INFO 
TitleThe Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know (魔尊也想知道)
AuthorCyan Wings (青色羽翼)
Year2019
TagsXianxia, Comedy Undertone
Length80 chapters of main story + 2 extras

Content Warnings
Suicide attempt, Rape (mentioned briefly, not main characters), Body horror / Gore, Bugs (gu parasites)

SynopsisIn a Mary-Sue novel, the readers all liked the Devil Venerable, the second male lead who devoted himself whole-heartedly to the female lead. However, the female lead only loved the male lead who abused her physically and mentally.Readers: Why doesn’t the female lead like the Devil Venerable?!Devil Venerable: This Venerable also wants to know. But what I really want to know is why I even like the female lead at all.In order to understand why the female lead wasn’t attracted to him, the self-conscious Devil Venerable brutally interrogated the entire cast of characters from the novel.Background characters: I have so many things I want to say but I don’t dare to say it to his face!–After obtaining the book, the Devil Venerable discovered that the book described the world he lived in. This book said that after he sacrificed himself for the female lead, the fourth male lead, his silent and loyal subordinate Yin Hanjiang, blackened and attempted to kill her as a sacrificial offering for his lord.Devil Venerable Wenren E: Yin Hanjiang, this Venerable wants to know why you wanted to kill the female lead.Yin Hanjiang was silent.Wenren E: If you refuse to speak, this Venerable will cut out your tongue and drink it with alcohol!Yin Hanjiang: …Wenren E: What the hell are you blushing for?!

“You can take me as an inner demon. I won’t force you to believe anymore. Right now, just allow me to say a few words, and just listen to me for a bit. Don’t push me away.”

Characters

  • Wenren E

  • Head of demonic sect.

  • Supposedly 2nd ML of "that novel"

  • Ignorant in romance department.

  • Very biased towards Yin Hanjiang

  • Mature, headstrong, and dominant.

  • Yin Hanjiang

  • Wenren E's subordinate.

  • Supposedly 4th ML & secret villain of "that novel".

  • Wenren E is his everything.

  • Has a complex & contradictive personality.

  • Baili Qingmiao

  • Has a karmic ties with Wenren E.

  • Supposedly the protagonist of "that novel".

  • Normally very positive, but she always turns miserable when it's about He Wenzhao.

  • He Wenzhao

  • Typical harem stud who thinks that you can love 1 girl but have relationships with others.

  • Supposedly main love interest of "that novel".

  • An opportunist.

  • Qiu Congxue

  • Wenren E's subordinate.

  • Has flawed logic.

  • Her words are sharp and hilarious.

  • Shu Yanyan

  • Wenren E's subordinate.

  • Supposedly a villain of "that novel".

  • Big ambition made her into a walking sitcom.

  • Zhongli Qian

  • Zhongli Clan's heir.

  • Supposedly 3rd ML of "that novel".

  • The only sane person in this universe.

What's this novel about?
This is a story about a most unlikely person to fall in love, who is trying to learn about love. Here, we are going to spectate different people in different circumstances give their views on it. Later, not only do we get the answer about love, but we also find the meaning in destiny and dao.What makes this novel special?
The main goal is to revise the said "mary sue" novel, but the one that got transmigrated is not any of the characters. It's the book itself.You will Love This If You Like . . .

  • Equal Power Dynamics; both MC and ML are strong.

  • Moral dilemma; focused on the balance between order and chaos.

  • Multiple perspectives, well-developed side characters with unique personalities.

  • Engaging feel-good stories; satisfying plotline without prolonged angst but not too easy either.

  • Slow-burn romance.

  • Deconstruction of popular cliché tropes (especially in yanqing and stallion novels).

  • Women-support-women, powerful but also funny female characters.

Latest update on 2021/10/18
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