I Was Tricked into the Demonic Path by the Black-Hearted Demon Lord

As the sect's senior sister, Sui Yiran has always drifted through life, practicing cultivation whenever the mood strikes, so her cultivation level remains mediocre.

Until one day, the master she admires brings home a beautiful woman, and Sui Yiran unexpectedly realizes that she may be living inside a storybook.

In the story, she is a villainess who goes dark for love, commits countless evils, and meets a tragic end.

To save her own life, she turns to the mysterious "Lord Vermilion Bird" she picked up.

Though "Lord Vermilion Bird" is aloof and mysterious, he is remarkably generous. With a casual wave of his hand, he gives her a peerless cultivation manual that promises to form a golden core in half a month and a Nascent Soul in six months, then personally teaches and guides her.

The cultivation manual really is incredible.

Half a year later, she successfully forms her Nascent Soul.

But... Sui Yiran gazes at the chubby Nascent Soul covered in demonic markings in her sea of consciousness...

"Lord Vermilion Bird, help! I've gone into cultivation deviation..." She enters the small world to seek his help.

There she sees Vermilion Bird, who has always worn a mask, gazing at her with lazy, wicked red eyes as he elegantly takes off his mask...

His face is bewitchingly beautiful, with a striking red teardrop-shaped mark beneath his peach-blossom eyes... Isn't he the one at the very top of the sect's wanted list, the Demon Lord who is vicious and merciless, killing without batting an eye?

Sui Yiran: ...Do Demon Lords personally go out and recruit people these days?

The Demon Lord Ming Linyuan practices a spiritual division technique, splitting off one of his souls and sending it into a small world to cultivate. He never expected it to be picked up by an unambitious cultivator from the orthodox sects.

That cultivator has no grand ambitions and only mediocre cultivation, but she is uniquely skilled at finding all sorts of spiritual ingredients and turning even the most ordinary ones into delicious dishes.

The Demon Lord, always a picky eater, becomes addicted to her cooking. He is constantly stumped over how to lure this orthodox cultivator, who talks about righteousness every day, over to the demonic path.

Until one day, she comes to him of her own accord, wanting to learn a cultivation technique.

Meng Linyuan can hardly contain his delight, and immediately generously teaches her his unrivaled, secret demonic cultivation art.

Watching her form a golden core in half a month and a Nascent Soul covered in demonic markings in six months,

he smiles with satisfaction.

At last, he can take her back to the demonic realm openly and legitimately.

But when he turns around, the little one has run away?

Theme: Strive to live, and strive to be true to yourself.