After I Dumped My Aloof Ex-Husband, He Turned Dark

#The Blond Lured the Little Princess, Then Turned Around and Denied Everything# Zhu Jinhuan had been imprisoned by the Immortal Alliance for decades and was on the verge of death. But before her time ran out, a useful pawn appeared, someone who could help her escape the Immortal Alliance: its aloof, noble, cold-hearted young lord, Ling Suzhou. Ling Suzhou had hit a bottleneck in his cultivation, while Zhu Jinhuan was a supreme-grade cultivation furnace. If they cultivated together, he could break through and bring down the lightning tribulation of ascension, while she could use the tribulation to open an escape route. Three months. Tender concern, lingering glances. She played her role until even she believed it, then finally lured him into bed and did everything she could to help him ascend. The day he ascended, thunder rumbled across the sky. Zhu Jinhuan leaped up and, facing the world-destroying lightning, ran without looking back from the purgatory that had held her captive for over a decade. The lightning tribulation destroyed her body. Back in her hometown, Zhu Jinhuan had nothing left but a lonely soul. She wanted to make herself a new body, but she was short on spirit stones. Remembering those miserable days of living as though she were walking on eggshells around him, she began selling her own books at a stall: The Immortal Alliance Young Lord's Unspeakable Erotic Secrets, The Immortal Lord Mustn't: A Secret Master-Disciple Affair, Faking My Death Only to Have the Immortal Lord Find Me and Do Unspeakable Things to Me... Business was booming! Zhu Jinhuan happily counted her spirit stones. Until a powerful hand with long, distinct knuckles pressed down hard on The Unspeakable Things. "Soul scattered?" His voice sounded poisoned, each word spoken slowly and distinctly. "Love... me... deeply?" Ling Suzhou had once believed Zhu Jinhuan loved him to the bone. That was why she had followed him, a dull man, so persistently, and even "taken the tribulation for him" when he ascended, supposedly "scattering her soul" for his sake. Afterward, he searched heaven and earth for a wisp of her remaining soul. Until he saw with his own eyes his dearly departed wife, whose love had supposedly been cut short by death, turn their bedroom trysts into a storybook and peddle it as cheap entertainment. She was counting her money with... a radiant smile. Fine. Very fine. From beginning to end, she had watched his suffering and looked on coldly as he went mad. There was no hidden reason, no accident. She simply didn't love him. That was all. [Reader's Guide] 1. Not a romance-only story. The plot and romance are split evenly, with a small ensemble cast. 2. The protagonist is not perfect. 3. One-on-one romance, both leads have only been with each other. 4. Before the book goes premium, updates will follow the rankings while I build up favorites. I have plenty of chapters saved, so you can bookmark it with confidence. Please add it to your favorites! --- Upcoming: My Archrival Is in My Inventory [Infinite] [Cold-faced, cute, secretly scheming, beloved little sister x fake flirt, true innocent, tsundere archrival] The junior sister of a cultivation sect goes missing. One day, a small screen suddenly appears above the sect, showing the little darling struggling to survive in all kinds of horror dungeons. Other people have guns, but the little darling doesn't? No way. Send her a copy of the mountain-protecting formation, plus an attack talisman that makes its user perish along with the target. Other people have money, but the little darling doesn't? No way. Dig out a spirit ore and send it in. Even if it can't be used as money, it'll still make a handy glowing rock to throw at people. Other people have cunning, but the little darling doesn't? No way. Kidnap the cleverest disciple from the rival sect and send him in. Then threaten him with the parents he cares about most so he'll protect her. The little darling on the screen clears one dungeon after another. As she approaches the final stage, she's about to return home. The rival disciple who was sent inside suddenly pins her against a wall, wearing an outrageously wicked, domineering expression. The sect members outside the screen erupt. Some set out to kill his father, others to chop up his mother, while still others send threats telling the rival disciple to back off. He smiles faintly toward the screen and speaks to the little darling in a deep, irresistible voice: "Baby, you look so kissable." They threatened him with his parents and treated him like a tool? Then he'll humiliate the junior sister they care about most, and make them all kneel and beg him to spare her. But the next moment, his cheek turns cool, and his smug, domineering expression freezes. The little darling presses her lips together, savoring the soft sensation she's never experienced before, then replies with complete sincerity, "Thanks. You're very kissable too." The sect members: "Aaaah! Don't stop me, I'm going to dig up that little brat's ancestors!" "Who's stopping you? Let's go together!" When time in the screen runs out, the little darling is still staring at the cultivator who has suddenly appeared in her inventory. She tilts her head. "Again?" The flavor wasn't bad. Archrival: Aaaah, she smells so good! Theme: Pretending to love becomes real love