I Courted Death by Challenging the Empress to a Sword Duel from the Start, and Now a Yandere Won’t Leave Me Alone

Lin Fan, a corporate wage slave, transmigrates into the body of the useless young lord of the Qingyun Sect. The sect is in ruins, the elders oppress him, and they even force an arranged marriage on him to humiliate him. In this fantasy world, the strong rule, but his cultivation has been completely destroyed and his life is worth less than a blade of grass. Then he unexpectedly gains a golden finger that forces him to take on all kinds of suicidal missions. His first mission is to flirt with the aloof Empress Ye Qingyan in public and mock her old-fashioned clothes. One remark awakens the Empress's hidden yandere side. Her murderous intent turns to obsession: “He's mine. I'll kill anyone who lays a hand on him.” The more the System urges him to court death, the more jealous she gets, keeping him locked up and under constant watch as she claims him for herself, her love twisted and deadly. He talks his way out of danger, pulls off one outrageous stunt after another, and rapidly grows stronger. The sect rises to prominence thanks to the “Empress's favor.” Neighboring sects turn against him, admirers flock to his side, and one love-triangle showdown after another erupts. Others cultivate through arduous training. He gets resources by courting death and levels up without lifting a finger. From a good-for-nothing young lord to a man who commands the winds and clouds, he leads the Qingyun Sect back to the summit. The System's origins are shrouded in mystery, and the Empress has been obsessed for a thousand years. The truth conceals the pain of a cycle of reincarnation. In the end, he chooses to stay, cutting off the lingering attachments of the past with a single sword stroke and sharing his fate with the yandere Empress. Past-life ties, love and hate entwined: free to roam the world, who would dare lay a hand on him? In this life, he is destined to stand atop the world, surrounded by the Empress's favor and defying fate to become a god.