After Imprisoning the Divine Lord for Seven Days and Nights

From wallflower to femme fatale, a jinx's road to a comeback, everyone gets their happily ever after

After imprisoning Lord Hengyuan for seven days and seven nights, the newly crowned Demon Lord Wu Miao finally deigned to see him one last time.

His arms and legs were bound with iron chains that could restrain immortals, and he was locked away in a lightless dungeon. In his wretched state, he looked just as he had when they first met.

Wu Miao wore the red robe Lord Hengyuan had always despised. Her smile grew brighter, and she was bewitching, like a demoness born to ensnare souls.

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Wu Miao had once been an ordinary mortal woman. One day, she stuck her nose where it didn't belong and brought home a badly wounded man who had passed out.

To repay her for saving him, the all-powerful Lord Hengyuan, as he was leaving, paused for a rare moment and turned back to offer Wu Miao his hand.

"Would you... like to come with me?"

Wu Miao became an unremarkable little immortal in the Celestial Realm, responsible for sweeping and tidying Lord Hengyuan's courtyard every day.

The other immortals assumed she must have used some bewitching trick to ride the great fortune of the Lord's tribulation and ascend in the flesh. In other words, she got carried to victory.

Only she knew that the Lord simply needed an immortal maid who could handle all the heavy, menial, dirty, and tedious chores without complaint.

But after he regained his divine station, the Lord, who had once sworn solemn vows before mountains and rivers, wouldn't even spare her a smile.

The words he said most often were, "Leave."

Wu Miao, the wage slave: I'll be leaving for the rest of my life ^ω^

With only her meager cultivation, she decided to raise the banner against emotional manipulation, strike out on her own as a boss, defect from the Celestial Realm, and descend into the demonic path!

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When the seven-day deadline arrived, the world changed overnight. Lord Hengyuan and a rebel general from the Demon Realm joined forces against Wu Miao. They searched every inch of the Demon Realm's scorched earth, but couldn't find even a trace of her soul.

The Lord's face went deathly pale, and he nearly went mad. His former aloofness was nowhere to be seen. He fell to the demonic path on the spot.

The Demon Realm changed hands, but Wu Miao's revenge had only just begun.

Bonus scene:

When Lord Hengyuan remembered where the crucial sword bone he had used to overcome his tribulation came from, he immediately cut it out and carefully presented it to Wu Miao.

A wistful look crossed Wu Miao's face.

"Even without you, I was born with a sword bone, and I could still cultivate to immortality."

"But I've come to see things differently. There's nothing wrong with becoming a demon."

She no longer needed the sword bone, and she no longer needed him.

Then she raised a finger and crushed, inch by inch, the sword bone that others would have given anything to possess.

Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine really is a jinx. The hero really does get his comeuppance, physically.

2. A goofy, happy-ending story. May every wage slave escape emotional manipulation and never forget what matters.

3. Recycling trash is everyone's responsibility. Labor is glorious!

Blurb screenshot dated July 9, 2023

Theme: Be self-reliant and take control of your destiny