My Mortal Emperor Husband Is Actually a World-Destroying Demon!

Xia Qianqing knows that she is no ordinary empress.

After all, other empresses don't burn down a general's mansion with a snap of their fingers when a general berates them as a calamity who will ruin the country,

then openly taunt him: If you're so capable, why don't you become a seductress who brings the country to ruin and tempt His Majesty?

Nor do they crush rampaging monsters beneath a mountain of rocks when the beasts run amok through the capital, then dust off their sleeves and leave without a trace.

By comparison, Emperor Murong Su is much more ordinary.

He's only a little more beautiful, a little more extraordinary in bearing, a little more inscrutable, and a little more ruthless.

He only rose from an ignored prince in the cold palace, stepping over mountains of corpses and wading through seas of blood, to claim the highest throne...

Nothing special, really. Not worth mentioning.

So Xia Qianqing has always felt that the reason she and Murong Su ended up together was, ultimately, that

Murong Su is shameless and far too good at putting on an act!

For instance, ministers submit memorials every day claiming that she and Murong Su are unsuited to each other and that she should not be empress. The real reason is her inhuman nature,

but somehow, the story gets twisted until people say she used violence to force Murong Su to take only her, leaving him no choice and making him unable to live without her.

Xia Qianqing: ???

From the very beginning, Murong Su was the one who clung to her and refused to let go!

And with his unpredictable temperament and unreadable moods, how could anyone possibly force him into anything?!

Yet when she stormed into the imperial study, grabbed Murong Su by the collar, and demanded an explanation,

a chorus of sharp gasps suddenly sounded behind her.

The ministers stood in a row, watching their emperor pinned to his chair, his dark hair disheveled and his eyes glistening.

He even lowered his lashes, looking as though he had suffered an unbearable humiliation, and murmured, "It was my fault. I hope you will be gentle with me, Qianqing."

The ministers: ...We knew it!

Xia Qianqing: ...Don't stop me! Today, I will put this demon in his place!

*

Xia Qianqing has been very busy lately.

The world-ending demon is about to appear.

It will twist the laws of the world and overturn the natural order. The rise and fall, life and death of all things will be mere playthings in its hands, bringing utter destruction to the human realm and all six realms of existence.

So Xia Qianqing races around day and night, quelling disasters and plagues, easing people's suffering, and spreading boundless blessings across the world, snuffing out every possibility of the demon's birth.

Only then can she finally put her mind at ease.

After all, though she is half-divine, her lifespan is nearly at an end. She is fated not to stay by Murong Su's side for long. At least she can leave him a peaceful and prosperous world. That should be enough.

She goes to see Murong Su one last time, kisses the corner of his lips, embraces him, and tells him to take good care of himself, even if she cannot be with him in this life.

He obediently lowers his eyes.

Only when she nestles in his arms and their gazes fall away from each other

does Murong Su lift his eyes.

The mark of the world-ending demon is clearly etched in them.

A female lead whose combat power is off the charts, focused on her career and putting romance second

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A lovesick male lead who is both mad and unstable, with a hidden-boss side

[Important]

1. Since the female lead is not human, literally, this is an unconventional emperor-and-empress story with no harem rivalry or groveling, and a tone that doesn't fit the usual palace drama.

2. Even though the male lead is an emperor, he has no harem, not even a decorative one. He is devoted to the female lead in both body and heart from beginning to end. Anyone other than her who tries to get close to him gets killed.

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The day Xiao Zhici, a famously good-for-nothing spirit root, made a stunning impression at the trial tournament, everyone was left dumbfounded, disbelieving, and questioning everything they knew.

As a result, countless versions of the story spread:

"Have you heard? When Xiao Zhici faced the immortal sect's first senior brother, she threw a punch like a divine pillar and shattered the nose of a senior brother at the late stage of Spirit Transformation! Poor guy was so handsome and mighty, and now his nose is crooked and his mouth is lopsided!"

"I get it now! When Xiao Zhici was surrounded by single-spirit-root disciples from all the sects, the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth flowed through her palm, and not one of them could stand against her! So much for mixed spirit roots being useless. It turns out single spirit roots are the real trash!"

"It was terrifying! Xiao Zhici commanded millions of soul soldiers, and they were invincible. Even the elders and sect leaders in the stands got caught up in it. Their pants were shredded, and they fell to their knees begging Xiao Zhici to spare them!"

"It's true! The Upper Realm feared her strength so much that they sent down a tribulation. But Xiao Zhici tore open a rift in space, grabbed a divine soldier from the Upper Realm to take the lightning strike for her, then gobbled him up while he was still sizzling!"

Xiao Zhici: "...?"

Wait, you only passed on the first half of the story. Did you just make up the second half?

Everyone: "She admits it! She admits it! Fellow Daoist Xiao really knows how to hide her abilities. She pretended to have a good-for-nothing spirit root to keep a low profile before, and even now she only tells half the story and keeps the rest to herself. A true master, so humble!"

