After Provoking the Possessive Yandere I Was Dearly Imprisoned

Wen Shuyu is a woman who has reincarnated ten times, retaining her memories across every life. In the Xiao Kingdom, where spiritual power determines status, she is considered a useless mortal with no aptitude for cultivation, despite her stunning beauty and high social standing as the daughter of the Prime Minister and niece of the Empress. Her singular obsession is Xiao Jingchen, the Crown Prince, who is revered as a divine figure. Born with the Golden Core stage and favored by the Heavenly Dao, Xiao Jingchen is known for his unparalleled talent and saintly kindness. For three years, Wen Shuyu has relentlessly pursued him, but he remains entirely unmoved, treating her advances with polite indifference. Frustrated by her inability to win his heart, Wen Shuyu devises a plan to seize his body instead. She learns that Xiao Jingchen has temporarily lost his spiritual power and drugs him, dressing him in maid’s clothing and kidnapping him to a brothel. She ties him to a bed, intending to force herself on him, believing his gentle nature will prevent him from retaliating severely.

Just as Wen Shuyu begins to strip him, Xiao Jingchen’s spiritual power suddenly returns, shattering the binding ropes. Instead of punishing her, he calmly warns her not to provoke him again and leaves without harm. Unfazed, Wen Shuyu decides to continue her pursuit with more calculated strategies. Her actions attract the attention of Little Six, a divine qilin beast searching for the Heavenly Dao, whom it believes Wen Shuyu to be. Little Six reveals that Wen Shuyu is actually the reincarnated Heavenly Dao, who lost her Dao bones to the Demon Lord, now reincarnated as Xiao Jingchen. The demonic energy within her has amplified her darker traits, making her more lustful and cunning than her righteous past self. Meanwhile, Xiao Jingchen, unaware of his past life, is manipulated by the Demonic Heart into hunting the Heavenly Dao. He disguises himself as a beggar to lure her out, but Wen Shuyu instead verbally abuses him, shocking the Demonic Heart with her viciousness.

Wen Shuyu continues her elaborate schemes to get closer to Xiao Jingchen. She feigns illness to provoke his jealousy after he sees her with the Seventh Prince, then creates a blood talisman using her own lifespan as a gift for his birthday. The act leaves her gravely weak, and Xiao Jingchen, believing her sincerity, brings her to the Eastern Palace to recover. He secretly orders his guards to protect her and replace her fake talismans with real ones to avoid suspicion. At his birthday banquet, which is also a consort selection, Wen Shuyu confronts Yun Wan-shuang, a noble lady who has grown up with Xiao Jingchen and desires to be Crown Princess. Yun Wan-shuang pushes Wen Shuyu into a lotus pond, but Wen Shuyu frames the incident as her own fault, manipulating the situation to make Xiao Jingchen appear protective. Xiao Jingchen, enraged by the perceived attack on Wen Shuyu, uses his spiritual power to punish Yun Wan-shuang, revealing a depth of emotion he has never shown before. The incident halts the consort selection and leaves the court puzzled by the Crown Prince’s unusual protectiveness toward the notorious Wen Shuyu.

As the story progresses, the tension between Wen Shuyu’s scheming and Xiao Jingchen’s growing attachment deepens. Wen Shuyu’s strategies become more intricate, blending deception with genuine vulnerability to keep Xiao Jingchen close. Little Six struggles to reconcile its lord’s current behavior with the righteous Heavenly Dao it once knew, while the Demonic Heart grows increasingly frustrated by Xiao Jingchen’s lack of interest in reclaiming his demonic bones. The narrative sets the stage for a complex dynamic where past lives, hidden identities, and spiritual conflicts intertwine, driving the characters toward an inevitable confrontation that will determine the fate of the mortal and divine realms.