The Charismatic Demon Lord After Being Reborn

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Li Zhao, young lord of the Nightmare Clan, has been dead for twenty years, yet his fearsome reputation lives on.

Some fear his bloodlust and love of slaughter, some remember his peerless beauty, and some daredevils write steamy stories about him and Bai Jiechen, the sect master of the Heavenward Sect...

Newly reborn, Li Zhao says: Wait, aren't you going to mention that Bai Jiechen killed me with one sword?

In those stories, the mighty demon of the Nightmare Clan has been turned into a shameless little monster.

He seduces Bai Jiechen, who was still a young god at the time, making him betray his sect and turn against his master. Fortunately, Bai Jiechen sees the error of his ways in the end, renounces love and desire, and slays the evil monster, Li Zhao, before ascending to the supreme Dao

Li Zhao finishes reading and trembles with rage.

Heh. I might as well have stayed dead!

*

Everyone says Bai Jiechen, sect master of the Heavenward Sect, is aloof and cold, and treats others with indifference. But no one knows that all the love, hate, anger, and obsession in his life belong to one dead Nightmare Demon.

Unhinged, dark, calculating, jealous top x truly irresistible demon bottom

Reading Guide:

1. Lots of original worldbuilding, and the writing isn't great.

2. Includes a nonstandard fake death.

3. The top and bottom are strictly monogamous from beginning to end, and each is the other's first love.

4. Plenty of dramatic rivalry and hair-pulling.

5. The top is genuinely devious. He forcibly takes the bottom and shows his rivals no mercy. If that's not your thing, don't read!

[Upcoming Novel] A Groveling Lover's Revenge After Rebirth

Lin Xiaoyuan had been alone and helpless for over a decade, until he found himself a lover.

Gu Yan was as beautiful and proud as a crane, but he had fallen on hard times and ended up in Lin Xiaoyuan's ramshackle little home.

Lin Xiaoyuan did his best to care for the crane's feathers.

He went out to gather firewood and heat water in the depths of winter, even though his hands developed chilblains, all because Gu Yan liked things clean.

He would rather go hungry himself than let Gu Yan miss out on a hot meal.

He did so much, but Gu Yan was never satisfied. Then one day, Gu Yan suddenly disappeared.

Only when he heard it from someone else did Lin Xiaoyuan learn that Gu Yan was the young master of a powerful official's family in the capital, and had been taken back without even saying goodbye.

Lin Xiaoyuan followed him to the capital. Since there was such a difference in their status, they could sign a divorce agreement and go their separate ways.

After going through countless hardships, he finally saw Gu Yan.

Having reclaimed his identity, Gu Yan was now a noble and handsome young master. He looked at Lin Xiaoyuan as if he were staring at the filthy past he'd left behind.

To cover up the shameful past he couldn't bear to remember, Gu Yan tore the divorce agreement to shreds and forced Lin Xiaoyuan to stay by his side, where he continued to order him around and use him as a bed warmer.

Everyone thought Lin Xiaoyuan was greedy for wealth and status, and vain. Though he'd been abandoned in the countryside, he shamelessly clung to the powerful and offered himself as a bedmate.

Later, Lin Xiaoyuan accidentally discovered that the powerful official in the capital owned a jade pendant just like the one he wore.

It turned out he was the official's son!

Gu Yan had stolen his identity. His earlier coldness, dissatisfaction, and deliberate torment had all been part of his plan to pass himself off as Lin Xiaoyuan!

Lin Xiaoyuan summoned his courage and questioned Gu Yan about the jade pendant.

The next day, Gu Yan forced him into a carriage. On the way, they were ambushed by assassins, and Lin Xiaoyuan fell off a cliff to his death.

*

When Lin Xiaoyuan opened his eyes, he was back in that dilapidated thatched hut.

This time, he wouldn't miss his chance. Lin Xiaoyuan sent Gu Yan away and finally waited for the carriage his parents had sent to fetch him.

He returned to the Duke's residence.

His eldest brother treated him with warmth and took him on spring outings. His little sister was adorable and clung to her big brother every moment of the day. The Duke and Duchess doted on him and did everything they could to make up for all the love he'd missed.

Lin Xiaoyuan had a family again. He would never have to go hungry or suffer from the cold again.

*

One day, the emperor held a banquet for his ministers to announce to the world that the Sixth Prince, who had been lost among the common folk, had been found.

Lin Xiaoyuan was among the guests. He followed behind the Duke with his head bowed, unaware that the immensely noble Sixth Prince was seated above, staring at him with bloodshot eyes and an utterly crazed look.

Theme: Only by letting go of prejudice can we recognize true feelings.