Su Nian transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character who won't survive past chapter three.
Spiritual root? A mixed spiritual root, the most good-for-nothing of all.
The plot? In chapter three, the villain will capture her and sacrifice her as a warning. She'll die without making the slightest splash.
Golden finger? None. She does have a System, but all it can do is recite the script.
"Host, according to the plot, you should go to the back mountain now and trigger the death scene..."
"No."
"But then the book can't continue!"
"What does that have to do with me?"
Su Nian decides to lie flat and wait for death. Or so you'd think.
She discovers she has an incredible ability: reload and try again.
Her spiritual root is no good? She reloads and rerolls until she gets two spiritual roots.
She fails the sect test? She reloads and takes it again, earning a perfect score.
She can't beat the outer-sect tournament? She reloads ten thousand times. Surely she'll win once.
She's offended a Golden Core elder? No problem. Reload... failure. Reload... failure. Reload... a successful counterattack!
The System crashes. "Sis, can't we at least take a look at the script? You're cannon fodder! How can cannon fodder defeat the big villain?"
Su Nian calmly cultivates. "Even if the odds are low, as long as they're not zero, I can keep trying until I succeed. The villain? Just my sparring partner for reload practice."
As everyone marvels at how this outer-sect disciple always escapes danger and grows stronger against powerful foes, Su Nian quietly saves her progress...
"Next target: Nascent Soul."
System: [...Host, do you have some kind of misunderstanding about cultivation?]
