Lu Jiu accidentally transmigrated into a cultivation novel and became a new junior sister at an academy.
Life at the academy was free of scheming. It was relaxed and comfortable, the elders were kind, and she had a gentle, beautiful senior brother, Shi Xueya, for company.
Every day was so pleasant, it felt like picking out a male escort.
But Lu Jiu had read the original novel.
A prophecy had foretold that a demon would arise among the academy's disciples and bring calamity upon the cultivation world.
The elders discussed what to do and decided to turn the demon's future dao companion, Shi Xueya, to their side in advance, taking him in as a spy. The moment they identified the degenerate who fell in love with him, they would kill them immediately.
Terrified, Lu Jiu did her best to stay away from her senior brother every day.
*
Shi Xueya was napping beneath a wisteria trellis. Broken sunlight fell on him, making his features shine like those of a god.
The third senior sister was so entranced that she poured scalding tea on the fourth senior brother while serving it. The two started fighting and went flying off into the distance.
Shi Xueya woke up. Seeing Lu Jiu pass by, he narrowed his eyes. “Junior Sister, you've sent everyone else away. What are you planning to do to your senior brother?”
Lu Jiu: ?
Shi Xueya was treating his injuries in a hot spring in the back mountains. The curling mist made his skin and bones look even more icy and pure.
When the second senior sister confessed to him, she was so nervous she stammered. In her embarrassment, she lied and said Lu Jiu had taught her what to say.
Shi Xueya looked at Lu Jiu, who was utterly shocked, and smiled suggestively. “If you have something to say, Junior Sister, you can tell me to my face.”
Lu Jiu: ??
Lu Jiu was about to lose her mind.
She let out a piercing shriek. “I didn't! I never did! Stop imagining things on my behalf! Senior Brother, focus on your cultivation and don't let romance slow down your progress!!!”
Seeing her cry in frustration, Shi Xueya affectionately stroked her hair and said, “If it's you, I wouldn't be opposed.”
Lu Jiu's sobs stopped short. “Huh???”
Damn it! Don't come any closer!!!
**
Three years later, in the Demon Realm.
The air reeked of a cloying blood scent that had lingered for a thousand years. A blood moon hung high above the city walls, built from rugged white bones and stones.
Lu Jiu sat on the Demon Emperor's throne, staring blankly at the demon soldiers and generals below:
Skeletons, seaweed, and a giant octopus.
Blood, slime, and chunks of corpses.
She held it in for a while, but finally went, “Bleurgh, ” and threw up.
She couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Seriously, she was the one who hated Shi Xueya most of all!
So why was she the Great Demon herself?!!!
[Some character details]
*Yes, it's another ditzy heroine × gorgeous hero.
*Not traditional cultivation. There's a touch of cosmic horror, but it's very mild. The setting exists purely to indulge my tastes.
*The heroine is super rich and loves buying gear and skins. She spends every day dressing herself up and playing Pretty Lu Jiu. She relies on transformations to fight, not hard cultivation.
*The hero has incubus blood. Before awakening, he's a beautiful, vacant, all-purpose househusband. After evolving to version 2.0, he's a gorgeous man who knows he's beautiful, sweet on the outside and scheming within. He always behaves like a gentleman, and he's a real catch.
*In both the “original story” and this one, the heroine is the hero's only dao companion.
Theme: Don't believe in fate.
