The Demon Lord says she has a Crush on Me

Yu Xiu transmigrated into a well-known xianxia RPG game.
On her first day joining the Five Elements Sect, the steward elder asked where she wanted to become a disciple.

• Turn left to Cangling Peak, and you can enter a childhood-friends-to-lovers route with a cold and handsome senior brother.
• Turn right to Xuanji Peak, and you can start a master-disciple romance route with a seductive and glamorous master.
• Walk straight ahead to Tianshuang Peak, and you unlock the free romance route, where all kinds of beautiful men and women await you.

Yu Xiu: “…Is it illegal in your sect not to fall in love?”

So Yu Xiu decisively turned around and chose the most desolate and remote Chiyang Peak.
The only cultivation technique available there was the Path of Ruthlessness, and Yu Xiu gladly accepted.
She sought not love, only immortality.

Through diligent cultivation, Yu Xiu became the senior sister of the entire Five Elements Sect.
While eliminating a den of demonic cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, she encountered the number one figure of the demonic path — the Demon Lord Bu Xiwei.

This Demon Lord, with the highest-rated character model in the game and impossible to romance, had broken countless players’ hearts — and now blocked Yu Xiu at every turn.

• Yu Xiu practiced her sword — Bu Xīwēi shattered her spirit sword with a single palm.
• Yu Xiu took on quests — Bu Xīwēi killed the quest-giver.
• Yu Xiu tried to heal — Bu Xīwēi destroyed all the available medicinal pills.

Yu Xiu: “…Just what exactly do you want?”
Bu Xiwei, without hesitation: “I’m secretly in love with you.”
Yu Xiu: “…Are you secretly in love with me, or trying to secretly assassinate me?”

Bu Xiwei never imagined that after Yu Xiu, the paragon of the righteous path, sacrificed herself to shield her from a heavenly tribulation, she’d wake up a thousand years in the past — a time before she had even met Yu Xiu.

No more righteous vs. demonic paths, no more sect duties or family vendettas. Bu Xiwei only wanted Yu Xiu safe and alive in front of her.

So she:

• Destroyed the latent conflicting spiritual quality in Yu Xiu’s core, which once almost caused her to fall into madness.
• Killed the demonic cultivator who lured disciples into fatal missions and blinded Yu Xiu.
• Ruined the poisoned pills that damaged Yu Xiu’s meridians and doomed her to never ascend or gain immortality.

All the hardships Yu Xiu had faced — Bu Xiwei erased them with the most direct and brutal methods.
It was also the only way she could vent the love and pain she couldn’t express.

Bu Xiwei knew Yu Xiu cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness, pursued immortality, and could never possibly return her feelings.
But she was willing to give up everything to help Yu Xiu attain her goal.

Later, Yu Xiu’s Path of Ruthlessness crumbled because of Bu Xiwei — her cultivation foundation was completely destroyed.
Covered in blood, Yu Xiu embraced a red-eyed, choking-up Bu Xiwei, her bright eyes full of tenderness and indulgence.

She said:
“You, the Demon Lord said, you secretly loved me… but do you know? In our previous life, I was already secretly in love with you.”

One-Sentence Synopsis: “My Path of Ruthlessness shattered—for you.”

Core Theme / Moral: Adapt to your circumstances, and balance external pressures with your inner needs.