The Master Always Insists on Having His Way

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Bai Zhi was the bravest and most powerful guardian star lord at the Mother Goddess's side. Still wild at heart, she was mischievous and playful. Yet after the Mother Goddess fell, she became the disciple of the most solitary, aloof, and cold-hearted deity in the Ninth Heaven.

Though they had become master and disciple halfway through their lives, Bai Zhi gradually realized that her master, while cold by nature, indulged her. He never restricted her, and he was generous, too. Of the treasures in all the lands beneath heaven, if he had it and she wanted it, it was hers.

Over the course of a thousand years, she mastered the art of getting along with him: don't cause too much trouble, and don't stay away too long. Don't bother him too often, but show your face every now and then to remind him you exist.

But after a lifetime of mortal reincarnation, none of the boundaries and tricks she'd worked out proved useful anymore.

Her aloof master began to hold grudges over the smallest things.

He no longer indulged her mischief or turned a blind eye to her audacity. He forbade this and that, and in the end, even forbade her from seeking a Dao companion.

Enough was enough. Bai Zhi decided to turn against him.

But she never expected the consequences to be so severe.

She was imprisoned in a secret chamber, her whole body bound by the rings of the sun and moon. As she lay on a golden lotus throne, he bent over her, no longer cold, no longer lonely.

In the dimness, his expression was impossible to read, but she could clearly see in his eyes a naked, primal bestiality, ready to burst forth.

Bai Zhi was a beast. Her instincts warned her of danger.

As she struggled in panic, only one thought remained in her mind: But Master is a god.

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Jiu Li was the only son of the Father God and Mother Goddess. From birth, he was destined to command the gods, control the four directions, and rule over all creation.

He stood high above all, a deity revered and feared by the Three Realms. Everyone respected him, and everyone feared him.

Except, of course, his nominal disciple, the notorious and incorrigible White Tiger Star Lord.

Before the Mother Goddess fell, she chose new masters for the four guardian star beasts at her side. To honor her final wish, Jiu Li casually pointed to the one in the corner, the poor creature no one wanted, with tears welling in her eyes.

One god, one beast, master and disciple: one liked quiet, the other liked mischief. As the sun and moon turned, they gradually learned to get along.

Later, the little white tiger sacrificed herself to power a formation during the war between immortals and demons, nearly losing her soul. As ruler of the Three Realms and her master, Jiu Li felt responsible. He used one of his souls and one of his spirits as a guide, joining her in reincarnation, enduring lifetime after lifetime and the Eight Sufferings to reshape her soul.

They were siblings and then husband and wife in the human world. After returning from the trial, his disciple had her life back, and Jiu Li reclaimed his soul and spirit. Their karmic debt was settled.

However, when the mischievous little beast treated that trial as nothing more than ordinary cultivation, just as he'd hoped, and continued to regard him as a dispensable master while flirting everywhere she went, Jiu Li suddenly began to regret it.

He regretted not imprisoning and binding her from the start, keeping her trapped in his cage so that he would be the only one she could see.

Reader's Guide:

1. The story is divided into two volumes. The first is set in the human world, and the sibling relationship ends later on. It has a traditional historical romance feel, sweet and indulgent: a refined, upright top scholar and his naive, adorable younger sister, who sees her brother as her whole world.

2. The second volume is about gods and ghosts and features a master-disciple relationship. The heroine is a divine beast, lazy and carefree, and slow to catch on. In her true form, her combat strength is outstanding. The hero is an emotionless, desireless deity at first. After falling in love, he talks himself into believing she loves him too. His unrequited love brings out his twisted, obsessive, and violent side.

3. Set in an imaginary world, this is pure fluff. The plot exists only to serve the romance.

4. Content warnings: There may be rivalry between men and possessive coercion. The hero is passionately, sincerely, humbly, and obsessively devoted to the heroine, particularly in the second volume.

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Please add my next novel to your collection: "I'm Determined to Be This Scumbag of the Demon Realm."

The ruler of the demon realm, Gou Chen, was born with a demonic body, arrogant and unruly. His youth was full of hardship, but after his demonic soul awakened, he killed his brother and father and rose to the throne.

Under his rule, in less than a century, the demon realm escaped the yoke of the immortal realm and held its head high, showing signs of turning the tables on the immortals.

But though his career flourished, his love life did not. It was rumored that the Demon Lord Gou Chen had pined for his unrequited first love as a boy, nearly losing his life over her. Perhaps the heartbreak left its mark, because for millions of years no woman had been able to get close to him.

The newly appointed Left Protector, Qing Lu, was an exception.

Left Protector Qing Lu was taciturn and carried out every order flawlessly. In all the millions of years Gou Chen had lived, she was the most capable sword he'd ever wielded.

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Qing Lu had gone from a lowly, bullied demon to the Left Protector feared by all demons. It had taken untold hardship and suffering for her to earn the right to stand before Gou Chen. But she didn't care. She'd sworn to repay him, so she would crawl to his side if she had to.

She crossed seas of fire and endured the punishment of thunder. Whatever Gou Chen told her to do, she did. She was willing to be an obedient puppet.

She never expected to be careless enough to have a demon spirit plant a yin-yang vine inside her. The poison took hold suddenly and violently. By the time she came to her senses, she was lying on the Demon Lord's soul-refining platform of dark ice, completely naked and covered in marks.

That night, the cultivation of her long-stagnant ninth level showed signs of breaking through. She finally understood why, of all the countless methods of demonic cultivation, the demons favored dual cultivation above all others.

Afterward, it was unclear who made the first move, but she began to spend her nights in Gou Chen's bed for no clear reason.

It was tiring, but Qing Lu couldn't deny that she enjoyed it. Besides, afterward, her cultivation progressed twice as fast with half the effort.

It was just that she didn't know why her master summoned her more and more often.

Qing Lu was suddenly on her guard. They could use each other, but she'd seen too many examples. Men would only slow her sword hand.

No matter how pleasurable it was, she wouldn't entertain anything more.

So when she finally perfected her cultivation and broke through, she spared no effort to find Gou Chen's first love, the woman he had loved but never won over as a young man.

That repaid the debt she owed him, and Qing Lu faked her death to escape.

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After spending a few hundred peaceful years in the human world, she finally found an earth immortal she rather liked. He wasn't especially powerful, but at least he had a long lifespan. Qing Lu began to consider settling down in the human world.

She never expected that on her wedding day, the dignified Left Protector would be knocked unconscious and taken back to the demon realm by Gou Chen, bound head to toe with demon-binding ropes.

When she woke, her once-arrogant master held her chin in his hand, his murderous aura surging as if he might crush her between his fingers at any moment.

As she was restrained on the familiar soul-refining platform of dark ice, Qing Lu couldn't help wanting to howl at the heavens: "Seriously? It was supposed to be a one-night stand, so why does it never end?"

Theme: Love is falling from the heavens for you.