So What If I’m a Good-for-Nothing? Beating You Is a Piece of Cake

[Ensemble cast, satisfying read, strong female lead, face-slapping, no romance, coming-of-age] Xiao Beiyue is a sickly good-for-nothing, cast aside by her family. On the brink of death, she meets Xi, who knows nothing of their own origins. Xi says: “I can save you, but I have one condition.” And so she goes from a pitiful girl who spends all day waiting to die to a diligent cultivator who studies like mad. With Xi's help, the penniless girl dares to rob all five great families, then brazenly sets up shop right under their noses. What? You say she's shameless? Xiao Beiyue: Thanks. What's shame? I've never had any. One day, the young masters and ladies of the five great families catch her under another identity and form a little troublemaking squad. To revive Spirit Planting Arts, she takes her five spiritual roots to the dueling stage. Someone sneers: “A good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots thinks she can fight alongside us?” Xiao Beiyue casually sweeps her hair back and flashes a cocky grin. She punches them to the ground and starts pummeling them: “Good-for-nothing? So what if I have five spiritual roots? I can still beat the crap out of you!” With hope of survival at last, Xiao Beiyue sets out on the path of cultivation and gradually discovers that her origins are far from ordinary. When she shines brilliantly on the dueling stage, everyone is stunned. When she becomes the lord of the Wasteland in Lingyuan Continent, no one believes in her. They all look down on her, but she keeps proving them wrong. In the end, everyone discovers that she is the alchemist capable of crafting flawless potions. She is also the exceptionally powerful Spirit Planting Master everyone fears. And she is the one protecting the continent.