I Feared Pain, So I Forged Myself into the Toughest Woman

Name: I Feared Pain, So I Forged Myself into the Toughest Woman
Author: The Shrimp Invited Me for Tea

因为怕痛，我把自己炼成最硬女人

by The Shrimp Invited Me for Tea (虾子请我去吃茶)

Status: Completed
Length: 1.5M Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Fantasy Romance
Updated: 8mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

[No romance, though the bonus chapters may have a romantic subplot]

Chu Jiao was walking along minding her own business when someone who jumped from a building hit her, leaving her covered in blood. She died on the spot. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into a xianxia novel as a plot device.

In the novel, Chu Jiao was a diligent human shield. Whenever the female lead was in mortal danger, she would show up right on cue and take every blow for her, like a walking shield. Then, just as the female lead ascended to immortality, Chu Jiao blocked a sword from the wicked female supporting character and died in a blaze of glory.

Now five years old after transmigrating, Chu Jiao looked at her tiny hands and headed straight for the Sixiang Sect, far away from the plot.

Thanks, but no thanks. She’d just been killed by someone falling on her, and she was sensitive to pain. Whoever wanted to be that human shield could take the job.

The Sixiang Sect was great. It was famous for its ancestral Four Arts of Cultivation and for being filthy rich, though every member was a schemer. The sect’s compulsory courses included Phantom Cloudstride Steps, Breath Concealment Technique, and a Thousand Faces Disguise Art.

The sect’s motto: If money can solve it, it’s not a problem.

Chu Jiao awakened an Alchemy System. She worked hard making pills to earn money while secretly turning herself into an invincible suit of armor.

Genius sword cultivator: “Want to hurt her? You’ll have to get past my sword!” Then he turned to Chu Jiao: “Remember to pay me. This job went way over budget.”

Buddhist holy son: “Benefactor, put down your weapon and attain Buddhahood.” A second later: “You won’t? Then I’ll beat you until you do!”

Mysterious senior brother: “Do I look like I want to bother with you?” A second later: “Whoa! There’s a commotion! Let’s go see!”

Chu Jiao looked at the three headaches, then turned and patted the sect’s melancholy senior sister, who was gazing at the sky. “Stop looking. Staring at it won’t make you grow one!”

Other names

This Alchemy Cultivator Is Anything but Proper这个丹修她不正经Alternate title on Fanqie
Because I’m Afraid of Pain, I Made Myself the Toughest Woman AliveEnglish name

Stats

699Chapters

25.5kReads · 30 days

2.2MReads · all time

3.3kShelf adds, last 14 days

8.2Score

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If you're reading the book and the comments, remember to scroll down! It started off all positive, but after a couple of chapters, something felt off. (He's inhabiting a child's body, not some idiot transmigrating. His best friend is dressed as a woman, and he finds out.
201 likes1y ago
It's a light and enjoyable read. I really like the setup of the female lead having a seemingly upright but greedy swordsman as her henchman. The female lead's cheat ability is a bit old-fashioned (but effective). The story flows relatively smoothly. Note that many scenes involving competition with the original female lead have that old-fashioned feel.
194 likes1y ago
I didn't find the plot about Gongsun Yu causing trouble funny at all; he's pretty much like those other naughty kids. I was quite interested after reading the synopsis and the beginning.
139 likes1y ago
Early stages: The interactions between alchemy and array cultivation were a bit off-putting (personal opinion, I'm a bit annoyed by Lan Tong), and Sun Gongyu was constantly jumping around in my sensitive areas, inexplicably plucking someone's goose feathers and even catching two male cranes to pair them up. He doesn't seem to care about changing anything, but it's still quite enjoyable. I wish the author continued success in writing, giving it five stars. I'll take my leave now.
92 likes1y ago
The beginning was light and enjoyable, and the female lead and other characters were well-developed. However, while Gongsun Yu was acceptable at first, I found the crane scene later on a bit hard to accept. Overall, the later parts were quite good.
83 likes1y ago
It's a great show, very funny, and the characters are vividly portrayed. However, I still hope to see Gongsun Yu's character development. Mainly, as the heir to her family, she's still so naive; I personally find it a little annoying. It's okay to cause trouble, but not all the time.
76 likes1y ago
Haha, this is hilarious! It's provided me with a year's worth of laughs. Don't worry about anything else, just let the author write at their own pace. Chapter 100 is still in the Qi Refining stage; this book is going to be over a thousand chapters long!
71 likes1y ago
It's super good! The female lead's family is so loving, and there are very few awful characters. The sect they join is also very interesting; it's the first time I've seen two sects sharing a single gate, and the other sect even guards the gate for the female lead's sect! 😂😂😂😂
44 likes1y ago
The characters are all so interesting, especially Gongsun Yu and Liao Ji, those two are so funny! I beg the author to give me a Gongsun Yu so I can experience raising a human-shaped husky, hahaha! Gongsun Yu – a fully automatic troublemaker; Du Ziteng – a narcissistic succubus; Chu Yang – a sister-complex; Liao Ji – a Buddhist swear word encyclopedia; Song Yan – a penniless swordsman; Ye Junheng – a rich and troublesome tycoon.
40 likes1y ago
It's very well written. The female lead has decent values, and the character's growth and opportunities are engaging. There's no forced seizure of fate. Why do people prefer the "black lotus" type of female lead now? This story would have easily scored above 9 a few years ago.
37 likes1y ago