You Are Like the Bright Moon

Cui Ying, the demoness, was a beauty loathed by everyone in the three realms, yet coveted by them all. She was cruel and capricious, but her constitution made her the perfect cultivation partner. One night of dual cultivation with her was worth ten years of practice.

One day, Cui Ying was finally captured by the immortal sects, but she became a hot potato. No one was willing to let this peerless cultivation partner slip away and fall into their rivals' hands.

As the various factions stood on the brink of conflict, Immortal Lord Huai Jin stepped forward. "Why don't I take her back with me?"

All the sect leaders let out a long sigh of relief.

That was for the best. Immortal Lord Huai Jin's character was universally recognized in the immortal realm. Anyone might take advantage of Cui Ying and force her into dual cultivation, but he absolutely never would.

At first, Cui Ying found Immortal Lord Huai Jin's courteous treatment of her deeply ironic. She swore she would tear away the mask of this hypocrite.

So when he spent every day lecturing her about "benevolence, righteousness, propriety," she smiled sweetly, suddenly leaned close, and breathed, "Would you like me to dance the Rainbow Skirt for you, Immortal Lord?"

In the morning, she met a gentleman. At night, she laid her head upon the moon.

Somewhere along the way, whether she meant to or not, she began to seduce him. By the time she was acting coy and being affectionate with him, she had forgotten that she was supposed to hate him.

Huai Jin had assumed Cui Ying hated being kept under house arrest, and hated seeing him every day even more.

So whenever she tried to seduce him, his heart would ache for reasons he couldn't explain. He would say softly, "If you hate me, why force yourself?"

But later...

He returned from a trip to the mortal realm and heard that Cui Ying had been raging in her room.

He stepped over the mess and asked her why.

She only turned her back to him, her voice low and full of grievance.

"Why haven't you come to see me for three whole days?"

Half a year later, word spread throughout the three realms that the demoness Cui Ying had broken through the Huai Mountain formation and escaped from the Immortal Lord.

Once free, she took revenge on the sects that had once joined the hunt for her, one by one, unleashing a storm of bloodshed.

Huai Jin said nothing in his defense. He pleaded guilty to the immortal realm and voluntarily lowered his rank.

Half a month later, at Cui Ying's wedding to the Demon Lord, someone suddenly arrived on a flying sword, tore through the banquet, and pierced the Demon Lord's core with a single strike.

His white robes were stained with blood as he swept toward her, purple demonic qi flickering between his brows, his presence overwhelming.

"Come back with me."

"You wanted to marry the Demon Lord. Now I am one."

Bonus scene

After Huai Jin imprisoned her, Cui Ying returned to the carefree life of having her clothes handed to her and her meals brought to her.

There was just one extra thing: every night, when they were intimate, he would inevitably do unspeakable things to her.

She actually loved her life now. She just couldn't understand why her Huai Jin always thought she was forcing herself.

What else could she do? She had to comfort him.

After a decade of Cui Ying eagerly acting cute and asking for cuddles, Huai Jin, now fallen to demonic cultivation: He had gone dark... but perhaps not completely.

Reader's note: This is a sweet romance! It's sweet all the way through, even after he goes dark! They're each other's first love, one-on-one, happy ending.

Theme: You are the bright moon, shining in my heart.