But the Great Demon Lord Called Me His Wife

[A marriage before love with a world-destroying demon lord. Please add to your collection.]

Cheng Zhinians came from a small, obscure sect. She went down the mountain to complete a mission, only to be framed for stealing a sacred artifact and hunted down.

With nowhere left to turn, she remembered her master's warning: "A demon lord is sealed in Mount Cangwu. It is extremely dangerous there. Whatever you do, don't provoke him!" Since she was going to die either way, she decided to take a gamble.

"I'll let you out, but you have to sign this master-servant contract and help me kill a few hundred people!"

The demon lord looked at the marriage contract she handed him. "?"

#Cultivators these days call marriage contracts master-servant contracts? That's an interesting game they play.#

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Cheng Zhinians wasn't at all pleased to have gotten a demon lord husband for free.

Instead of thinking about how to destroy the world, the mighty demon lord followed her around every day, saying, "Wife, let's cultivate together. It'll boost our cultivation faster!" and, "There's so much blood! I'm scared. Wife, protect me!"

Then he'd add, "Point that sword at me again and my wife will get angry and chop off your fingers!"

Cheng Zhinians wept bitterly.

The great demon lord was "too frail to look after himself" and far too clingy. How was she ever supposed to convince him to dissolve their contract...

Fortunately, it didn't last long. She was swept into a rift in time and space and sent back ten thousand years.

"(Ten thousand years earlier ↓)"

Eighteen-year-old Lu Tingzhi was a loner, taciturn and withdrawn. The only thing that had made him famous throughout the cultivation world was his peerless swordsmanship.

His senior brothers and sisters warned him that people below the mountain were treacherous, and that demons and monsters had all sorts of ways to bewitch the heart. If he fell for one of them, even once, he would fall right into their trap.

Lu Tingzhi scoffed at the idea, then went down the mountain to slay demons and saved a wedding procession.

The bridal sedan curtain lifted. Cheng Zhinians had rosy cheeks and lively eyes. The instant she saw him, she called out in a clear, sweet voice, "Husband!"

Lu Tingzhi's brow furrowed slightly, his gaze icy.

#The women down the mountain really are devious.#

Little scene:

Cheng Zhinians: "You used to love clinging to me and calling me your wife."

Lu Tingzhi: "Nonsense."

Cheng Zhinians: "But we signed a marriage contract."

Lu Tingzhi: "?" Even marriage contracts can be forged? This woman really came prepared!

Some time later, Lu Tingzhi: Wait, could I have lost my memory?

1. Single-couple romance, one-on-one, happy ending.

2. A reverse-timeline redemption story. The demon lord believes his wife is everything.

3. Some seemingly unreasonable details are foreshadowing.

4. Not a strong-female-lead power fantasy.

Theme: Be patient and persevere in what you do.