My Four Ex-Husbands Take Turns Hunting Me Down

[Main story complete. Bonus chapters will be updated irregularly. Told in third person, so don't be misled by the blurb.]

On the day I married the Demon Lord, I forced a smile at him. "Ahaha, I guess we really were destined to be together."

He leaned against my chest. "Destiny? I made this destiny happen by force."

"In your heart, there's a cave dwelling for an immortal on one side and a house for your childhood sweetheart on the other. The only place left for me is a hole in the ground."

He placed his hand on my chest. Beneath it, the heart beating under my skin was his. To clear the game and ascend as soon as possible, I'd tricked him into giving up his heart and swallowed it.

Now he'd come to take it back.

I said, "Wait, hear me out! I can still be saved!"

The Demon Lord said, "There's no time. If we delay any longer, the immortal you tricked out of five spiritual treasures, your senior brother whose Heavenly Fate you stole, and your childhood sweetheart whose Imperial Soul you swindled will all come to kill you. I'm not about to let this opportunity slip through my fingers."

I said, "Fine. Since you've said everything, I'll say nothing. Go ahead."

Then I stabbed him straight through.

Idiot. Villains die because they talk too much. Why does nobody ever learn?

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Three seconds later, I sat up in my game pod.

"Idiot! Bet you didn't see that coming! I used the broke-player gacha bug to log out of the game!"

"I'm going to replay this save and kill that lousy Demon Lord ten thousand times!"

Another three seconds passed. I felt around beside me.

Where was my metal full-immersion game pod?

Why was there a tattered mat for a pillow and an iron sword instead?

Had I transmigrated into the game?!

A sword from the start, and I'm a sickly good-for-nothing. The Heavenly Dao stood beside me, furiously punching "reset, reset, reset" into a calculator to mock my cultivation.

I went out to clear my head. When I stepped outside, I saw four wanted posters. No matter how I looked at them, they were all for me.

They even had four different signatures. Even a match-three game would call this unbelievable.

I looked closer and realized that my four ex-husbands had come for revenge.

Well, this was just great. My four ex-husbands from the Southern Village thought I was old and weak, so they'd all put out wanted posters to punish me. Unable to win my heart, these four scheming ex-husbands were determined to have me.

Thank you, Heavenly Dao.

Because of you, my four revenge-seeking ex-husbands have found warmth.

*Thanks to my wife for the character art on the cover. Weibo: @Caoxuejia

*Cover font and other materials provided by artist Tao Zhi

[Reader's Guide]

1. The heroine has loved each male lead at different points in her life. Each relationship is one-on-one at the time, which adds up to several romances before she eventually chooses one. Her career matters more to her than romance, at heart. There will only be one male lead in the end. Which one she chooses will depend on how the plot develops.

2. The heroine has been intimate with each male lead, but all four male leads are devoted to her both physically and emotionally. In other words, the male leads are completely chaste. I generally only require the male leads in my stories to be chaste. If you can't accept that, feel free to try another book. A heart for you.

3. There is no "win her back" arc, because every male lead loves her more deeply and willingly suffers the pain of unrequited love. So please respect their choices and wish them well.

4. The plot in the blurb takes place at the end of Volume One and the beginning of Volume Two.

5. The cultivation system is as follows.

Cultivation ranks, from lowest to highest: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Spirit Void, Nascent Soul, Void Refining, Body Integration, Tribulation Crossing. Reaching the pinnacle of the Tribulation Crossing stage allows one to ascend.

Spirit tools, medicinal herbs, and other items are ranked from highest to lowest: Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow.

I use a lot of personal worldbuilding, so this isn't orthodox cultivation.

Theme: Reject shortcuts and work hard to stand on your own.