My Years as a Therapist in the Cultivation World

After being reborn, Gu Miao discovers that she has become a haughty, domineering cannon-fodder supporting character. Born into a prestigious family, she throws her weight around at Tianyan Sect, relying on her father, Gu Yan, the master of Medicine Peak.

Her father dotes on her, shaping her into the person she is. In the end, she provokes the female lead, who drives her out of the sect. The female lead’s admirer then leaves her body in the wilderness.

To take revenge on the female lead, her father uses people to make medicine puppets. When his crimes are exposed, he meets a gruesome end.

Thanks to Gu Miao’s professional instincts, she realizes that this is actually a medical casebook full of mentally ill characters. The female lead, male lead, villain, and supporting women all have mental disorders.

The icy sword cultivator swings his sword three thousand times a day just to quell his “perfection anxiety.” The powerful ghost cultivator keeps three hundred puppets as his “mama’s boys.” The gentle-looking talisman master hides severe depression beneath his smiling mask. Even the noble daughter everyone envies shows signs of depression and paranoia.

A frail healer who arrived with memories of modern psychology, Gu Miao pulls out her casebook and gets to work:

“Senior Sister Xiao, these ‘Permission to Make Mistakes Pills’ let you make three mistakes a day.”

“Fellow cultivator Yan, treatment for your mother complex comes with a puppet makeover, too.”

“Senior Brother Zhou, when you feel like crying, try this stress-relief talisman.”

“Fairy Shen, it’s not your fault. They’re just jealous of you. Tell them all to get lost.”

Later, the sect tournament turns into a mental health screening. As the cultivators pop their pills, they raise their hands: “Doctor Gu, the Demon Venerable says he has bipolar disorder, too. Can he get an appointment?”

When the tribulation for ascension becomes a group therapy session, Gu Miao looks at the cultivators lining up across the mountain for consultations and thinks, “I really have gone back to my old profession.”