My Nemesis Senior Brother and I Got Our Happy Ending

As the junior sister of the Xingyan Sect, Jiang Zhichu must fight her fellow disciples to the death once her cultivation is complete. The victor will inherit supreme authority over the sect, while the loser will become an anonymous skeleton beneath the yellow sands.

She and her senior brother, Xi Yu, are natural enemies. One of them must die for it to end.

Her senior brother is a prodigy, his sword chilling fourteen prefectures with frost. Everyone says he will be the one to win.

She refuses to believe them. She has spent years cultivating with all her might, all so she can beat him on the day of their duel to the death.

But... her senior brother doesn't seem to care about winning. He fears neither life nor death.

When she doesn't understand something, he teaches her without hesitation. When she practices swordsmanship, he spars with her. When others bully her, he stands up for her. Even when he has a chance to kill her, he always holds back, ruffling her hair and telling her to keep trying.

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you someday if you don't kill me?" she asks, puzzled.

Xi Yu only smiles faintly. "Wait until you can beat me before worrying about that."

Later, she beats him.

Someone sabotages their duel to the death. Her sword plunges into her senior brother's chest. She hears the others call her despicable and sees the shock in his eyes.

His white robes are stained with blood. His snowy figure falls, crashing to the ground, followed by her cold tears.

She has killed with her own hands the senior brother who loved and protected her for more than ten years.

She always thought Xi Yu was her archenemy, yet she can't understand why she is weeping so bitterly as she holds his blood-soaked body.

In his arms is the birthday present he meant to give her. His elegant handwriting is soaked with blood, but she can still read the words:

"Wishing my junior sister peace and happiness, and freedom from worry for all eternity."

*

Jiang Zhichu becomes the sect leader of the Xingyan Sect and travels to the immortal realm to congratulate its crown prince on returning from his tribulation.

In the crowd, she catches sight of the crown prince's face. He looks exactly like Xi Yu, tall and straight, with a face as beautiful as jade and an otherworldly grace unmatched by anyone in the world.

But Xi Yu is cold and distant toward her and doesn't remember her at all. She hears that during his tribulation, he encountered a terrible ordeal he would rather forget and erased more than ten years of memories from his mortal life.

Jiang Zhichu knows he hates her. Perhaps it's better that he has forgotten her. She won't seek him out again.

But before long, a marriage contract is delivered to the Xingyan Sect.

"If the sect leader marries me, I will protect you for the rest of your life. If you refuse, I will destroy the Xingyan Sect you hold dear."

The good news: Xi Yu remembers her again.

The bad news: Xi Yu seems to have turned evil.

*

Jiang Zhichu is fast asleep. Xi Yu twirls her silky black hair around his fingers, gazing at her beautiful face with a dark expression.

When she stirs awake, he grips her chin and kisses her hard on the lips again. Their lips and teeth press and turn together, while her tears fall against his fingertips.

This is his bride, the junior sister he has yearned for over ten years.

Even if she wants to kill him, even if she doesn't love him, he will use any means necessary to keep her by his side and make her his alone.

He is craving a love she once destroyed with her own hands.

Theme: Dare to be yourself.