After He Killed Me, My Ex-Husband Regretted It Too Late

[Possessive, jealous wolf-dog seme x formerly aloof, arrogant dragon protagonist, now a frail beauty who can't stop spinning tall tales uke]

Zhu Yujing had been the Immortal Realm's Sovereign for eight hundred years, wielding the Decree of Life and Death and commanding the highest reverence.

Until that day.

Wang Futu, lord of the Demon Realm, wielded his Blood-Drinking Sword and crossed the Thirteen Heavens, declaring that he would fight Zhu Yujing for supremacy. The loser would submit.

Zhu Yujing accepted the challenge with delight.

He and Wang Futu fought for days, neither able to defeat the other.

At the point of exhaustion, Zhu Yujing suddenly felt something and turned around.

In the blazing daylight, he saw his Dao companion, Ying Suichen, standing above the Imperial Palace, bow drawn and aimed at his side.

That was his vital point, one he had only ever told the person closest to him.

The one unexpected thing was that, between life and death, it was the Demon Lord Wang Futu, who had just been fighting him to the death, who took the fatal arrow for him.

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A hundred years later, a sickly beauty appeared in a teahouse, coughing blood every day beneath a fox-fur cloak.

In his heyday, the peerless Sovereign of Yujing had been as radiant as the moon washed clean by snow.

Now, Zhu Yujing survived on his pretty face and silver tongue, bluffing his way from the Immortal Realm to the Demon Realm and scraping by under the many enemies he'd made in the past.

And this was the Zhu Yujing who...

One day, when an old acquaintance finally saw him again, Ying Suichen begged him desperately. His elegant hands, once able to draw a longbow and paint masterpieces, were bloody and battered. All he wanted was to humbly touch the hem of Zhu Yujing's robe once more.

The moment his fingers reached out, a flash of swordlight pierced through them.

Wang Futu, who had reclaimed control of the Demon Realm, held Zhu Yujing close as if he were a precious treasure, then carefully retied the cloak around him.

Zhu Yujing tilted his head in confusion. "Why are you making that face? Were we close back then?"

They had only been contract Dao companions.

In that moment, shame and regret came crashing down as his heart was torn to pieces.

Ying Suichen had imagined meeting again. He thought Zhu Yujing might hate or resent him, but he had never imagined that he had meant absolutely nothing to him.

He was nothing more than a pitiful, ridiculous outsider.

[Before You Read]

1. The protagonist is adored by everyone; everyone sees him as the one who got away.

2. When the protagonist was the Sovereign, he was entirely devoted to his career and knew nothing about romance. He and his ex-husband were married in name only. Even after he gives up on everything, he is slow to grasp his feelings and mostly has people chasing after him. He'll suffer through anything except heartbreak.

3. The couple will join forces to bring the Thirteen Heavens to heel, and will eventually return to the top.

4. The ex-husband is not the main love interest. The main love interest is the puppy-like Demon Lord. Both are virgins. The protagonist will get revenge, and the ex-husband will get what he deserves.

5. That's all for now. I'll add more if I think of anything.

[The original blurb was screenshotted and saved on May 9, 2025]

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