The Proud Protagonist Begged Me to Dig Out His Immortal Bone

A gentle, sickly girl x a wicked genius invincible-hero type.

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Shangguan Ling transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a sickly cannon-fodder character who's not long for this world.

The original character once stole the immortal bone of the notorious, ruthless Demon Emperor, yet still died of illness.

Her master has seen that the sect's most gifted young man can save her. To stay alive, she nervously tries to get close to the sect's radiant, talented senior brother, hoping he'll protect her someday.

But she has no idea what she's doing and keeps making things worse, landing them both in trouble.

She tries to lure the demons away from him, but he gets hurt and nearly goes into qi deviation.

She tries to make medicine for him, but it turns into him finding rare treasures for her to practice with.

He accepts everything she does, but the look in his eyes grows stranger by the day.

With her time nearly up, Shangguan Ling knows there's no saving her, so she hides in the mortal world.

But her junior senior brother comes with his sword, standing before her beneath the moon, his expression dark.

“Junior sister, you don't have much time left.”

“But it doesn't matter.” He suddenly smiles, his expression full of madness and obsession.

*

Only after she's imprisoned in the Demon Palace does she learn that the man is the Demon Emperor reborn.

She thinks he wants revenge. After all, the pain of having his bone stolen makes his senses a thousand times sharper, leaving him in unbearable agony.

Until her illness flares up and she's near death, with no medicine able to help.

He cuts out his own immortal bone with his own hands.

He holds it out to her, his eyes filled with an obsession that will never fade.

“Junior sister, don't worry. You won't die.”

“I've taken out my bone. Let me replace yours, all right?”

His cold fingers slide down slowly and finally stop at the base of her spiritual root.

“Do you like it?”

“Or is there something else you want from me, since you've been so good to me, junior sister?”

*

[Reading guide]

1. Both leads are each other's first and only partners, happy ending. Most of the story focuses on the couple. Neither lead is perfect, and this is not a story about a strong, independent heroine.

2. My take on cultivation, with lots of original settings. In my version, the spiritual root is the fifth rib on the left.

3. Realms: Qi Refining - Foundation Establishment - Golden Core - Nascent Soul - Divine Transformation - Tribulation Transcendence - Ascension.

4. Plain language, coo-coo.

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Clear-headed, money-loving girl x gloomy, obsessive male lead

Wen Yunzhi comes from a prominent family. He's refined and elegant, with fair, cool-toned skin and an air of nobility that makes him seem utterly untouchable.

Everyone says someone like Wen Yunzhi must be proper and restrained in bed, the sort who needs someone else to prepare his bed for him.

Meng Yuan's phone vibrates so hard it numbs her palm. She looks at the message she just received.

[Yuan Yuan, you seemed to enjoy talking to that bastard.]

[Will you lean against the windowsill tonight and tell me all about it?]

Only then does she realize how far things have spiraled out of control.

Meng Yuan grew up in an orphanage and has always been exhausted from working part-time. She's a realist through and through.

The most irrational thing she ever did was let lust cloud her judgment during the summer after the college entrance exams, picking up a stranger and later taking advantage of his family's financial support.

One night, a drunken mistake led to them sleeping together, and then they couldn't stop.

She thought it was just a crazy, thrilling summer fling.

But the man who was supposed to leave for another country is still standing right in front of her.

Fortunately, another payment arrives soon after.

Meng Yuan packs her bags and leaves without looking back.

-

Years later, Wen Yunzhi has taken control of the family business and become the youngest and most distinguished figure in the financial pages.

Meng Yuan returns to the country for a business event.

Her manager pushes her forward, and Wen Yunzhi greets her with a detached expression. Their handshake is brief, as if the past has long since faded away.

But after a few drinks, she goes to the restroom. When she returns, she's pulled into an empty private room.

In front of the dimly lit walls of mirrors, the man presses his body against her waist and his face against hers. He lifts her chin, his voice low, soft, and clinging:

“Yuan Yuan, you still smell exactly the same.”

A frenzied, obsessive kiss coils around her like a snake, the taste of blood spreading between their lips.

Smack.

Wen Yunzhi's face turns with the blow. He slowly licks the blood from his lips, a thick, unhealthy delight rising in his eyes.

“Your blood smells so sweet.”

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