The Villainous Demon Queen Insists on Cultivating Immortality with Me

(A fantasy romance with a happy ending, but the second male lead rewrites it. Please add it to your collection. The other stories in this series are listed below, so feel free to check them out too.)

Blurb:

One day, Xu Yao awoke to find that she had gone from being a demon king to having nothing left. Her demon clan had been wiped out, and the demon realm destroyed.

To reclaim the great enterprise she had once built, she descended into the human world.

This time, her target was a pretty-faced mortal man.

He was fair-skinned, gentle, terrible at magic, and unexpectedly easy to fool.

*

The pretty boy said he wanted to attain immortality with her. Xu Yao smiled. "Sure. I want to become a god with you too."

The pretty boy was delighted by her sweet talk, then turned around and diligently practiced through the night.

The pretty boy said he wanted to stay with her forever. Xu Yao nodded. "Mm. I'm happy when I'm with you too."

The pretty boy blushed at her words and came to find her that night to cultivate together and practice swordsmanship.

The pretty boy thought their days together would last until he truly became an immortal.

*

But Xu Yao was a demon. She could never become a god.

After her identity was exposed, bamboo leaves filled the sky around him. Her eyes were blood-red, and his blood spattered across her body.

He knelt at her feet, his voice weak and broken. "So you've been lying to me from the very beginning?"

"Yes."

"So you never had any chance of becoming a god with me?"

"Yes."

Xu Yao thought that would make him give up.

But later, the pretty boy said he would die for her.

Reader's Guide:

1. The female lead is the strongest, but some of her ideas are different from a human's. She's a little wicked. A tomato-sauce romance.

2. I'll announce updates in the author's notes beforehand. Please add it to your collection, mwah.

3. Traditional cultivation fantasy, but with an unconventional take on gods and demons. A slight ensemble cast early on.

Coming soon: A Flower Blooms for One Person

Blurb below: (to be revised)

[Stubborn, persevering flower spirit x aloof, proud, untouchable beauty]

Chao Ge was an ordinary osmanthus flower in the demon realm, a lowly little flower spirit.

But the person she loved was Jing Yao, the most prestigious and attention-grabbing Demon Lord in the whole realm.

They said the Demon Lord never got close to women.

But one day, word spread that Jing Yao had ordered every woman to enter the palace.

They said the Demon Lord was looking for a flower that was both ordinary and precious.

*

He had said he wanted an ordinary flower, but those who showed up were all the kings and queens of the flower world: peonies, roses, noble flowers, beauties among flowers...

While everyone else displayed their charms before the Demon Lord, vying to be appointed the next flower queen or flower fairy, Chao Ge didn't even qualify for an audience with him!

Was this a joke? She might not be precious, but she was ordinary!

She was ordinary!!

Chao Ge refused to accept it. Since she'd come all this way, she ought to get at least something out of it.

So she made every effort, called in every favor she could, and finally landed a position in the Demon Palace.

As Jing Yao's... gatekeeper.

It might sound lowly, but at least now she had a chance to see him.

*

Chao Ge started making opportunities for herself every day.

The one closest to the water gets the moon first. She was the only girl in his bedchamber. If he didn't like her, who else could he like?!

"My lord~ I made this bowl of osmanthus rice porridge especially for you. Please try some."

Who could resist a little flower who knew how to cook?

But...

Jing Yao raised his eyes slightly and looked at the filthy, disgusting mess in front of him. Then he turned and shouted, "Someone! This woman is trying to harm me. Seize her!"

?

"My lord~ I heard that two people make faster progress if they cultivate together. Would you like me to help you...?"

Who could resist a hardworking little flower who was eager to improve?

But...

Jing Yao leaned down and whispered in her ear, his low voice tinged with amusement. "Don't you know that when two people cultivate together, if their strength is too different, the weaker one can easily explode and die?"

"Can your little body handle me?"

!

"Don't entertain thoughts you shouldn't have about me. I'm not interested in a foolish little spirit like you."

*

After he clearly rejected her, Chao Ge did stop hovering around him.

But she noticed Jing Yao had been going out more and more often lately.

She didn't have to sneak out to see him. By faithfully standing guard at the door, she could see him several times every day.

Just as she had started daydreaming about him, she learned that...

He had found that flower.

He had found the flower he truly needed.

Of course it couldn't be Chao Ge.

So she could only leave in disgrace.

But just as she took a single step out of his bedchamber, someone suddenly wrapped an arm around her waist from behind. His low voice carried a hint of resentment.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't give up until you won me over? What, did you break your arms?"

"I'm right here. Where are you going without me?"

There's also another fantasy romance coming soon. If you're interested, feel free to check it out. In one sentence: The people who didn't like me suddenly all like me now.

Theme: If you promise to do something, you have to do it