I Turned Out to Be the Demon Lord's Lost Love

1.

Xue Mingyun was once the foremost cultivator under Heaven, revered by all. Later, he fell to the demonic path and ran wild, until the day he died suddenly and everyone cheered.

Twenty years later, he came back to life with all his cultivation gone and no memories. Though he was now a good-for-nothing, for some reason countless people mistook him for the present-day Demon Lord, a fiend who did every evil imaginable.

Xue Mingyun couldn't convince anyone, but then he discovered that the secret identity of the current Demon Lord was surprisingly useful.

The Demon Lord was said to be the most powerful figure in the demonic realm, with a fearsome reputation. Many people fled in terror as soon as they heard his name, saving Xue Mingyun a lot of trouble. So he went along with it, occasionally impersonating the big shot.

The bad news was that the Demon Lord had made enemies everywhere. In rare cases, people who saw Xue Mingyun still dared to give their names, then immediately chased him down to kill him.

So Xue Mingyun swaggered around and conned people by borrowing the Demon Lord's fearsome reputation, while cursing the bastard for killing and setting fires everywhere. He already ran wild and did whatever he wanted, but why had his master also told him that he and this man had once had a torrid affair?

"You'd have to be blind to fall for someone like that! Ugh!"

Xue Mingyun ran until he was out of breath, denouncing him as he went.

At that, the most powerful person in the group, a man who rarely spoke, suddenly covered his lips and gave him a soft, indulgent smile.

2.

He could complain all he wanted, but he still had to use the Demon Lord's secret identity.

They finally made it to the foot of Spirit Mountain, only for the disciples guarding the gate to sound a full-scale alarm when they saw them.

"Disaster! The Demon Lord is attacking Spirit Mountain with his men!"

Xue Mingyun cheerfully explained, "Hey, little brother, you've got it wrong. Actually, I'm not..."

Before he could finish, a blade of light cut the messenger disciple in half.

Xue Mingyun looked toward the sound and realized that the "Demon Lord" they'd just mentioned wasn't him.

As he looked at the man before him, who killed without batting an eye, Xue Mingyun's expression froze.

So you're telling me that the real Demon Lord heard and saw the whole time I was borrowing his name to swindle people and calling him a bastard???

I'm done for. I'm so done for.

Xue Mingyun suddenly felt a chill run down his back.

"De... De... Demon... Lord... S-sir..."

For some reason, his knees seemed eager to get up close and personal with the ground, haha...

3.

Once he learned that the man before him was the legendary Demon Lord, who was rarely seen, killed without blinking, had a terrifying reputation, and always repaid even the slightest grudge, Xue Mingyun took off running, thinking of all the rumors he'd heard.

Unfortunately, he was still caught and dragged back. While there, he learned a long-buried secret about himself from one of the Demon Lord's subordinates.

It turned out that he had seduced this man into falling in love with him, then cruelly abandoned him, which was why he had died such a horrible death.

Xue Mingyun sucked in a sharp breath.

"I heard the lord recently found out that Xue Mingyun is still alive. He wants to bring him back and tear him to pieces!"

Xue Mingyun sucked in two sharp breaths.

He remembered that Wu Zhuo had said his purpose in coming here was to find his wife. Could that just be a pretext to lure him into a trap?

Xue Mingyun sucked in three sharp breaths.

He looked nervously at Wu Zhuo and asked, trying to sound calm, what his wife's name was.

"Xue Mingyun."

Wu Zhuo raised an eyebrow. "What, do you know him?"

Xue Mingyun, who'd been wearing a fake secret identity from the start, shook his head frantically. "No! Never heard of him! That's not me!"

[Tips]

* 1v1 happy ending. The dismemberment is a bluff; what really happens is he gets brought back and thoroughly pampered.

* A capable but playful bottom who turns timid the moment he's flirted with x a super double-standard top who looks down on everyone equally, except his wife.

* November 30, 2025, screenshot from Weibo.

Theme: Heaven rewards diligence.