Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Thirty Years Later

In this time, nothing much happened in God of Annihilation. Hè Wenzhao and Liu Xinye's wedding was passed over in a few lines. Afterward, Hè Wenzhao made progress in cultivation with the help of his mental master, working on revitalizing his sect and continuing to investigate his village's massacre. On occasion, he would miss Baili Qingmiao, but never mentioned Liu Xinye—his new wife seemed to have become invisible. The female character all the readers of Abusive Romance hated so much had been reduced to a shadow.

This was how God of Annihilation operated. Hè Wenzhao would get involved with many girls over the course of the story, having short flings with some, all of whom never got mentioned again. Only Baili Qingmiao and the Violet Spirit Master were female characters who consistently showed up in volume one. The Violet Spirit Master was a "good wife" who helped Hè Wenzhao manage his harem, and was perfect in the readers' eyes.

Baili Qingmiao was a plot device. Whenever Hè Wenzhao needed to go somewhere else or fight a new enemy, Baili Qingmiao would be "stolen" by a new man. Hè Wenzhao would search for her, kill the man, and level up. Then Baili Qingmiao would be "stolen" again and Hè Wenzhao would go after her again, killing his way from Zhongli Qian to Wenren È. Yin Hanjiang had never been mentioned though, and it was unclear why there was no sign of him in God of Annihilation.

Abusive Romance's plot was much more exciting that God of Annihilation's. Baili Qingmiao had left Shangqing Sect in deep anguish, met Zhongli Qian in the Hellfire Pavilion, he had seen through Wenren È's plan and Wenren È and Yin Hanjiang had shown themselves—even the Ghost Mask's identity had been revealed several hundred thousand words in advance. The comment section was on fire, seemingly longer than the chapters themselves, enough to make Wenren È's eyes blur.

[Extra, extra, Abusive Romance (Revised Edition) has made the charts again. Never thought this trashy work would make a comeback in my lifetime. Cheers to the author, it was worth following the revision since the beginning.]

[Not surprising, the author has written so many plot twists I can't keep up. I can't guess at all what she's going to write next. All the melodrama in the original has become perfectly reasonable and logical, some people have even put up side by side comparisons in the discussion pages. It's really impressive that the author has managed to change the story so much without contradicting the old characters.]

[As a new reader who's only seen the revision, how come someone as loveable as Shu Yanyan had no fans before?]

[Because Shu Yanyan originally only showed up once and slept with an unconscious Hè Wenzhao in front of Baili Qingmiao, making him a cripple. She was awful to the protagonist and brought her a lot of suffering.]

[Forget the old Shu Yanyan, now we have our Sister Yanyan who'll lovingly wipe the tears off your face while calling you 'silly girl'. Oh, that was incredible.]

[Everyone stans Shu Yanyan? I stan Qingxue. I fell in love with her back when she set up Hè Wenzhao and Liu Xinye. What a unique woman!]

[Oh come on, why are you all discussing girls? Isn't Zhongli Qian smart? Isn't Wenren È badass? My god, his badassery has increased in the revision. I've never seen the number 2 love interest pair the MC with the number 3 to get her away from the ML. That man has some unique ideas.]

[Let me summarize the previous post. Why does Wenren È want his girl to get stolen?]

[I get the feeling that this time around Wenren È is treating the MC as a daughter, and now he wants to pick a good husband for his silly girl.]

[Zhongli Qian didn't steal his girl, he sees her as a sister... no, actually, as a little brother. I feel like the next moment, Zhongli Qian will find another girl to introduce the MC to.]