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Free my boy from that whole family oh my god no wonder he turned out like he did

Now both a peach blossom demon and a fox demon have been defeated. Li Susu and Tantai Jin still dislike each other intensely but are constantly within proximity of each other.

Li Susu just kissed Tantai Jin in an attempt to save him from himself.

Now Li Susu and Tantai Jin are working together to defeat a peach blossom demon.

Li Susu and Tantai Jin decide to help a village that is threatened by a demon who kidnaps and marries their daughters. Since Tantai Jin is injured, he is dressed up as a bride while Li Susu will walk to the husband’s house.

Their hostility is settling into bickering and mockery. They are beginng to get closer now …

Li Susu saves Tantai Jin who has been tortured. They are still sniping at each other but they are doing so with a sense of honesty. This is the first indication that they respect each other although they still dislike each other intensely at the moment.

Cruelty is definitely the dominant theme in this book. Tantai Jin is certainly without mercy but it must be seen in the context of the many people who have betrayed and tortured him.

Ironically, the open hostility that he has shared with Ye Xiwu aka Li Susu is more honest than the betrayals of people who should have nurtured him.

So now Susu has had to fight a fox demon that had been exploiting her good-for-nothing brother. During the battle the demon possessed her for a moment, making her believe that she loved Tantai Jin who had wandered in on the scene.

Susu therefore kisses him but it is all an illusion and they both know it.

Li Susu tries to teach Tantai Jin how to write a talisman but it turns out that his demon nature prevents him from making them. Then she asks him to use one; he tries to do something bloodthirsty with it but instead it creates a peaceful illusion of a pastoral landscape with bunnies 🐇

Just finished act II of this first volume. Li Susu and Tantai Jin have been trapped in Ye Bingchang’s dreamworld by a nightmare demon. They need her to wake up to get out but she likes being married to the emperor and having a son, but they will all die if she keeps sleeping.

Tantai Jin’s willingness to kill gets them out but he fails in absorbing the nightmare demon’s power.

Li Susu is trapped in Tantai Jin‘s dream where she sees how badly he was treated as a child. He, however, also exhibits streaks of evil when he fights back. The big question is whether he is justified in retaliating?

Tantai Jin’s birth killed his mother and so he was mistreated and demeaned from the very beginning. These flashbacks explain why he was predisposed to turn into a demon god.

The point is clear; many people treat others with cruelty and so it should not come as a surprise when such treatment has consequences.

Am returning to this book after a week of fever and too much work. Nice to be back!