 Song font).

Theme: Never give up, even in adversity.