Playing Murder Mystery with the Villain in the Cultivation World

[Talismans and dual cultivation: black-bellied junior sister who seems sweet on the outside x cold, ethereal, ascetic villain]

Forced marriage and secret identities

The second junior sister of Tian Shi Sect is said to be sickly and to keep to herself.

That is, until the war between immortals and demons, when the girl seals the altar with one sword.

As everyone around them erupts in shock, the young man across from her, holding a folding fan, points at her and demands a duel.

A trembling voice whispers in her ear, "Senior Sister, what did you do to provoke this demon?"

*

During their fight, Yan Qingzhao meets a pair of amused eyes. "Qingyun Umbrella. Long time no see."

Qingyun Umbrella, one of the two great demon lords.

Yan Qingzhao smiles at him. "Stop working with the heretics. Join me."

Bai Ruoheng laughs, lowers his hands, and gazes at her steadily. "What's in it for me?"

Fair enough. She used him once before. If she can't offer him something in return, there's no reason for him to trust her again.

Yan Qingzhao watches him at her leisure. "What do you want?"

He falls silent for a long moment, then slowly says, "You."

*

Later, the two accidentally pass through the Book of Fate. Yan Qingzhao gets the role of a princess. Just as she wonders who Bai Ruoheng has become, she meets a familiar pair of eyes among the many male favorites.

Yan Qingzhao approaches with graceful steps. Her jade-green finger traces his chin, lifting his face as she teases, "Come with me."

In the darkness, a pair of shadowed eyes looks at her. His voice is hoarse. "All right."

The Xingling clan is blessed with extraordinary talents from birth and has access to abundant resources.

But they are outnumbered by cultivators and can only be reduced to vessels for cultivation.

He is trapped in a formation, bound in chains, his spiritual essence and marrow extracted, shut away from the light.

After decades of this, he returns to the world, carrying the slaughter and hatred of the abyss with him.

He once intended to slaughter every cultivator under heaven, but then he met the one exception.

The girl cuts his chains, treats his wounds, and helps him take revenge.

She shines like a star and always draws her sword to protect him.

Even knowing that everything was planned from the start, he still can't bring himself to hurt her.

He thinks, Fine, use me if you want. But why...

After using him completely, does she still have to leave?

If you take what belongs to me, then you can only be mine.

Yan Qingzhao and Bai Ruoheng have worked together, opposed one another, and used each other, entangled in a relationship for nearly ten years.

But years later, when the two sides clash in a chaotic battle, countless lives are lost and the war reaches a stalemate. He is willing to set aside his hatred and fight the heretics by her side.

[Reading Guide]

1. Both are each other's first and only. Happy ending.

2. The leads are both from different races. They're evenly matched and the strongest fighters in the story. This is a wish-fulfillment, melodramatic story, so don't overthink the details.

3. The characters' values do not represent the author's.

4. Keep things harmonious. Warnings may be added at any time.

Theme: Defy fate and change your destiny