The Villain Gets a Crematorium Ending (I Don't Want This Dragon-Pride Protagonist's Golden Finger Anymore)

[The original male lead gets his comeuppance; the second male lead takes his place]

Blurb One

There are two things Lin Ji regrets most in his life.

One is that he never shared his cultivation and lifespan with Lou Nian;

the other is bringing her back to the demon clan without giving her his whole heart, leaving someone else an opening to take advantage of.

Blurb Two

Everyone in the demon clan knows that their young lord, Lin Ji, is handsome and dazzling as the sun and moon.

But they don't know that, when he was young, his father stripped him of his cultivation because of his half-demon blood and banished him to a country house to wait for death.

At his lowest point, he used water from an icy mountain, mud from a hundred flowers, the essence of all things, and a drop of his own blood to sculpt a little clay figure.

It was only meant to be a distraction. He never expected the figure to gain consciousness and transform into a little girl as lovely as a celestial maiden.

*

Lou Nian transmigrated into a book, becoming the clay figure of the demon king, the story's villain.

The demon king in the book was ruthless and bloodthirsty.

But Lin Ji before her was a spirited young man who kept his head high even as he struggled through hardship.

He would talk with her, cheer her up, buy her the prettiest clothes, and promise that one day he would love and protect her, so no one could ever look down on her.

His youthful love was impulsive and ardent. Lou Nian gradually fell for him, using her knowledge of the original story to help him evade countless assassinations and staying by his side through the hardest, most obscure years of his life.

*

Until the day he regained his cultivation and returned to the demon clan.

Remembering Lin Ji's tragic ending in the book, Lou Nian asked uneasily, "Lin Ji, can you stay?"

It was the first time she had seen Lin Ji's expression turn cold. He gave her only one reply: "A sparrow's ambition."

*

Lou Nian was brought back to the demon clan by Lin Ji, and watched as he grew busier and busier, with no time for her.

Everyone around her kept telling her that they were not suited for each other, as though they all despised her.

At last, she grew completely disheartened. Lin Ji thought that as long as she was still by his side, everything was fine. Little did he know that behind his back...

His twin brother, an orthodox cultivator utterly unlike him, appeared before her without a sound, sword in hand and voice cool. "I told you long ago that he was no good. If you like that face, why not take a look at someone who looks exactly like him?"

Only then did she realize that the person she thought despised her had been waiting for a chance all along, watching eagerly for her and Lin Ji to part ways for good.

[Reading Guide

Broken hearts won't be mended

For specific content warnings, see the author's note in Chapter 1

Theme: Saving each other through love]