Everyone in the cultivation world knows that Xu Cha, the top disciple of the foremost sect, is exceptionally gifted and unwavering in her Daoist heart. For centuries, she has taken first place in the sect competition, with no one able to match her.
Even more remarkable than her peak cultivation is her impeccable character: gentle and humble. What a rare person.
Even more famous than her praiseworthy character is her relentlessly persistent suitor.
The infamous, vicious, cruel, and violent Demon Venerable, Zhou Yinchun.
Everyone knows that wherever Xu Cha is, Zhou Yinchun is sure to be there too.
The Demon Venerable shamelessly declared that he would become Dao partners with Xu Cha. Later, he even threatened to abduct her and make her his cultivation furnace.
But everyone just treated it as a joke.
Xu Cha cultivates the Heartless Dao, for one thing. Besides, the Demon Venerable can't beat her.
Whenever those two meet, doesn't it always end with Zhou Yinchun beaten bloody and gravely injured?
But life is full of surprises.
During an expedition into a secret realm, Xu Cha's spiritual roots shattered and all her cultivation vanished. The Zhou Yinchun who had been waiting at the exit actually managed to abduct her and take her away as his cultivation furnace!
Everyone was in an uproar, rushing to spread the news.
"Have you heard? That genius senior sister from the foremost sect has become a cripple! She can't cultivate anymore!"
"Have you heard? Xu Cha will have to eat mortal food to stay alive from now on!"
"Have you heard? Zhou Yinchun got what he wanted! Xu Cha is finished!"
"Poor thing, how pitiful!"
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Xu Cha, who has already lived through this once, takes it all in stride.
It's fine. This is just one of the trials of the Dao. In another hundred years, she'll kill her husband to prove her Dao, then ascend straight to immortality.
She settles comfortably into the Demon Palace, sleeping on a five-meter-wide warm jade bed, dressed in robes of thousand-year-old ice silkworm silk, and enjoying the delicacies Zhou Yinchun brings back from every realm. Now and then, she even comforts the Demon Venerable when he gets all teary.
"It's fine. You won't die."
You're the one with only a hundred years left to live.
Poor thing.
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After an ancient secret realm opens, everyone encounters Xu Cha again.
A monstrous beast roars viciously, opening its jaws wide at Xu Cha. She is unarmed, and not a trace of spiritual power ripples around her.
A once-brilliant talent has fallen in a single day, become the Demon Venerable's plaything, and now, while escaping, is about to die in a demon beast's jaws.
How truly pitiful.
Everyone turns away, unable to bear the sight.
But a few breaths later, dark clouds blot out the sun, ghosts wail, and the earth is covered in countless pale bones and restless spirits. The giant beast crashes to the ground.
The Demon Venerable, infamous for his heinous crimes, appears with a sword to dig out the demon core, then presents it to Xu Cha like a devoted little wife.
Xu Cha calmly lowers the hand with which she'd been forming a spell and smiles gently at everyone.
A true top student never neglects any subject.
*Gentle heroine who pretends to be a slacker but is actually a max-level powerhouse x beautiful, delicate, gloomy male lead who is genuinely nonhuman
PS: The male lead really can take a nonhuman form, and sometimes has tentacles.
Theme: Is darkness truly the opposite of light?
