On nights when Demon Chronicles updated, Yuan Yuanyuan always prepared something for herself. Back when she was broke, it used to be just a cup of tea. Now that she had a bit more money, she went down to the convenience store and bought four different flavors of chips and a bottle of milk before heading upstairs.…

As usual, Yuan Yuanyuan was doing her daily training. She started with a round of Earth Burrow Technique and Sky Leap Technique, then reviewed some of the demon arts she had learned. After that, she withdrew her demon aura and began a set of sit-ups. Fifty reps per set. After three sets, she flopped down like a corpse.…

The next morning, students returned to school as usual. For the completely ordinary human students, they had no idea what had happened the night before. The schoolyard was filled with elderly folks doing morning exercises, just like always. The ground was slightly damp, as if coated in dew. Budding branches swayed gently in the breeze.…

Outside the window, demons were still fleeing in chaos, shrill howls echoing in the air—but most people’s minds weren’t on the pandemonium. Instead, they were still stuck on that stunning scene from the night before. Yuan didn’t return that night. No one in the room knew where he’d gone or even saw a shadow of…

Yuan Yuanyuan landed squarely in front of the people who had run out. Without saying a single word, she bound them all up and tossed them aside, then turned and charged toward the swarm of little demons. Well, since she was already down here—might as well not waste time doing it twice. She pulled out…

Yuan Yuanyuan sat in her chair, suddenly hit by a realization. People nowadays were really smart… and hard to fool. No—scratch that—what she was facing right now was just really not ideal. Some things… are always the same. You can talk about ideals all you want, but when it comes down to reality, reality hits…

Yuan Yuanyuan yawned as she began gathering her things to head out. Behind her, Liu An muttered, “Boss… when did you become a civil servant?” “A little while ago,” Yuan Yuanyuan replied quietly as she packed. “All big demons have to be registered. How else can they qualify as ‘big’ demons?” She had meant to…

Outside, it was pitch black. Inside the room, a small candle flickered erratically. Yuan Yuanyuan sat with a cotton ball and disinfectant, tending to Liu An’s wound. His eyes were glistening with tears as she tossed away a bloodied cotton ball and picked up a fresh one. Ever since he came in, Liu An had…

The hot pot restaurant was packed—it was dinner time and there wasn’t a single empty seat. Yuan Yuanyuan sat in a small booth, dipping vegetables and meat into the bubbling pot with her chopsticks. Since the kids probably couldn’t handle spicy food, she had ordered a yuan-yang pot: half spicy, half tomato-based. The tomato broth…

There were very few people on the street. It was 9 o’clock in the morning—students had already gone to school, and office workers had headed to work. So, the ones still wandering around at this hour were all collectively referred to as… the unemployed. Unemployed Yuan Yuanyuan stood at her doorway, feeling inexplicably desolate. The…