SnowyMoonlight2
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Saigoku no Daiyōkai - the Great Demon Lord of the Western Lands.
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Immortal Venerable Bai Xinyue faced her greatest tribulation - the tribulation of love.
But she cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness.
To sever mortal attachments and ascend beyond the heavens, she entered a forbidden secret realm in search of opportunity.
Instead, she became ensnared within it.
With no other choice, she forged a Daoist bond with a powerful demon, intending to sever it the moment her tribulation passed.
When the lightning of judgment finally faded, victory was within reach.
Then everything went wrong.
Bai Xinyue lost her memory.
And she was pregnant.
She awakens in the mortal world with an empty mind and a swelling secret.
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A noblewoman in layered silks looks at her with quiet pity.
"You are with child," she says softly. "And the child... is hanyō."
Bai Xinyue blinks. "...What is a hanyō?"
A tall silver-haired daiyōkai steps forward, armor gleaming faintly beneath the lantern light. His presence presses against the room itself - vast, restrained, ancient. Golden eyes settle upon her abdomen.
"The aura does not lie," he says calmly. "The child carries the blood of an Inu daiyōkai of the West."
Inu.
Bai Xinyue freezes.
Inu means dog.
She falls into rare silence.
...A dog?
Does that mean the man she bound herself to... was a hound?
Before answers can settle, a colder presence descends.
Silver hair spills like moonlight, a crescent moon marking resting upon the center of his forehead. Golden eyes regard her as one might regard dust.
"So," he says softly, voice edged with frost. "You are the human who entangled herself with my father."
Bai Xinyue's fingers close around the hilt at her waist. Steel slides free with a quiet whisper.
"...Say it again."