Back to the Years When the Demon Lord Loved Me

[1]

Wei Li died. After her soul left her body, she witnessed the sacred moment when her master, Situ Luan, attained immortality.

She had protected her for a thousand years, all so that, at the final moment of her ascension, she could kill her disciple to prove her Dao.

Everyone celebrated. Only Yan Qu, the frail young man Wei Li had always despised, stole her body away and wept for her.

Through the long night, Yan Qu neither ate nor slept. He spent a vast amount of spiritual energy offering incense for her, praying only that she could be reborn.

Wei Li's soul floated in the air. "What's there to cry about? Sigh, it's a pity your spiritual energy is so weak. I bet you haven't had many peaceful days, have you? If I'd known you cared about me so much, I would've treated you better."

**

On the seventh day of mourning, frail Yan Qu suddenly donned a black fur cloak. His eyes blood-red, he set fire to his master's Penglai Island.

Flames blazed as tens of thousands of demons emerged from underground. They all bowed to him with utmost respect, their voices thundering: "We pay our respects to the Demon Lord! We await your command!"

Yan Qu sat high above them, carefully protecting the jade pendant she had left behind. "Kill Situ Luan, no matter the cost."

Wei Li was stunned. "Th-this..."

**

Perhaps Heaven took pity on her, because Wei Li was reborn.

It turned out that she had been born with extraordinary fortune, but her master and junior fellow disciple had deliberately led her astray and stolen the fate that should have been hers.

Wei Li sneered. This time, she would reclaim her place among the immortals and never show mercy to anyone again.

Until one day, Wei Li saw a familiar face at the foot of the mountain.

The frail young man she would come to hate most, Yan Qu, was covered in blood and unconscious.

Dark clouds gathered, and rain poured down.

Wei Li knew he was the Demon Lord who held the Six Realms in fear, vicious and cruel. She should hand him over to the Heavenly Realm for execution.

But she ignored everyone's objections and carried him back to her palace, where she cared for him attentively.

This time, she planned to get to know Yan Qu properly. She wanted to know what this mighty Demon Lord was after when he hid his identity and became her little follower.

[2]

Yan Qu fell in love with a frail human. To see her again, he spent the blood of his heart to transmigrate twice.

The first time, she trusted the wrong people and was framed by those hypocrites, meeting a horrible end.

The second time, though the story followed the same course, Wei Li had changed. She was ruthless in all she did, yet smiled warmly only at him.

She even gave him the jade pendant she wore close to her body.

Yan Qu didn't understand why, and didn't dare ask.

Yet the heart in his chest beat like mad, and his love grew even more wildly.

Redemption / revenge / rebirth / an intense push and pull / tangled fates

[Reading Guide]

○ Both leads are reborn; the male lead has been reborn twice.

○ Neither lead is perfect. They both grow, and neither has an omniscient perspective.

○ Lots of original worldbuilding. Draft completed.

*Blurb revised on 2024/8/14

Theme: Growth means completely breaking the person you used to be, then piecing the fragments together and raising yourself all over again.