The Corrupted Immortal Venerable: The Sickly Demon Lord Clings to Me

[Strong heroine + romance + playing the fool to catch the tiger + multiple secret identities + golden finger]

When a modern soul fell into the tribulation lightning and fire of the Xuanling Realm, no one expected her to stir up a storm across three thousand worlds. Mu Qingyue, a girl once crushed by fate, quietly donned countless secret identities with the help of the System for Ascending Against Fate, carefully maneuvering between good and evil.

When she first arrived in the Xuanling Realm, she was as helpless as a drifting weed, trampled by anyone who pleased. But she gradually transformed as she completed the System's missions. The blood lotus deep within the secret realm, the corruption at the sect tournament, a wager outside the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons: every trial became a stepping stone on her path to defying fate. She presented herself as delicate and weak, while laying deadly traps in the shadows. Her act of playing the fool to catch the tiger caught the entire cultivation world off guard.

The turning point came with a betrayal. The blade of her dear friend Chu Yao pierced her trust and tore away the last of her tenderness. She grew cold and ruthless in prison, icy as frost, yet still held on to the light of justice in her heart. She stopped running and struck first, unleashing a storm with thunderous force. Her entanglement with the lovesick, unstable Demon Venerable Ye Yuan grew ever more intense amid blood and fire. He was obsessive and unhinged, willing to slaughter the world for her alone. Her reason began to crack, yet she still tried to hold on to her principles.

The price was a fractured soul. Every choice became an interrogation of the self; every step forward reshaped her personality. She became the legendary mighty female Immortal Venerable, but also lost the person she had once been.

When power and madness intertwine, when love coexists with destruction, how should humanity define "good"?