The Demon Lord Has Nothing to Do Today

Rao Jinzhi is an overworked employee in the demon realm. Her daily routine: taking the blame, working overtime, and serving as the Demon Lord's stress toy.

One day, a genius girl appeared out of nowhere in the immortal sects. Rao Jinzhi had a stroke of inspiration and spent the night drawing up The Demon Lord's Dating Plan:

Step One: Team up to exterminate demons and arrange a romantic encounter.

Step Two: Play matchmaker with all your heart, and get the Demon Lord and the immortal sects' top talent together for good.

Step Three: Bow out after the job is done, clear the demon realm's name, and lie flat in retirement!

But then...

The woman, her face cold: "Men? They'd only slow down my sword."

The man, sneering: "You want me to pursue her? Why not just marry me yourself?"

The matchmaker herself, on the verge of a breakdown: "...Why is this couple so hard to set up?!"

Her matchmaking scheme turns into a spectacular disaster. In the midst of all the chaos, the Demon Lord's gaze on her grows increasingly strange...

Rao Jinzhi: Wait, did I pick up the wrong script?

I just wanted to play matchmaker, but you want me to be the bride?!

Nine lifetimes of reincarnation, tangled love and hatred, and an inescapable fate.

When sealed memories awaken, she finally understands that it was all destined from the beginning.

The real heroine, flipping the table: Who wrote this ridiculous script?!

The real hero, quietly taking out a yellowed storybook: ...You did.

"The couple I ship has to get a happy ending!"

"...But what if the hero insists on getting a happy ending with me?"

*Back to the story:

[The Painted Skin's Grudge]

Why is a woman's love of beauty a torment to herself, while a man's love of beauty torments everyone around him?

A woman, bullied for her ugly face and dying with hatred in her heart, saw this cruel truth in her final moments.

She became a skin-painting demon that claimed lives, flaying people to "redraw" their illusory beauty with her own hands.

From then on, no one could tell whose skin concealed breathtaking beauty and whose hid nothing but bones.

[The Loving Mother's Thread]

A mother's love runs deep, and can drive her mad.

She wove her grief into an unending obsession, using the lingering soul of her dead child to make the strings that controlled her puppets.

But this forbidden "life force" needed living flesh to sustain it.

Eat your child, and awaken my doll.

[The Valley Without Sound]

When a silent curse becomes a chain passed down through generations, and the sins of the ancestors turn into endless oblivion...

A young descendant carved a question in blood and tears amid the silence: "We have repented day and night, and acknowledged our ancestors' wrongs. Why does the mountain god's vengeance still go on without end?"

The mountain god would take not only the sound of their prayers, but also their ability to hear.

[The River God's Bride]

Sacrifice a bride, and enjoy ten years of good weather and bountiful harvests.

An ancient pact with the river god: a blessing, and a curse.

In this remote village, the birth of a baby girl is unexpectedly met with great anticipation.

"In our village, lots of girls are born, and lots of them die, too."

Beneath the surging river, is it a god's blessing, or an endless wail?

[The Dream-Eating Tapir]

"A mere nightmare? How laughable." A mocking laugh echoed through the depths of the dream.

But when the dream-eating tapir slipped in, it devoured more than nightmares. It consumed your grasp of reality, your memories, and your sense of self. As your past was quietly replaced, and wakefulness became an eternal illusion...

"Really? I hope that when you wake from this dream, you still remember how. I hope you can still tell who you are."

[The City of Reflections]

"Welcome to the City of Reflections, the closest thing to paradise in this world."

Here, life is prosperous and peaceful, and everything is dazzlingly beautiful.

All the troubles of the mortal world will fade away here.

"We look forward to having you join us forever."

[The Forgotten River Tavern]

This wine can ease a thousand sorrows, and erase every thought.

This poisoned wine can wash away every sorrow in life, make you forget the past and its grudges, and sever every bond.

But when all your memories and emotions have been taken away, will you still be able to find the answer to "Who am I?"

[The Mystery of the Fountain of Youth]

Legend says the Fountain of Youth can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bones, and that drinking from it grants immortality.

This miraculous gift is the most irresistible obsession in the world, and the deepest test of human nature.

If given a ladle of water that can reverse life and death, would you give it to your dying beloved, condemning them to eternal loneliness?

Or would you give it to your most hated enemy, ensuring they could never find release?

When "eternal life" becomes a curse you cannot escape, how will you choose?

[Countless Bones Lie Beneath the Soul-Calming Stele]

An army laid siege. The city fell, and the nation was destroyed.

That brutal battle left blood-soaked lands and thousands of skeletons beneath the Soul-Calming Stele.

As the history books whitewash the past and dynasties rise and fall, who remembers the abandoned souls still screaming beneath the stele day and night, their cries turned into howling winds?

Their forgotten hatred is slowly eating away at the world above from deep underground, sworn to reclaim the justice buried with them.

[Reading Guide]

An absurdly powerful, love-struck hero x an overworked, sarcastic heroine who goes from matchmaker to bride

One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship, happy ending

("The hero is extremely chaste": This is actually an important clue that runs throughout the story.)

The second female lead has no romantic storyline with the hero.

Theme: Whether you're a legendary heroine or a laid-back queen of doing nothing, you can still be a wonderful woman.