After Faking My Death, My Cold-Faced Nemesis Became My Biggest Fan

Bai Yu transmigrates into a book, becoming a powerful woman swordsman. She risks her life and does all the work, yet gains nothing, and in the end meets a tragic death.

The mastermind behind it all is the Demon God Chi Xian, a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Bai Yu refuses to be outdone. With her golden finger that lets her see the plot in advance, she gets a second chance at life, and the first thing she plans to do is tear off Chi Xian's wolf's skin!

Unexpected disaster strikes. On the third day after transmigrating into the book, Bai Yu's entire clan is executed, and all three thousand disciples of her sect perish in a sea of flames.

After escaping death, Bai Yu takes up her Fengwu Sword and, driven by vengeance, fights her way to the Immortal Clan...

Golden light flashes. A thunder platform hangs in the air as heaven and earth split apart. Golden chains bind Bai Yu's limbs, and purple moonlight thunder strikes her entire body.

At the moment her life hangs by a thread, a young man in white robes comes through the mist. Gripping the Immortal Lord by the throat, he says viciously, "I want you to cut those golden chains for her and stop the nine thunderbolts."

Bai Yu stares blankly at the young man in white, who seems to float like an immortal, and her thoughts abruptly come to a halt.

Bai Yu: Hey, System, did we change the male lead?

In the book, Chi Xian gathers ancient divine pills to cultivate the demonic path anew. In the end, every companion who travels with him dies by his hand.

The original heroine, Bai Luanxi, fares no better. After she is gravely wounded, Chi Xian extracts her soul, destroying both body and spirit.

Strangely, this time Chi Xian actually saves her...

Bai Yu: There's no way Chi Xian is being this nice! He must be trying to kill me in a different way!

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But things don't turn out as Bai Yu expected. After saving her, Chi Xian becomes deeply attentive to her.

He drives away every man who treats Bai Yu well, gives her a Frost Soul Pearl that has cultivated for a hundred years to protect her, carves her a pear blossom hairpin overnight, and embroiders a little pouch of stars, her favorite.

He even gives up half his cultivation to obtain a red thread, wishing only to be with her, paired together for all eternity.

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Until the day the Heart Demon planted inside Chi Xian escapes, and its demonic aura draws the immortal sects to hunt him down and destroy him.

A flash of spiritual light reveals the Soul-Severing Platform. Its golden light recklessly drains the demonic energy from his body, hurting him as if his muscles were torn out and his bones scraped clean.

Bai Yu comes against the wind, Fengwu Sword in hand, her rainbow-colored robes billowing. Her sword flashes and shatters the Soul-Severing Platform...

Her three thousand strands of hair scatter in the wind. Holding her sword, she declares imperiously, "So what if he's a demon? All I know is that he's the man I love!"

"I'll fall into the demonic path with you. This time, let me protect you."

Bonus scene:

At Tianxuan Temple, Bai Luanxi's childhood friend, who had been out of touch for years, suddenly returns. He takes the only light in Chi Xian's dark world.

As her childhood friend pursues her day after day, Bai Yu begins to take a genuine interest in him.

That day, the young man's heavy shadow falls over Bai Yu. Chi Xian asks hoarsely, "Do you like him?"

Sulking, Bai Yu praises him without hesitation: "Young Master Lu is as gentle as jade, a true gentleman. What woman in the world wouldn't like him?"

His deep, dark eyes stare straight at her. Almost mad with jealousy, he says, "Then I'll kill him, take his body, and love you while wearing his face. Would that satisfy you?"

Reading Guide:

* The heroine once had a crush on her childhood friend, but they had little romantic involvement. The male lead competes for her and fights to keep her.

* A sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside swordswoman X a seemingly virtuous, unhinged demonic hound. One-on-one romance, both leads' first love and only partner.

* Both leads are powerful. The male lead is strong, but the heroine is even stronger.

* Many original worldbuilding details, possessive love, and a groveling pursuit of the heroine.

Theme: Birds in cages yearn for their old forest, and fish in ponds long for their old depths.