Reborn as a Nobody: I'll Cultivate, Not Fall in Love

Ming Ling, who had suffered a tragic life in her previous incarnation, was reborn as an abandoned baby. Adopted by the Daoist hermit Xiu Yu, she had planned to lie flat and cultivate as an immortal, but fate had other plans. A single “scholarly placement decree” sent her to the top-tier Jiulan family in the imperial capital, where she became an invisible temporary guest.

On the surface, Ming Ling was content to laze around, but in secret she worked herself to the bone: while others studied, she cultivated; while others fell in love, she cultivated; while others fought for power, she was still cultivating!

The waters ran deep in the wealthy household. Her adoptive brother, Jiulan Nanye, was stern and domineering, with a controlling streak; Prince Huo Lunduofa was debauched and carefree, dangerous yet alluring; the gentle doctor Ji Shuyu was the ideal man in her heart, but they came from entirely different worlds... And then there was her “best friend,” Jiulan Yage, who smiled with a knife hidden behind her back, closing in at every turn.

Just as Ming Ling wanted to lie flat, cut off all attachments, and swear off love, she was drawn into her adoptive brother Jiulan Nanye's political schemes and the deadly allure of Prince Huo Lunduofa.