Xiao Zhici: "..."

*

At the Heaven-Worshipping Ceremony, Xiao Zhici, a good-for-nothing, is once again held up as a cautionary example and compared to the fated male and female leads.

"Senior Brother Gu and Junior Sister Leng are a match made in heaven, yet that good-for-nothing Xiao Zhici is engaged to Senior Brother Gu!"

"I heard that the young lord above hasn't overcome his tribulation of love and is about to descend to the mortal realm for training?"

"If you ask me, Senior Brother Gu must be that lord's reincarnation. Xiao Zhici is just an obstacle in his path. Once he kicks her aside, he'll ascend with Junior Sister Leng!"

Xiao Zhici: "???"

Xiao Zhici lets out a cold laugh, leaps to the center of the altar, points at the stern and majestic statue of the young lord above, and launches into a brazen tirade:

"That nobody Gu Yuhua is nothing but a clown. How could he possibly be the young lord?"

"After all, that lord visits my dreams every night, kisses my toes, and begs me to look his way!"

"But you're all nothing but insects and vermin. Even if that so-called young lord begs and pleads with me, he still wouldn't deserve to be my destined partner!"

Then a thunderbolt bomb blows up the altar, and she strides away.

The day Xiao Zhici, a famously good-for-nothing spirit root, made a stunning impression at the trial tournament, everyone was left dumbfounded, disbelieving, and questioning everything they knew.

As a result, countless versions of the story spread:

"Have you heard? When Xiao Zhici faced the immortal sect's first senior brother, she threw a punch like a divine pillar and punched straight through the stomach of a senior brother at the late stage of Spirit Transformation!"

"I get it now! When Xiao Zhici was surrounded by single-spirit-root disciples from all the sects, the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth flowed through her palm, and not one of them could stand against her! So much for mixed spirit roots being useless. It turns out single spirit roots are the real trash!"

"It was terrifying! Xiao Zhici commanded millions of soul soldiers, and they were invincible. Even the elders and sect leaders in the stands got caught up in it. Their pants were shredded, and they fell to their knees begging Xiao Zhici to spare them!"

"It's true! The Upper Realm feared her strength so much that they sent down a tribulation. But Xiao Zhici tore open a rift in space, grabbed a divine soldier from the Upper Realm to take the lightning strike for her, then gobbled him up while he was still sizzling!"

Xiao Zhici: "...?"

Wait, you only passed on the first half of the story. Did you just make up the second half?

Everyone: "She admits it! She admits it! Fellow Daoist Xiao really knows how to hide her abilities. She pretended to have a good-for-nothing spirit root to keep a low profile before, and even now she only tells half the story and keeps the rest to herself. A true master, so humble!"

Xiao Zhici: "..."

*

At the Heaven-Worshipping Ceremony, Xiao Zhici, a good-for-nothing, is once again held up as a cautionary example and compared to the fated male and female leads.

"Senior Brother Gu and Junior Sister Leng are a match made in heaven, yet that good-for-nothing Xiao Zhici is engaged to Senior Brother Gu!"

"I heard that the young lord above hasn't overcome his tribulation of love and is about to descend to the mortal realm for training?"

"If you ask me, Senior Brother Gu must be that lord's reincarnation. Xiao Zhici is just an obstacle in his path. Once he kicks her aside, he'll ascend with Junior Sister Leng!"

Xiao Zhici: "???"

Xiao Zhici lets out a cold laugh, leaps to the center of the altar, points at the stern and majestic statue of the young lord above, and launches into a brazen tirade:

"That nobody Gu Yuhua is nothing but a clown. How could he possibly be the young lord?"

"After all, that lord visits my dreams every night, kisses my toes, and begs me to look his way!"

"But you're all nothing but insects and vermin. Even if that so-called young lord begs and pleads with me, he still wouldn't deserve to be my destined partner!"

Then a thunderbolt bomb blows up the altar, and she strides away.

Perhaps because she had been too brazen that day, Xiao Zhici finds herself in a dream that night, in a place filled with celestial music and rosy clouds.

A peerlessly beautiful young man sits upon the throne, far more handsome than Gu Yuhua, whom everyone had praised to the skies that day.

After meeting such a stunning little puppy, Xiao Zhici thinks keeping him as a pet wouldn't be so bad.

She hooks a finger beneath the young man's chin,

only to suddenly notice the divine seal at his temple, marking him as the "young lord."

Perhaps because she had been too brazen that day, Xiao Zhici finds herself in a dream that night, in a place filled with celestial music and rosy clouds.

A peerlessly beautiful young man sits upon the throne, far more handsome than Gu Yuhua, whom everyone had praised to the skies that day.

After meeting such a stunning little puppy, Xiao Zhici thinks keeping him as a pet wouldn't be so bad.

She hooks a finger beneath the young man's chin,

only to suddenly notice the divine seal at his temple, marking him as the "young lord."

Theme: Do not wrong the innocent or let the guilty go unpunished.