Everyone in the cultivation world knows that the cold and powerful Immortal Lord Mingyuan has a Dao companion he treasures above all else.
Though no one has ever seen her, they say the woman is extraordinarily high-maintenance.
Every time the Immortal Lord goes out, he rushes back for fear of leaving his beloved alone at home for too long.
On several occasions, people have even heard a soft, sweet voice coming through Mingyuan's communication talisman.
One moment, she's asking him to buy the latest robes from Xingluo Pavilion; the next, she's asking for freshly made delicacies from Baiwei House.
Anyone would furrow their brow at such demands.
Yet the Immortal Lord, who usually has no kind words for anyone, always agrees without hesitation. The tenderness in his eyes leaves everyone baffled.
Later, the Immortal Lord's beloved is revealed to the public.
Everyone is shocked that he would marry a mortal who can't cultivate. Apart from her breathtakingly beautiful face, the woman is utterly useless.
People are dismayed by the Immortal Lord's choice.
"Beauty leads men astray" becomes a widely repeated saying throughout the cultivation world.
Then one day, war breaks out in the demon realm.
The Immortal Lord's Dao companion, regarded as a burden, disappears in the fighting. The furious Immortal Lord leads everyone into the demon realm.
And there they see
The woman who had always seemed as delicate as a trailing vine is sitting on the bone throne that symbolizes the Demon Lord, with the head of a demon general beneath her foot.
The great demon wails and begs for mercy.
She bends down, smiling, and says, "I told you, I'm not interested in destroying the world right now. Understand?"
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Ye Qi transmigrated into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder supporting character.
The woman she became was beautiful, delicate, and a good-for-nothing when it came to cultivation.
Her only purpose was to somehow become Immortal Lord Mingyuan's Dao companion, trip him up now and then, and tarnish his reputation.
She had few appearances, exactly as befitted a cannon-fodder character.
Ye Qi was quite pleased with this arrangement.
Especially with her husband. He might be taciturn, but he was handsome and kind. He was not only diligent at night, but also did whatever she asked once they got out of bed.
Ye Qi sank into her comfortable, carefree life, making a scene whenever she pleased thanks to her husband's doting affection.
Then one day, someone from her hometown wrote to her.
The letter asked when she would be coming back. The demon realm's counterattack was about to begin, and everyone was waiting for her to take charge.
A long-silent voice finally rang in Ye Qi's mind again. "Ding-dong!"
"Hi, Host, long time no see! Based on this mission, the System has already planned your role for you. All you have to do is push the war between the immortal and demon realms forward..."
Looking at its Host, a carefree woman spoiled rotten by her husband and making no moves at all, the System silently typed a question mark.
"?"
It was a long while before the System heard her casually reply with two words: "I'm busy."
The System didn't understand. It had only been disconnected for a few years. How had its diligent Host changed so much? What did she mean by, "What's the point of destroying the world? Being a good-for-nothing cannon-fodder character is just fine"?
They were the most famous world-destroying duo!
But when the cold Immortal Lord tenderly caught his Host as she leapt down from the throne, letting her cry, "Hubby, I'm so scared~"
And his icy gaze swept over the System's intangible body, the System instinctively shivered.
Well... this wasn't so bad either.
#You two should just focus on living happily together!#
#Hubby, I'm really so scared!#
Theme: Protecting world peace