His Obsessive Desire

In her previous life, Chen Xi was carried in through a side gate on her wedding day. She endured every humiliation, and eventually died far from home.

Reborn into a new life, all she wants is a secure position in the Celestial Realm. So she binds herself to a ghost-exorcising System, spending her days either driving out evil spirits and catching ghosts or guiding departed souls to the afterlife.

But when she disguises herself as a palace maid to exorcise a ghost for Gu Pei, the younger brother she once raised, she hears all sorts of rumors about him.

"I heard the first three batches of palace maids and eunuchs were all executed by His Majesty for one reason or another."

"His Majesty stays in Zichen Hall all day, keeping watch over the empress in her bed. He hardly ever attends court, and they say the empress is terrifying to look at. Everyone who's seen her has been executed by His Majesty without exception."

Chen Xi found it absurd. "How terrifying can an empress look? Doesn't everyone have one nose and two eyes?"

"You don't understand. Her Majesty the Empress is actually dead!" The little palace maid's words were shocking.

"His Majesty loved her deeply. Otherwise, he wouldn't have killed so many people to avenge her. The ministers who urged him to bury the empress were beheaded."

The more Chen Xi listened, the more indescribable her expression became. She and Gu Pei had once depended on each other to survive, and it was true that they were close, but their relationship had always been purely that of brother and sister. How could Gu Pei's feelings for her have changed into something else?

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Ever since Chen Xi died a miserable death, Gu Pei had gone mad. He usurped the throne and committed every kind of evil, turning the world into a river of blood. In the eyes of the people, he was a madman and a tyrant.

Obsessed to the point of madness, he summoned her spirit every day, hoping a ghost would appear so he could see her once more. But every attempt ended in failure.

Fortunately, Heaven took pity on him, and he met Chen Xi again. But she was earning merit by guiding ghosts and single-mindedly pursuing ascension to immortality. To her, he was just a burden she couldn't shake off or drive away.

Later, Chen Xi was infected by a demonic parasite and, in a delirium, ran her sword straight through him.

Gu Pei, the soon-to-be-restored High God: Good... You've lost your position.

[Little scene]

The first thing Gu Pei did after his soul returned to its proper place was drag Chen Xi in front of him. Seeing her kneeling with her head lowered, he gripped her chin and made her look up.

"You stabbed me. How do you think we should settle the score?"

Chen Xi: "You can stab me back?"

Gu Pei: "...Think about it again."

Upcoming novel

"My Senior Brother and I Throw the World into Chaos"

Synopsis:

On the day Shen Yu died, the area beneath Wan Feng Cliff was awash in blood and violence.

She stood with her sword in hand, covered in blood. Before she could catch her breath, another person came at her.

Shen Yu recognized her: Lu Qingyao, the junior sister at Tianxing Sect who got along with everyone and was doted on by all. She used to call Shen Yu "Senior Sister Shen" so sweetly. Now she had become a demonic spy and framed Shen Yu, and had the nerve to try to kill her too.

Shen Yu had never liked her. With one slash, she severed the arm holding Lu Qingyao's sword. As Lu Qingyao's face twisted in pain, Shen Yu severed her tendons and bones as well.

That was the price she paid for colluding with demons to frame Shen Yu.

But Shen Yu never imagined that she would ultimately be killed by a sword wielded by Ji Pei, the senior brother she trusted most.

She died with her eyes open, swearing she'd make him pay a hundredfold, a thousandfold.

Heaven's justice always comes around. Shen Yu was reborn, while her once-radiant senior brother had gone completely mad.

By a twist of fate, she and Ji Pei formed a soul contract. From then on, Ji Pei obeyed her every command. Shen Yu went further and further down the road of ruining his reputation and wrecking his image, while Ji Pei was more than happy to go along with it.

She killed, and he handed her the knife.

She punished scum, and he backed her up.

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