If You Ask Me, Saving the Villain Beats Cultivating Immortality

[Clever, quick-witted, sharp-tongued heroine]× [Dark, ruthless villainous hero]

Shu Yan transmigrates into a cultivation novel, becoming the vicious supporting villainess who shares her name.

The good news: She doesn't have to keep up her persona. She can keep courting death and stay true to the original character.

The bad news: She has to win over the villain and bring his corruption level down to zero.

Shu Yan says: Easy as pie.

But she never expected the villain to be so emotionally unstable.

She saves him, and he turns dark.

She doesn't buy him clothes, and he turns dark.

She doesn't praise his looks, and he turns dark.

Later, she figures out the pattern, but still can't work out how to soften his heart when his corruption level is stuck at one.

Later still, the righteous sects reveal their vile ways. The villain's corruption level hasn't hit zero, but she's the one who turns dark!

Fortunately, she completes her mission and leaves the world during a great battle.

So why does her heart feel so empty?

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Everyone who approaches Xie Hui wants his flesh and blood, which can cure any illness. That includes Shu Yan.

Even knowing this, he can't help being curious.

So, in an act of mercy, he lets her stay by his side to see what she'll do to hurt him.

He never expects her to buy him clothes.

Teach him manners.

Give him candy.

Do all the things he longed for as a child.

She even becomes a demon for his sake.

But in the end, he discovers it was all a lie.

Xie Hui:

“Yanyan, your eyes are prettiest when you're smiling.”

“Yanyan, you can go home now.”

“Yanyan, I know what love is now.”

Note: This is a cultivation novel! There are some monster fights, but not many! It leans toward redemption, with a weak heroine early on who grows stronger later. It features a partly ensemble cast, focuses mainly on the plot, and has some comedy mixed in. Happy ending. Strong female lead.