After battling the Immortal Lord for tens of thousands of years, the Demon Lord Zhuohua finally dealt a lethal blow, sending him into the cycle of reincarnation to suffer for countless lifetimes.
After spending lifetime after lifetime killing him, Zhuohua grew tired of it and changed her approach: she would break his heart. She had heard that heartbreak was the most painful torment, making it the perfect way to punish her archenemy, Zhou Yi.
But after she too suffered a calamity and fell into the mortal world, Zhou Yi's deep devotion moved her, and she developed mortal feelings. Then, just as his love for her reached its height, she stubbornly insisted that everything she had done was calculated and that she had no real feelings for him. Little did she know that her words would destroy every chance the two of them had at a happy ending.
Then her ambitious disciple seized the opportunity, intent on imprisoning her for all eternity. He was betting that once Zhou Yi returned to his divine position, he would see right from wrong and let go of that deluded, misguided love.
An Immortal Lord should let go, but Zhou Yi couldn't.
After rescuing her, he was consumed by boundless hatred
Why was he the only one who loved so deeply?
Fortunately, nothing could stand in the way of the new Demon Lord now. It was time to make her pay him back a hundredfold, a thousandfold.
Zhuohua: My lord Demon Lord, couldn't you have a little ambition? Why not take this chance to conquer the Heavenly Court and slaughter the gods?
Zhou Yi: Our grudge is not yet settled. I have no interest in anything else for now.
The gods: You have to start teaching them young. The Demon Lords we've tutored have all been exceptionally well-behaved.
But to the Heavenly Realm, now that their positions had been switched, Zhuohua was the Immortal Lord and naturally their only hope of standing against the Demon Lord…
And so, a united rescue plan had to be put together under the leadership of her disciple.
Zhou Yi: This is too much! You still dare try to steal the one I love! (turns to look at her) Just try going with him.
Zhuohua: I don't know, I have no idea. Just don't let their blood splatter on me when you kill them.
The gods: I gave my heart to the bright moon, but who knew the moon was so heartless!
1. Characterization: An aloof, decisive heroine who stays sharp in both good times and bad vs. a once-obedient hero who goes mad later, always jealous and hopelessly in love.
2. Both first-timers, happy ending. The plot has some angst to raise the stakes. The hero goes dark later and stays that way. Apart from his love for the heroine, which never changes, he'll do plenty of terrible things to force her to be his. He'll get what he deserves. One more time: happy ending.
3. The blurb's point of view is misleading for a reason. The hero fell deeply in love very early on; he wasn't tricked into falling for her. The heroine is a thousand-year-old iron tree that has never blossomed, and she doesn't even realize she has always treated him differently.
4. The heroine is the real Demon Lord. The hero just had a temporary Demon Lord experience card, giving him a taste of doing whatever he pleased.
Theme: Love can overcome every obstacle.
