My Archrival Is Actually My Late Daoist Partner

[Coming soon: My Dream Lover Is the Senior Brother I Hate. If you like the sound of it, please add it to your favorites~]

[Novel blurb]

Jiang Yaoguang, the newly appointed leader of the righteous path, is seriously injured after accidentally falling from a towering cliff during her battle with the demonic cultivator Shiyu.

As she hovers on the brink of death, a handsome young man suddenly appears.

Without hesitation, Jiang Yaoguang begs for help: “Fellow Daoist, save me.”

“Me? Save you?”

The young man stares at her for several seconds, looking at her as if she were some kind of monster. Then he suddenly crouches and reaches out a long, slender hand.

His lips curl into a smile.

“Sure.”

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The young man is a wandering cultivator living in seclusion at the foot of the cliff. He is indifferent to worldly affairs and devotes all his attention to Jiang Yaoguang.

She is badly injured, so he treats her wounds and changes her bandages.

She cannot sleep through the night, so he plays the flute and the zither for her.

Beneath the hazy moonlight, he gathers wildflowers and gently tucks them into her hair, then softly kisses the corner of her lips.

They exchange tokens and become Daoist partners. They share the same interests and are a perfect match.

That is, until Jiang Yaoguang’s injuries begin to heal and she decides to return to her sect to continue fighting the demonic cultivators.

On the night before she leaves, her Daoist partner holds her tightly and pleads in a low voice.

“Jiang Yaoguang, forget about going back to your sect. Stay here and be with me forever. Wouldn’t that be better?”

Jiang Yaoguang refuses without hesitation.

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The next day, her sworn enemy Shiyu tracks her down at the foot of the cliff.

The young man is killed by Shiyu while protecting her, and Jiang Yaoguang escapes back to her sect alone.

She hates Shiyu with all her heart and wants nothing more than to kill him.

Shiyu is powerful, cunning, and treacherous, and never reveals his true face.

She fights him for months. They each win and lose, but she is never able to cut him down with her sword.

Her hatred only grows, and she trains day and night so she can kill the demonic cultivator and avenge her dead Daoist partner.

At last, she finds an opening and shatters the demonic cultivator’s mask with a single strike, forcing him to reveal his true face.

Sword energy surges as the mask falls in fragments like snow.

Driven into the sunlight, the demonic cultivator looks up in panic, revealing a familiar face.

Only then does Jiang Yaoguang realize that the person who reached out to her at the foot of the cliff was never some wandering cultivator who had turned his back on the world.

He was the demonic cultivator who had pursued her all the way to the foot of the cliff, intent on killing her.

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[Coming-soon blurb]

Chu Lingzhu has been having all sorts of unspeakable dreams lately.

In her dreams, a beautiful stranger wraps an arm around her shoulders and kisses her skin wantonly with his crimson lips, murmuring her name.

His lovely features are flushed with passion.

Chu Lingzhu: “...”

After a brief silence, Chu Lingzhu gives in to temptation and says yes.

And so, everything that happens in their dreams becomes a secret shared by her and the stranger.

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She knows nothing about the young man: not where he comes from, who he is, or even his name.

Every night, he appears out of nowhere and calls her “Zhu Zhu” with easy intimacy. They linger together until dawn, when he gets up and quietly leaves her dream.

He never overstays his welcome.

One day, Chu Lingzhu decides to ask his name.

The young man lowers his eyes. “What if I’m someone you hate?”

Chu Lingzhu looks disgusted. “You mean Wei Chongji? No way. That would be revolting.”

She assumes he’s just making a harmless joke.

She doesn’t notice that, the moment she says those words, the young man’s face turns deathly pale.

After that night, he never appears again.

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Wei Chongji, Chu Lingzhu’s senior brother from the same lineage, is stiff, severe, and humorless. He is the person she hates most in the world.

She avoids him at every opportunity and won’t even spare him a glance. Wei Chongji knows better than to approach her and never says a word unless he has to.

Though they are senior and junior disciples of the same lineage, they treat each other more coldly than enemies.

Chu Lingzhu is perfectly happy with their mutual indifference.

Until one day, she accidentally tears Wei Chongji’s clothes.

His tattered robes only partly conceal a delicate corner of a dragonfly tattoo on his waist.

Chu Lingzhu recognizes the tattoo.

Because she was the one who inked it onto her gentle lover.

Theme: Everyone will find the person who is right for them.