How to Take Revenge on a Furnace Cauldron

Yu Youyang had a special constitution and had been pampered since childhood. Before going into seclusion, her father found her a furnace for her to cultivate with.

That night, Yu Youyang dreamed that her furnace would betray her in the future, and that her powerful father was nothing more than a stepping stone on his path to ascension.

So the first thing she did after waking up was ask her father to send the furnace away.

But her father, who had always doted on her, refused.

"Yangyang, it's not that I don't want to, but you can only survive by cultivating with him."

Yu Youyang had no choice but to return to her room. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Yan Chi's face, pale and frail from being drained too often.

"Miss," he said, forcing a smile. "Did I do something wrong? Are you unhappy with me?"

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Ever since learning that Yan Chi would betray her, Yu Youyang had beaten and berated him at every turn. She usually wore her disdain for him plainly on her face.

On the mountain, she humiliated him in every way.

Off the mountain, she used a secret identity to deceive him into giving her his heart and body, coaxing him into letting her drain him again and again. Even when he discovered the truth, she showed no remorse.

Even as he knelt to put on her shoes, she couldn't resist mocking him:

"You're nothing but a dog I keep."

Yet Yan Chi merely chuckled, tightened his grip around her slender ankle, and looked up at her with smoldering eyes. "Then, Miss, will you keep only me?"

Yu Youyang: "?"

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The male lead's version:

The young miss of Cangyi Mountain was the person Yan Chi hated most. To stay alive, he endured every humiliation and tried to please her, but the more he did, the worse she treated him.

Later, he met Yu Youyang at the foot of the mountain.

She admired him, depended on him, and always had her eyes on him.

She seemed foolish and naive. Whenever Yan Chi held her, he couldn't help thinking: With demons and monsters running rampant in the cultivation world, what would she do without him?

Only later did he learn that the young miss and Yu Youyang were the same person.

Yan Chi understood that she was selfish and cruel. She tormented him, toyed with him, and deceived him. But what truly angered him was that he meant nothing to her.

The young miss was rotten to the core. Fortunately, he wasn't a good person either. No one in the world was better suited to each other than the two of them.

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A spoiled, overbearing young miss x a furnace gradually losing control

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Even if he's a dog, he has to be the most obedient one by her side.

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The male lead is hopelessly in love.

Reader's Guide:

1. The male lead gets put through the wringer, but he's entirely willing. Readers devoted to the male lead, beware.

2. Neither lead is perfect. They both have flaws.

3. The story begins in the third year of their cultivation arrangement.

4. Low-magic world, my take on cultivation, with a loosely episodic structure.

5. The male lead doesn't like the young miss. Their relationship is purely transactional, and he only falls for her when she uses her secret identity.

6. Both leads are virgins, 1v1.

Coming soon: Tomorrow I'll Get My Revenge on Her. Please add it to your reading list!

After sneaking down to the lower realm, Rong Ying got carried away having fun and accidentally lost the Returning Heaven Jade she needed to get back to the upper realm.

Without it, the only way back was to climb the Heavenly Stairway that appeared when cultivators ascended.

Tricking the Heavenly Stairway wouldn't be easy. She had to enter into a marriage pact with someone.

Because of her identity, Rong Ying was restricted at every turn in the lower realm. Eager to return home, she tracked down Jiang Shi, said to be the person in the lower realm most likely to ascend.

The moment she found him, Rong Ying eagerly entered into a marriage pact with him.

Only after sealing the pact did she discover that Jiang Shi's spiritual estate had been destroyed and all his cultivation wiped out. Even a low-level cultivator could easily knock him down.

Rong Ying, feeling cheated: "..."

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Before disaster struck, Jiang Shi had been the undisputed prodigy of his generation. No one his age could compare with him, and his future had seemed limitless.

Overnight, his parents were brutally killed and his cultivation destroyed. He went from being surrounded by admirers to being despised by everyone.

He decided to leave home with his young brother.

But the family head declared, "If you want to split from the family, get married first."

Jiang Shi glanced around. Everyone who used to flatter him was now avoiding him.

Amid the jeers filling the hall, a young woman he'd never met came through the crowd and stopped beside him. She openly declared that she'd loved him for a long time and was willing to form a marriage pact with him.

Rong Ying was spoiled, frail, and difficult to please.

Jiang Shi didn't mind serving her hand and foot, but spending his life with her was out of the question.

Out of gratitude, he endured her demands again and again, but in the end, he still woke Rong Ying from her sleep.

"As you can see, I have nothing now, and I'm a cripple. If you marry me, you'll only suffer..."

Rong Ying was a terrible morning person. She slapped him away, thoroughly annoyed. "If you know I'm suffering, then hurry up and cultivate! It's your problem, so deal with it yourself!"

Jiang Shi: "..."

After setting out on the path of cultivation again and weathering countless hardships, Jiang Shi finally saw the Heavenly Stairway descend for him.

But Rong Ying pushed him off the Ascension Terrace and climbed the stairs herself.

Only when he was falling into the abyss did Jiang Shi understand: she'd agreed to their marriage pact so she could trick the Heavenly Dao and take his place.

The moment he got his hands on the legendary treasure that could open the way to the upper realm, Jiang Shi gave a cold laugh.

He would make her pay for everything she'd done!

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In the upper realm,

Rong Ying yawned and nudged Jiang Shi, who was putting on her shoes.

"Didn't you say you'd get revenge on me? When are you finally going to start?"

Jiang Shi answered with a cold face. "Tomorrow!"

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