#One-line summary: A scheming couple's umpteenth relationship slump, with the entire cultivation world dragged into their games in bed
Alluring, innocent-looking beauty x deceptively gentle Sword Venerable
As the frail, pampered wife of the Xuan Zhu Sword Venerable, Cheng Yanchu was mocked by the other disciples as a useless beauty.
One day, she suddenly woke with a start and remembered that she was a transmigrator who had made a deal with the System. All she had to do was become Qu Guan Feng's destined heartbreak, then let him sever his romantic ties and ascend, and she could return to the modern world.
She had followed the System's instructions to the letter, posing as a demon-spy to deceive the male lead, then dying by the sword with a fatal wound.
But now that her memories had returned, she realized that not only had she failed to fake her death, she'd been married to the Sword Venerable for years.
The once pure-hearted, gentle and aloof beauty had fallen from her pedestal. Not only had she failed to ascend, she'd become a thoroughly black-hearted lotus, dripping with ink.
In the room, Qu Guan Feng smiled with refined warmth. “My dear, it's time for your medicine.”
Cheng Yanchu: ...Run. I have to run.
After reconnecting with the System, she seized the chance to flirt with her former demon master and successfully escaped.
With a long sigh of relief, Cheng Yanchu tearfully complained about the Sword Venerable's abuse. Now that she had finally escaped his clutches, she was determined to divorce him.
The young Demon Venerable came to stand before her, grinning to show two little canine teeth. “Good for you, getting divorced! If you're thinking of marrying again, how about me, sis?”
Cheng Yanchu: Is something wrong with all of you? I'm not the protagonist of a story where everyone falls for me.
Qu Guan Feng had cultivated for a thousand years, mastering his emotions and keeping his desires in check. Then a graceful silhouette caught his eye and stole his heart.
Just as he thought they were in love and could soon be together forever, he discovered that she was a demon spy, a fraud who had played with his feelings.
When they confronted each other, she took his hand and used it to drive a sword through herself.
As his heart and mind shattered, he heard a voice: “Congratulations, Host. You have completed the mission.”
So it had all been a deception.
But he was the mighty Sword Venerable. Anyone who deceived him had to pay a price.
Watching Cheng Yanchu's frantic retreat, Qu Guan Feng smiled with his hands behind his back. “Let her enjoy her freedom for a while...”
In his hand, an invisible mass of air twisted slightly.
The System said, “I wouldn't dare interfere. Host, you're on your own.”
[Reader Advisory]
#The female lead isn't a naive, helpless runaway wife, and the male lead isn't really going to turn evil and imprison her. They love and torment each other, and enjoy every minute of it.
#Includes melodramatic elements such as falling in love after marriage, emotional manipulation, and imprisonment. Read with caution.
Theme: Those who trick others will be tricked in turn.
