[Arrogant, lazy, goofy female sword cultivator] x [Handsome, strong, tragic villain demon lord who is actually fragile and clingy]
Ye Qing transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent three years keeping her head down, only to become the male protagonist's fiancée.
Red lanterns were already hanging high, and the wedding was just around the corner.
Unwilling to marry the male lead and fight alongside him to conquer the Three Realms, Ye Qing quickly packed her bags and ran away.
On her wedding night, Ye Qing sat in the bridal sedan, but the assassin she had arranged never showed up.
Instead, she was abducted by the young lord of the demon realm.
His expression was dark. He had a handsome, otherworldly face, but behaved like a brute. His slender fingers clamped tightly around her neck as he demanded she return something to him.
Something? What thing?
Ye Qing tried to bluff her way out. Tears streamed down her face as she said, full of grievance and resentment, “Back then, you loved me so much you could hardly live without me. You gave me that thing with your own hands, and now you want to take it back!”
Unfortunately, her captor wasn't an idiot.
He actually asked her, “Then tell me, what's my name?”
How the hell would she know?
*
The villainous young lord hauled her back to the demon realm and planned to dissect her in his bedroom.
But the villain was unbelievably unlucky. First, he was attacked by the demon kings; then his own father suppressed him and imprisoned him in the Tower of No Return, leaving her to be thrown in prison, break out, get caught, and suffer endless torment alongside him.
She was out of options. While the villain was bound in chains, she decided to give him a taste of his own medicine.
That's right.
A forcibly picked melon is the sweetest!
“Come on.” Ye Qing leaned close to the villain until their noses touched and their brows met. Breathing mingled between them as she cried out frantically, “Become my cultivation partner.”
The villain's eyes grew hazy.
After they were forcibly bound as cultivation partners, she gained the villain's power, and he no longer dared to kill her.
Great!
*
So satisfying.
Why is the word “satisfying” so far away?
Because the villain had tricked her again.
More precisely, it was the villain's father.
But the villain killed his father for trying to trick them.
Well, that's tragic.
In the pouring rain, the villain sat alone on the cold steps, leaning on his sword. His father's blood ran at his feet.
Ye Qing put up a spiritual energy barrier over him to shield him from the rain.
Because the villain was sad, and she was his cultivation partner, her heart felt sour too.
“Did you eat a green tangerine? You're so sour,” she asked.
The villain turned his head away and called her a freak.
*
Later, the villain was injured. To save him, her cultivation partner, and herself, Ye Qing traveled across the Three Realms with him. Along the way, she made a group of warmhearted friends.
And Ye Qing gradually discovered the truth about this world...
*
Everyone was wonderful.
Except for the male lead, her ex-husband, who kept haunting her.
Her ex-husband: “Ye Qing! No matter where you run, I'll find you!”
Reader's Guide:
1. The male lead is sexually inexperienced. The female lead only holds hands and hugs her ex-husband.
2. A light ensemble cast, with every friend having their own backstory; light comedy, with the tone occasionally going off the rails; a light, satisfying read, with plenty of slapping idiots in the face; a relaxed pace, with the occasional outing in between busy monster-fighting adventures; happy ending, with everyone making dumplings together.
3. The story is mostly plot-driven, and most of it focuses on the female lead and her companions. After all, the male lead is the female lead's little cat.
Theme: Happily adventuring through the Three Realms
