Failed to Ascend, but Returned at Max Level

After nine web novels in a row flopped, author Yan Yiling quit writing and decided to lie flat, only to step on a banana peel on her way home and die in an accident. She was reborn in the Xuanming Continent and, after finally cultivating her way to ascension, was struck by heavenly lightning until not a trace of her body remained. It turned out this world was the setting of her unpublished novel, and the reason her ascension failed was simple and brutal: she had never written what came next. “I threw the banana peel,” the Heavenly Dao admitted frankly. “But I’ll give you a chance to be reborn. You’ll keep your cultivation and all your memories, and you’ll start from the beginning with a low-profile new identity. Fair enough?” Yan Yiling thought: Play the pig to eat the tiger? I know this script. She agreed without hesitation, took on a new body, and began cultivating the Great Dao again, ready to live the satisfying life of a power fantasy heroine. The sect she joined turned out to be the Lingyue Sect, which she had casually founded in her previous life. Her former disciples remembered their “Master” with tearful eyes, while an old confidant from her past life gazed at her portrait. Across the continent, this character who barely had any screen time had become everyone’s beloved lost love. Later, she awakened her memories for a reason, but because her soul was incomplete, she had to work tirelessly, traveling through small worlds to retrieve its scattered fragments. Just as she finally gathered them all, extraterrestrial demons tore through the barrier, and the world faced an existential crisis. After finishing the last bite of her spirit fruit, Yan Yiling tossed away the pit and flew to shield the countless living beings. “Forget the secret identity! You dare touch my world? Did you ask its mother first?” That day, the light of her sword illuminated the nine heavens. At last, everyone understood: no wonder she looked just like someone they knew. Their old friend had never left. Little extra scene Lingyue Sect: “That’s our founding patriarch!” Another sect: “Nonsense, she’s clearly our founding ancestor!” The person they were arguing over munched on a snack while watching the spectacle. Mmm, delicious~