The Cool and Aloof Immortal Lord Is Actually a Pure-Hearted Husband

[First book: a lighthearted, male-rivalry, bloody-romance comedy where the men suffer. Enjoy it with your brain switched off.]

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Monsters run rampant. Her parents are dead, her friends and family all gone. Jiang Yizhao refuses to accept it.

Reborn two hundred years in the past, she plans to recruit allies and wipe out the monsters.

The first person she wants under her command is Lou Chexun, the cold-faced immortal lord who was fierce, decisive, brave in battle, and renowned for his military achievements in her previous life.

But when Jiang Yizhao finds Lou Chexun, he's gravely injured, tainted by demonic energy, and barely clinging to life. He looks utterly pitiful.

For the sake of her grand plans, Jiang Yizhao purges the demonic energy from Lou Chexun every few days, hoping he'll get better soon and work for her.

Over time, Lou Chexun does join her ranks and begins working for her. Their grand campaign to slay demons and monsters is thriving.

But Jiang Yizhao notices that this fierce, aloof immortal lord has started acting strangely.

Every time Jiang Yizhao returns from training with her junior sect brother, she finds all three meals of the day laid out on the table, and her freshly washed clothes in the back courtyard.

She looks at Lou Chexun, wearing an apron and smiling gently, feeling both embarrassed and helpless. The apron outlines his sturdy build, broad shoulders and narrow waist.

"You don't have to cook and do my laundry every day. What's gotten into you...?"

But no matter what she says, Lou Chexun won't listen.

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The road to success is always a little bumpy. Her sinister junior sect brother, who has fallen to demonic cultivation, forces Jiang Yizhao to marry him and asks whether she loves him.

Furious, Jiang Yizhao thinks of the man who works for her every day and blurts out, "I don't like you. I like Lou Chexun. We love each other, and we've already gotten married!"

Lou Chexun, who is leading everyone in an attempt to rescue her, has slain ten thousand demons with a single strike. Fierce, decisive, and powerfully built, he immediately blushes and looks at his companions. "Did Miss Jiang really say... she likes me...?"

Reader's guide:

1. The heroine's focus is on her career, and it's immensely satisfying. The male lead is in an old-school male-rivalry romance where the men suffer.

2. The heroine grows stronger over time. She'll eventually be the strongest fighter; this isn't a story where the male lead is even stronger than the strong heroine.

3. The plot and romance are split evenly. The romance is slow-burn! Slow-burn!

Preview: Mad Dog Beneath My Skirts

Huai Yu loathes Cheng Jinyue.

She's weak, kind, and softhearted, the goddess of the Great Yan Sword Sect, as gentle as a white flower.

And he is a demon hated by everyone.

So Cheng Jinyue's kindness toward him has an expiration date. He's always ready to kill her.

But the young woman wants to make a deal with the Demon God. She says, "I'll love you forever."

A warm embrace, eyes as gentle as water, a vow of loyalty.

As if possessed, he lowers the knife in his hand.

No one could have imagined that a demon steeped in evil would learn to act like an ordinary person and devote himself to this goddess like a dog.

Even though he knows it's all an act put on by Cheng Jinyue.

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Everyone knows Cheng Jinyue is kind and gentle as a bodhisattva, yet her fate is cruel.

She was born noble, but the Sword Sect was drenched in blood overnight.

Her fiance controlled half the immortal realm, but he was hacked to pieces.

By day, Cheng Jinyue weeps prettily, looking helpless and pitiful.

Behind her, Huai Yu is covered in blood and burdened with sin.

No one knows they are accomplices.

At night, their breaths mingle, and the air is hazy with desire.

"Tell me, is he better at it, or am I?"

Cheng Jinyue looks at her fiance bound on the ground, then up at Huai Yu, who laughs wildly.

"Madman..."

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Huai Yu has fulfilled his end of the bargain. Now he wants Cheng Jinyue to keep her vow.

Instead, he gets a knife plunged into his chest, blood pouring out.

Cheng Jinyue runs away.

"A vow? Only fools believe in that," she says with a mocking laugh.

She ascends the high platform and becomes the ruler of the world.

Until Cheng Jinyue once again feels that sinister, damp gaze.

Damp as rain, like an invisible web, invasive and utterly unrestrained.

"Sister, can't I be your subject?"

Theme: Grant me fire, and let it burn away all evil