A Demon’s Burial Letter to You

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He Yin is a broke guy who joined a drug trial because he needed money. Waking up with amnesia would have been bad enough, but he also got two and a half pages' worth of side effects, including:

Cracked eggs veer off course in midair and never land in the frying pan.

Tablecloths he's touched follow him around like dogs, stretching into flying carpets and zipping about when they're happy, then drooping like red bridal veils and haunting the place when they're sad.

While he cooks, little messages saying "Proficiency +1" keep appearing before his eyes, and even sprinkling salt forces him to unlock more than a dozen new techniques.

He Yin: What the hell was that drug? They might as well have poisoned me! I'm calling the consumer rights hotline!

But before the call connects, he's sucked into a vortex.

Surviving in the perilous vortex instances is hard enough. He also has to find time to deal with a whole bunch of stupid side effects.

[The rebellious egg's attitude toward you has changed from fondness to dislike. From now on, you cannot crack any eggs.]

The villain, personally cracking the egg in question: He smashed me up like this with an egg and still managed not to break the egg. Impressive! Better turn back before it's too late and get on his good side. Boss, just say the word if you need anything.

[The onion is throwing a tantrum. Comfort it promptly, or it will curse you to cry all day.]

Audience: He's so composed. He doesn't look scared at all, even in a scene this terrifying.

Teammate: No, no, it's all an act. You should see him when he cries!

[It has not been comforted and has decided to destroy the world.]

He Yin: ???

[Dining Table Domain activated. Hold a banquet, offer delicacies, and invite it to dine. Soothe its anger and earn its forgiveness.]

His world changes from that moment on. Inside the instances and out, he is always rushing around a strange dining table.

At the far end of the table, an entity reaches through a veil of mist and lifts his chin with tender affection.

He Yin, waving it away in disgust: I fought my way all the way here. It wasn't so I could put myself on the table and become your meal.

Now shut up! Sit down! Did I say you could eat?

1

There's a taboo in the demon cultivation world:

If you cultivate as a demon, you have to know how to keep your head down. Whatever you do, don't break through to the Rakshasa Realm, or you'll be seen as a threat and hunted in turn by the four ascended masters at the top...

Jiang Ran keeps a low profile, but accidentally breaks through to the Rakshasa Realm. Yet the big shots never come after her. Have they finally let their guard down?

Her neighbor Ergou is thrilled: I'll give it a try too!

He tried, and died. The grass on his grave is still three meters tall.

2

Five good-for-nothings show up at Jiang Ran's coffin shop:

First: petite, frail, innocent and cheerful, but eats ten bowls of rice per meal.

Second: a drunk with a miserable life, slumped in front of the shop all day doing nothing!

Third: takes the first and fifteenth of every month off, and spends all the other days soaking their feet! Soaking their feet! Soaking their feet!

Fourth: a cultivation good-for-nothing who's swallowed countless heavenly treasures, yet has been stuck in the Mayfly Realm for hundreds of years!

Fifth: a simpleton who hasn't developed their wits, spending every day either staring into space or poking ants with a stick!

Jiang Ran: Either die or get out!

3

Tea-Dwelling Lane in the Great Ye Empire has become a forbidden zone for cultivators.

A wooden sign stands at the entrance:

No one may open their Heavenly Eye in this area. Violators are responsible for the consequences.

Perfected Changchun refuses to believe it and opens his Heavenly Eye to take a look around.

He passes a coffin shop and sees a group of ascended masters working for a little demon. One of them drops a coffin board and gets smacked on the palm?

Having peered into too many heavenly secrets, he leaves the lane with his eyes scorched.

I'm blind, but I'm still utterly shocked.

4

A book called The Book of Demon Funerals has recently become popular in the human realm.

It describes the strange funeral customs of demons.

One demon lives as a parasite inside another, and the two coexist. When one dies, they must be separated, or they'll argue underground and smoke will rise from their grave.

When a family member of a certain clan dies, the family all cook and eat them, loudly discussing whether the dish is salty enough. Otherwise, it's considered disrespectful to the dead.

One clan likes to sew a part of a deceased relative onto their own body as a memorial.

One child sneaks a look at the book and wakes up screaming night after night from then on.

One-on-one, happy ending.

Thanks to Zhao Yizhi Lang for the cover.

Theme: Revere life.