Marrying a Sickly Dragon to Bring Him Good Fortune

(My next story, I Became a Buddha on the Spot After the Immortal Venerable Helped Me Through His Tribulation, opens on October 6.) 1. Fu Mingxu knows that on the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, his family will force him to take his cousin's place and go to the City Lord's Manor as a sacrificial bride. His intended is Han Tao, the city lord, who was gravely injured in the war between immortals and demons and can no longer even maintain his human form. His cousin has excellent immortal potential, so he can't be thrown into this pit of misery, but Fu Mingxu can. But he also knows that the man will awaken a year later as a fallen god capable of destroying the world, despised by heaven and earth alike. Reborn into a new life, Fu Mingxu obediently follows the arrangements and enters the City Lord's Manor. He intends to care for Han Tao for a year, repaying him for saving his life in his previous life. He takes meticulous care of him, helping him return to his peak and become the supreme ruler of the Three Realms. But after waiting and waiting, all he gets is the man's golden eyes gazing at him and a hand that refuses to let him go. 2. In his previous life, Han Tao was framed and his reverse scales were damaged. His cultivation was destroyed overnight, and he was bedridden, enduring the disdain of others. Only after his soul fell into the demonic path did he rise above his enemies and become the most powerful fallen god in the world. In this new life, he thinks he'll simply repeat the path he'd taken before. All he wants is to fall into the demonic path early so he can avenge himself. But just before he can turn demonic, the Fu family, who had previously called off the engagement, suddenly sends someone to him. The man wears red, his hair is black, and his eyes shine like the stars. That very night, he cleanses Han Tao's tainted reverse scales. Han Tao realizes that he has something more important to do than fall into the demonic path. My next story will be I Became a Buddha on the Spot After the Immortal Venerable Helped Me Through His Tribulation. The upcoming-story blurb is below. 1. The day Immortal Venerable Xuancang underwent his tribulation, I lay in the snow, covered in blood. There was a time when I resented being a mortal, unable to stand beside him as an equal. He would always smile at me and say that I should cherish the time we had. Only now do I realize that my husband, who had been with me in the mortal world for years, had been using my root of affection to temper his Dao. Now that his path of heartlessness is complete, I'm no longer of any use to him. Sigh. I can't be the only unlucky person they've used to undergo a tribulation, can I? Later, the endless sound of wooden fish woke me. Thousands of Buddhist cultivators bowed to me with reverence and joy. "Congratulations, Buddha Lord, on returning from your tribulation!" Tsk. So I was undergoing a tribulation too. When I met him again later, I looked at his crazed state with the same pity one might show all living beings. 2. To ensure that the Buddha Lord of the Hall of Compassion successfully underwent his trial of love, the Destiny Clan spied on the secrets of heaven and made him experience the pain of love, separation, and unfulfilled desire. Sure enough, the Buddha Lord returned with his root of affection gone, and his devotion to Buddhism became unshakable. What the people of the Hall of Compassion never imagined was that the Buddha Lord's trial of love involved none other than Immortal Venerable Xuancang, a practitioner of the heartless Dao. Even less did they expect that the man would later go mad, willingly becoming a demon just to make the Buddha Lord guide him through his tribulation. Here's a story by a friend that I recommend: The Charmer Wants Nothing by Cai Se Nai Tang Blurb: Shen Shi binds himself to a System. His mission is to transmigrate into the bodies of people on the verge of death. In exchange for their souls, they ask him to fulfill their final obsessions. And so the entertainment industry's former top-tier star, who once called the original host disgusting; the rich young master who framed him; and the interstellar general who looked down on him all begin humbly begging Shen Shi for forgiveness. They pour out their overwhelming longing, their eyes filled with blazing love, despair, and madness. Yet the youth, so beautiful even the gods marvel at him, merely watches in silence. His dark eyes reflect no joy or sorrow in the warm evening light. I'm sorry, he's only here to complete his mission. Soon, he'll die and leave this world forever. So what does your belated sincerity matter to him? Theme: No matter what hardships you face, as long as you're willing to work hard, you can find hope.