Playing with Your Disciple Like a Dog Will Bring Retribution

"Help. I was a little messed up before and treated my disciples like dogs. They rose to prominence, so I ran away. Now they've caught me. What do I do?"

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Everyone in the Xuan Sect knows that Ninglai Peak is home to the infamous Elder Yuan, named Yuan Yu.

She's not only the sole disciple of the Jade Balance Immortal Venerable, but also the only stain on the reputation of this immortal, revered and worshipped by countless people. The Immortal Venerable sacrificed his spiritual body for all living beings, and the world is grateful for his merit. That only makes them hate Yuan Yu all the more for tarnishing his pure and virtuous image.

This Elder Yuan relies on her formidable strength to live without restraint and indulge herself. She also bullies her disciples at will, even deliberately choosing the handsome ones... In short, she's utterly despicable!

Then the wheel of fortune turned. The disciples under her command became universally admired prodigies, outstanding in power and famous across the land. No one dared mention the humiliations they'd once suffered.

But from that time on, their master was nowhere to be found.

One person sneered drunkenly and proclaimed, "I bet her disciples joined forces and killed her!"

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While living freely among mortals, Yuan Yu often looks back on the past over drinks. Thinking of all the outrageous things she did, she clicks her tongue, half wistful and half reflective: No wonder that disciple hated her enough to hunt her down for only a hundred years. She really was a terrible person back then!

After all, who in this world could treat someone like a cultivation furnace and still talk about love?

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There will always be people in this world who hate Yuan Yu.

Old friends, lifelong rivals, and even her disciples.

She made them believe that pain was love.

So they mistook hatred for love and suffered at her hands, tormented beyond endurance.

Later, they chose to love her the same way.

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Content warnings:

1. In the early chapters, the heroine genuinely doesn't treat the male leads like people.

2. Everyone is morally gray. Both sides use coercion and possession; love does not erase hatred.

3. The heroine is falsely hated by everyone, but actually adored by everyone.

Theme: Self-reliance