After Trading Hearts with the Buddhist Son

Hua Ran was infamous. After slaughtering an entire sect, she was hunted by the righteous factions working together. When the people of Jingguang Temple cornered her, she had barely any strength left, yet she still laughed wildly. "If you want to kill me, be ready to die with me." A kindly old monk stopped her from blowing herself up and proposed a three-year pact: she would exchange hearts with the most renowned Buddha's Child of Jingguang Temple. Three years later, they would switch back, and she would be free. Hua Ran agreed. From then on, a Buddha's Child's exquisitely gifted heart, with seven apertures, beat in her chest. They exchanged hearts, and shared each other's joys and sorrows. The two were given a mission. They traveled from Jingguang Temple to Feiyun Sect, passing through all four seasons of the mortal world. Hua Ran used every trick she had and finally got her own heart back ahead of schedule. That night, after she succeeded, Zhan Chen knelt on the ground, covered in blood. His voice was barely audible. "You deceived me?" Hua Ran replied casually, "It was just an act. Surely the Buddha's Child didn't take it seriously?" With that single sentence, the Buddha's heart shattered, and his Path of Ruthlessness was destroyed. * Zhan Chen devoted himself to Buddhism, but his master said he was far from attaining Buddhahood. So the master went so far as to find him a heart, so he could experience all the ways of the mortal world. After receiving another heart, he saw every color, heard birdsong and insects chirping, smelled the joys and sorrows of the world, and tasted the bitterness and sweetness of mortal life. The heart beating in his chest did not belong to him. Then he saw the wind move the banners. But his master hadn't told him that the mortal world was bitter and that one could fall into a doom with no escape. --Upcoming novel, Kill That Demon, please add it to your collection-- Lin Wu had retired from the world of cultivation for many years. To repay a debt, she transmigrated a thousand years into the past to kill a demon. A thousand years ago, the demon was not yet the Demon King who could turn the world upside down with a laugh. He was weak and helpless... and then he viciously outplayed Lin Wu. Lin Wu's plans backfired. Her power fell to the Qi Refining stage, and she accidentally swallowed a life-sharing Gu that bound her fate to the demon. Her future looked bleak. With death at hand, the demon fed the life-sharing Gu to the last woman hunting him, intending for them to die together. Then he survived. The woman cursed as she saved him, gave him medicine, and held off the pursuers behind them. For the first time, he wasn't alone. He thought that once the Gu was removed, he would kill this woman at once, so he could keep this warmth forever. Lin Wu: "What are you staring at? Go roast the fish!" The demon silently got up to kill the fish and light a fire. He was obedient and compliant, doing his best to play the pitiful little victim. They traveled together, getting along harmoniously, sharing tender moments. The moment the Gu was removed, they turned their blades on each other. Lin Wu: "Damn it!" What a sinister, vicious demon! He had been secretly cultivating so fast that he couldn't be killed anymore! The demon held his sword in front of Lin Wu but did not strike. His bright red eyes fixed on her. "Marry me, and I won't kill you." Lin Wu: ? Lin Wu: "Deal." Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, lying low is the best. On their wedding day, Lin Wu's assassination attempt failed again. Dressed in a red wedding gown, she leaped from a tall building, blooming into a brilliant, radiant flower in the demon's dark eyes. After faking her death, Lin Wu returned to her own time and lived freely. She thought her mission had failed, but then the demon's whereabouts could no longer be found. It was said that a thousand years ago, after seeing his Dao companion die, the Demon King lost control of his demonic power and went mad. The myriad demons tore him apart, and blood stained the sky. The Demon King was no more. The mission was complete. Had the Demon King, with the power to destroy the heavens and earth, really... died just like that...? PS: Happy ending! Happy ending! Happy ending! (Important things are said three times.) Theme: Success comes only after all kinds of hardship