Sacrifice Eighteen (Twice Reborn)

[Pre-release novel: From Now On, I'll Fight Back [Male-to-Female]. Please add it to your library~]

Gentle, loyal, and slow-witted female shadow guard x ruthless, scheming, lovesick prince. Please read the content warnings before starting.

Zhao Jing is reborn. In his previous life, he distrusted everyone and thought only of schemes and conspiracies. It wasn't until he personally sent Shadow Guard Eighteen, who had served by his side for years, to prison and received news of her death that he finally understood his regret.

Even to her death, Eighteen never knew that it had all been part of his scheme. He trusted neither heaven nor earth, nor the people around him. He had fanned the flames and personally sent his own shadow guard to prison.

Zhao Jing had spent half his life planning and plotting, but for the first time, he regretted his actions.

He had calculated everything, except his own heart.

Clouds drift like dogs, and wild horses kick up dust.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to several years earlier.

Before he passed out, he had just ordered his men to take the suspected spy Yan Shiba to the torture chamber for interrogation and severe punishment.

Zhao Jing: "!!!"

*

Later.

Zhao Jing: "Eighteen, whatever you desire, I'll do everything in my power to win it for you, even if it's the moon in the sky."

Eighteen: "Eighteen wants peace throughout the land and for the people to live and work in contentment."

Zhao Jing: ...

Zhao Jing: "Eighteen, I have feelings for you."

Eighteen stands up abruptly, sword in hand. "Your Highness, is 'New Moon' the code name for a mission?"

Zhao Jing: ...

Reader's guide and content warnings:

Both leads are reborn; first time for both; happy ending; fictional setting; political intrigue; the romance is slow-burn.

The male lead regains his memories some time after being reborn, around a dozen chapters in.

The female lead is career-focused in both lives and extremely slow to recognize romantic feelings.

The story starts from the male lead's perspective, then switches to the female lead's. The male lead has a flawed way of loving someone, and the female lead will teach him. She isn't blindly loyal, and this will all be explored later.

Memories of their previous life appear in flashbacks in the paid chapters. The early chapters won't explain everything. Please don't force yourself to keep reading if it's not for you. Thank you~

All sweetness, no angst (after rebirth)

All angst, no sweetness (before rebirth)

Includes court and government affairs.

The novel's values do not represent the author's values.

Don't take the political scheming too seriously; just enjoy the ride. If you pass by, please add it to your library. Thanks for your support~

[Pre-release novel: From Now On, I'll Fight Back [Male-to-Female]. Blurb:]

Gu Yunxin is set up and gets into a car accident, accidentally possessing the body of a high school girl who died after falling from a building.

Since he's using this body, Gu Yunxin decides to live well on this girl's behalf. But the more he learns about her past, the angrier he gets.

School bullying, domestic abuse, favoring sons over daughters, having her grades and competition spot stolen, and more. Her own mother even switched her anti-depressants for vitamins.

The timid, low-self-esteem girl suffered prolonged physical and emotional abuse. In the end, one of her bullies pushed her down the stairs, killing her instantly. That's when Gu Yunxin took over her body.

Gu Yunxin has a short temper. In this life, he doesn't know the meaning of backing down.

School bullying? Give them a taste of their own medicine.

Domestic abuse and favoritism? I'll show you who the real father is!

Stealing her competition spot? Why don't you ask the education bureau if that's allowed! The media would surely love this story, wouldn't they?

Her crush falls for him (her)? Hah, you really are shameless. If you don't have a mirror at home, surely there's a toilet!

*

After Jiang Xue dies unexpectedly, she becomes a ghost and cannot move more than ten meters from her body.

With no other choice, she follows her own body and watches that face of hers teach everyone who once bullied her a lesson. Jiang Xue realizes that fighting back isn't so hard after all, and neither are the consequences.

She tried so hard to stay alive, but an accident took her life. If she had another chance, she would definitely say no to violence. Just then, Jiang Xue discovers that she's returned to her body!

Reader's guide and content warnings:

1. Male-to-female possession, no body-swapping. Later, the male lead can see the female lead's ghost, and they eventually return to their own bodies.

2. Light on logic, face-slapping, focused on feel-good wish fulfillment.

3. Neither lead is perfect. The male lead is hot-tempered and cold at first, and can't empathize with victims. The female lead is initially weak and timid. Both leads grow and change; their personalities complement each other, and they influence one another. They won't mindlessly insult people from the start. Feel free to criticize the characters, but please don't criticize the author (I beg you).

4. The male and female leads are eight years apart.

5. This novel does not endorse violence in response to violence. Reject domestic abuse and school violence! May the world be a better place.

[Pre-release novel 2: Asura] Please add it to your library~

Bai Yinheng finds an ugly little thing, a tiny finch, in the polluted waters of Luochuan.

The little finch has been struck by lightning and is barely alive. The demons of Luochuan have tormented it until its soul is nearly destroyed.

Out of the goodness of his heart, Bai Yinheng feeds it spiritual energy for a full hundred days. At last, the finch takes human form.

Bai Yinheng: "...Tsk."

Even uglier.

The elegant and refined Bai Yinheng sends the little finch off to sweep the steps, wishing he could never see the ugly thing again.

Unexpectedly, wherever he goes, the "ugly crow" follows.

Bai Yinheng: "Mo Zhan, why does she keep following me?"

Mo Zhan answers without hesitation: "We yaoguai like to stick close to someone when we're courting them."

Bai Yinheng's face turns livid.

Courting? The "ugly thing" is courting him?!

Outrageous!

What a disgrace!

An ugly thing, dreaming!

Bai Yinheng finds her repulsive in every way, yet the more he sees the ugly little finch, the more he likes her.

*

The elegant and refined Immortal Lord Suyuan of the Immortal Realm is ambushed and loses all his powers. He is found and saved by A Luo, an ugly and foolish girl from Wuliang Mountain, who rescues him from death.

A Luo has never seen anyone so beautiful in her life. This beautiful man strokes her head, says he'll stay with her for the rest of their lives, and promises to repay her kindness.

But good times don't last. The beautiful man returns to heaven. With nothing but a sincere heart, A Luo endures eighty-one thunderbolts to reach him. Yet he looks down at her coldly from on high, as if she were nothing but insignificant mud, and says only, "I don't know you." The people of the Immortal Realm mock her. She is cast down from the Ninth Heaven, falls into the Demon Realm, suffers the torments of hell, and endures demons tearing open her belly and devouring her bones.

Heartbroken and disillusioned, she opens her eyes again. Someone even more beautiful than the beautiful man is disdainfully forcing medicine into her mouth, muttering, "Ugly. Why are you so ugly? You're hideous..."

*

The goddess of Wuliang Mountain has an affair with a man and gives birth to a monster after thirty years of pregnancy. The child is ugly, strange, and solitary, crawling on all fours and eating with her hands. Everyone on Wuliang Mountain avoids her.

The monster falls into the Demon Realm, has her skin stripped away and her bones removed, and casts aside everything from her past. She storms the Nine Heavens and destroys the gods.

The world calls her, "One who entered the Asura path with her own body and will never be reborn. This is an Asura."

Theme: Hard work can change your life.