The Demon God Was Once a Pond-Dweller

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Blurb:

When He Zhi found the Demonic Cult's leader barely clinging to life, she didn't hurry to stab him. Instead, she took him home, cared for him diligently, and healed his injuries before beginning her revenge.

Using a secret art, she transferred all the Demon Lord's power into herself, then seized control of the Demonic Cult's Shapo Sect. From then on, the cult members were forbidden from wreaking havoc in the world. They all had to do good deeds and build up merit. Meanwhile, the frail Demon Lord was whipped and humiliated by her during the day, and forced to cultivate with her at night, using his heart's yang energy to stabilize her power.

Every day, he looked at her with red-rimmed eyes. He clearly hated her with all his might, yet could only beg her for mercy.

He Zhi thought, this was much more satisfying than killing him with a single stab.

Later, a catastrophe engulfed Heaven and Earth. He Zhi exhausted the Demon Lord's power and sacrificed herself to save all living beings.

In the end, she died before the eyes of the Demon Lord who hated her most.

Before she died, she gave the Demon Lord a faint smile. "Ji Ci, I've drained all your power. For the rest of your life, you'll be nothing but a cripple."

"You slaughtered my sect and killed those dearest to me. Every bit of pain I've inflicted on you is just what you deserve!"

With that, she vanished into nothing before his eyes.

The year He Zhi spent tormenting Ji Ci had worn her out. After sacrificing herself for the Dao, all she wanted was to rest in peace after death and reunite with her family in the afterlife.

But she didn't die.

When she opened her eyes, she was lying in a coffin. She had lost all her spiritual power and become a delicate mortal woman, powerless to defend herself.

To her misfortune, she was soon found by her enemy, Ji Ci.

Worse still, Ji Ci was no longer a cripple. He had ascended and become a Demon God.

Wasn't he going to torment her to death?!

She decided that even if she died, she would never admit to being the He Zhi who had tormented him!

After much thought, He Zhi decided that she needed spiritual power to escape his clutches. She would lure a man in and use the old method: cultivate with him to regain her power!

But just as she had brought the man to an inn, Ji Ci suddenly burst in, kicked him away, and dragged her home by force.

Watching Ji Ci approach step by step, his eyes red and his face cold, He Zhi thought, I'm done for. Ji Ci is about to torment me.

She nervously waited for death to come once more...

But the Demon God only took off his clothes with a cold expression, then pulled her hand to his firm abdomen.

Ji Ci: "A Zhi, let me cultivate with you. No one understands how to please you better than I do."

He Zhi: ...

Huh?

What?!

#He Zhi: I thought Ji Ci might have gotten better over the years, or he might have gotten worse, but I never imagined he'd become a pervert.#

Service-oriented male lead x service-enjoying female lead

Reader's guide:

1. Neither lead is perfect, and both behave extremely in the early chapters. The male lead does not have Stockholm syndrome; his love has its reasons.

2. The writing is sometimes serious, sometimes silly, and sometimes stream-of-consciousness.

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