[Investiture of the Gods] The Yin-Shang Demon Consort Is Way Too Virtuous

Jibai was a little rabbit, a rabbit demon picked up by the Lord of the Taiyin Star.

She remembered that, before she could transform, someone had almost shot her. The person who saved her was called the Second Prince. His name was... what was it again?

Later, when the Star Lord and her martial uncle talked about the mortal world, she heard that great turmoil was coming. The graceful, kindhearted prince in her heart would one day kill his elder brother and father, cruelly slaughter loyal officials, and turn the loyalists at court against him, until heroes across the land rose up on their own.

In the end, the tyrant would burn himself to death in a blazing fire.

Jibai wondered, why would those people betray Yin Shou? He only killed a few of their people.

And those feudal lords dared to rebel, betraying Yin Shou's trust. How shameless!

She owed her benefactor a debt of karma. Why not help him fulfill all his wishes, then preserve his vast kingdom?

And so, the innocent beauty hooked her fingers into the hem of the fallen prince's robe on the altar.

The eldest prince's assassination attempt against Di Yi at the banquet was the first thing she did for her benefactor.

That night, the kindhearted prince she'd been thinking of stroked her hair. "Did you swallow it all? Good girl."

That young man from Xiqi was simply too annoying. He was the one who rebelled against the Shang.

His carefree manner was an act, and his thoughtfulness was all for show. Nothing about him appealed to her. The only time she rewarded him with a soft pat on the face was when he helped her get something done.

One day, the young lord sensed something was off. "Why do I feel like your dog?"

Then there was Crown Prince Yin Jiao, who kept siding with the other side. Out of love for the young and the desire to save face by loving what she loved, Jibai used gentle persuasion on him, telling him day after day:

"Father and Mother are always right. They only want what's best for Jiao'er. Jiao'er must always love and protect Father and Mother."

She didn't know that the well-behaved crown prince, who repeated these words to her every day, wore an inscrutable expression.

An enemy general? Jibai's robes shimmered as she stepped forward and took his bloodstained hands, putting on a show of graciously recruiting a worthy talent.

"Without you by my side, I cannot eat or sleep in peace, General."

And so the general of great talent became her guard, with his little dog by his side. What a terrible humiliation.

When the Investiture calamity began, the Chan Sect followed Heaven's mandate and aided Xiqi.

Seeing the situation in the mortal world, they realized everything had gone completely off course.

The Jie Sect, whose view of Heaven's secrets was obscured: Isn't this perfectly normal?

The Star-Picking Tower was grand and magnificent. The violent new king loved to keep his beauty there, letting her admire countless rare treasures from across the land.

Until one day, the flames blazed across the sky all night, burning the horizon blood-red.

And Jibai's mortal body died there. The colorfully adorned queen left with the blaze, taking everything of hers: her beauty and her legend.

After repaying her karmic debt, Jibai returned to the Taiyin Star, delighted by her soaring cultivation.

Then the calamity ended, golden lotuses bloomed everywhere, and the mortal emperor's fortune and might rivaled that of a sage. A hand grasped the vital point at her throat, yet a whisper sounded in her ear.

"Xiaobai, you said you'd stay with me forever."

Reader's guide:

1. A harem-style romantic rivalry story. The heroine's values and stance are as described above.

2. This story draws on web-novel-style prehistoric fantasy, pre-Qin legends, Investiture of the Gods, The Unofficial History of King Wu's Conquest of Zhou, and archaeological writings about the Shang Dynasty. The original Investiture of the Gods was written in the Ming Dynasty, so even the original contains allusions from outside the Shang period. This story will too.

3. There are tons of original details, and the setup differs from the one in Beauty. Read the first three chapters for the setup, and drop it early if anything bothers you.

Theme: Fate lies in every choice