Back to My Darkened Cauldron Boyhood

[Master-disciple romance + battlefield harem drama + extreme push and pull + faked death]

Flirtatious beauty of a master VS dark, deranged disciple (female master, male disciple)

Question: What should you do if your disciple keeps wanting to be your cultivation furnace?

After her world falls apart, the System appears, and Lu Yanhe learns she's the villainess in a redemption novel.

Just like in every other clichéd redemption story, the villain Lu Yanhe is the one who imprisons the male lead and forces him to become her cultivation furnace, torturing him day and night and causing him to turn evil.

After Ji Yunzheng turns evil, the heroine appears and redeems him.

The two ultimately reach a sweet happy ending.

But things don't go according to plan. Ji Yunzheng does turn evil.

The heroine, however, fails to redeem him and is instead tortured to death.

Then Ji Yunzheng's corruption value goes through the roof, the plot completely collapses, and the world resets.

After the story has restarted N times, the System recruits Lu Yanhe, the villainess who should have been dead and buried long ago, to save the day.

System: "That only treats the symptoms, not the cause. The heroine can't change him. You're the only one who can, Host!"

System: "We'll solve the problem at its source. We'll raise the male lead from childhood and teach him the virtues of love and kindness. That should stop him from turning evil and wrecking the plot!"

When Lu Yanhe drags the still-young Ji Yunzheng out of a pile of demons, he throws himself into her arms. The System's voice rings out.

[Male Lead Corruption Correction System activated.]

[Scan complete. Current male lead corruption value: 6915]

Lu Yanhe: "..."

System: "..."

System: "What the heck! Why is this the male lead from the previous version?!"

Looking at Ji Yunzheng, who seems weak and easy to bully, his face full of confusion, yet is rotten to the core, Lu Yanhe smiles.

Good.

Very good.

Demon Lord Jia Rong Yunzheng is reborn, but he returns to the weakest period of his life. So he has no choice but to temporarily bow his head and pretend to get along with the woman he hates to the bone.

Lu Yanhe has changed somewhat, making him suspect that she might be reborn too. But his repeated tests prove fruitless, and he gradually loses interest in testing her.

Perhaps because she trained him so thoroughly in his previous life, he finds himself developing a different, twisted feeling for Lu Yanhe.

But when the person who once wanted to keep him locked in a cage day and night willingly sets him free, he is afraid.

He darkly thinks that even if she no longer likes him, she must never like another man, even if it means she has to die.

His words become prophecy. Lu Yanhe really doesn't fall for another man.

And she really does die right in front of him.

Jia Rong Yunzheng goes completely mad.

Important:

The original novel's heroine and this story's heroine are the same person; there was a misunderstanding in their previous life.

The heroine only fakes her death; she doesn't really die. The previous life has some angst, while this life is purely about putting the male lead through the wringer.

Lots of male characters have one-sided crushes on her. A little battlefield harem drama, with a much-loved heroine.

Warnings: Characters' views do not represent the author's. If you're overly sensitive, this may not be for you!

Theme: Break free from external constraints and return to your authentic self