Fox Demon Cultivation Manual
Author: Feng Ge Qie Xing/ 风歌且行
By some freak coincidence, Song Ci mistakenly consumed the blood of the Demon King, causing himself to become a demon too. A weak scholar…… forced to suffer in silence.
What was even more tragic was that no matter where he went, demons would attack him from all directions braying for his blood, or they would squeeze his neck while interrogating him about his relationship with the Demon King.
As such, Song Ci became an anti-fan of the Demon King. Regardless of who praised the Demon King, he would be the first to stand out and refute them.
Song Ci fled for his life as he searched for the gate leading to the Demon Realm. Along the way, he clung on to the thigh of an influential man, and went to great pains to persuade him to slay the Demon King together with him and restore peace to the human world.
-Song Ci, “Sooner or later, I will skin the Demon King, rip the tendons off him, and drink his blood!”
-Rong Bai (smiling), “I admire the way you think.”
Who knew that, after entering the demon realm —
Tens of thousands of monsters bowed their heads and kowtowed to this thigh beside him and shouted “Long live the Demon King!”
-Rong Bai (smiling), “What did you say you were going to do when you came to the Demon Realm?”
-Song Ci, “It, it’s all a misunderstanding……”
The first half of the novel was really good, fun and filled with adventures and new characters with new and exciting stories.
I have called this part in my head as: "The Demon King and his oblivious future boyfriend are the best wingmen of the realms"
However, as we start the part in which Rong Bai's past is revealed, things start to change. The best comparison I have to the rest of the book is as if different fabrics were stitched together.
[WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD]
Firstly, there is time travel, which I can understand and accept, to some point. Then, Song Ci comes back to the present, goes to his hometown, takes a trip down memory lane and becomes a full demon who doesn't care about Rong Bai's wellbeing.
He stays that way for some time (in the book), in which he chains Rong Bai in a room and let's him almost die. In the last chapter (of the main story, not the extras) he comes back to his sunshine self and they life happily ever after.
The story itself was really good and the world building too, but I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed at how things turned out.
*Additional details: This novel is the second part of a trilogy, but the different parts can be read separately.
