Before the College Entrance Exam, They Discovered I Was the Demon Lord

Demon King Zhi Ning transmigrates to another world.

This world is chaotic and dark, its civilization on the verge of collapse. It's a perfect place for a demon king to live.

The world's rules require Zhi Ning to play the part of a male high school student. Anyway, the Demon King is so powerful that playing a high school boy should be no problem.

But things turn out to be nothing like Zhi Ning imagined:

School from seven in the morning to ten at night, more homework than he can finish, and everyone his age cramming for exams. He has to do eight sets of practice papers a day.

Zhi Ning is so broke he can't even afford clothes, and he never knows where his next meal is coming from. He still has no way to pay tuition for the new semester.

Luckily, his friends, family, and rivals have all transmigrated too.

To pay tuition, everyone racks their brains trying to make money.

One underling makes a horror game, turning the terror of being ruled by the Demon King as a toddler into a horror game.

The game becomes a hit as [Adorably Cute, Joyful Child-Rearing].

Underling B draws a comic titled The Demon King I Raised Is a Beautiful Girl. As soon as it goes on sale, it becomes a favorite among countless otaku and is even adapted into an anime.

Zhi Ning: Why do the Nation's Daughter and the princess adored by shut-ins look so much like me?

A and B: I have no idea (guilty.gif)

Later on,

The media excitedly interview successful people from every industry, asking what inspired them to slay gods, create groundbreaking works, or save the world.

The successful people: “...Making money to support our kid through school.”

Zhi Ning, the Savior, clings to the door in tears: “W-wait, I'm coming! I still have three summer assignments to finish.”

Zhi Ning discovers that this world has a softhearted god. Unlike Zhi Ning, who is overbearing and lazy and never listens to his believers' prayers, this god quietly appears beside his believers after they pray.

But the softhearted god won't do Zhi Ning's homework or buy him a meal.

All he does is leave a dewdrop-covered rose on Zhi Ning's desk.

The god has also waited alone for a long time. He has forgotten where he came from and where he is going. Then, after thousands of years, he hears someone make a wish, and his barren heart is set alight.

He goes to the person who made the wish, willing to grant any request, even the destruction of the world.

Then he sees the person praying with their hands clasped:

“School starts tomorrow. Please push the first day of school back by five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten days! Please, please!”

*

Zhi Ning senses something is wrong.

After praying to the softhearted god, he gets more homework, his workload increases, and even his teachers look at him differently.

This is a scam! It's outrageous! Zhi Ning angrily stops praying every day.

Before long, the Alliance's leader comes knocking.

Zhi Ning thinks his real identity has been exposed and sits stiffly, nervous.

One Alliance executive after another comes to see him, each lowering their voice to ask the same thing: “Why have all the god's recent instructions been about helping you with your homework?”

Later, those who had been puzzled discover:

He is the object of worship for a secretive faith, with believers across the universe. His status has long surpassed that of the God of Light.

He is the creator of the empire, and also its destroyer.

He is the only king of the end times.

Reading guide:

1. A silly little dog who thinks he's terribly domineering/Demon King shou x

A hopelessly lovestruck, devoted husband/God of Light gong

2. A slice-of-life, everyone-loves-the-protagonist story. The main character and his friends go to school together and occasionally enter dungeons to fight monsters.

Lots of friendship-focused romantic rivalry, with many important supporting characters. The leads only have romantic feelings for each other; all the others' feelings are platonic.

3. The gong is powerful but has almost no sense of self. He's hopelessly lovestruck, has no fully formed values, and wants to mold every part of himself into what the shou would like.

Theme: Light