After Letting Go of Everything, I Became a Sword Goddess

[Transformation + refuses to marry + immortality + a delightfully awful mature woman + a cute and captivating villainess + no System]

Nothing is impossible if you’re willing to give up.

Li Changli lives by one ironclad rule: giving something up means gaining something in return. A huge profit, a great profit, a small profit, but never a loss.

In Xisha Village, she is the “ageless witch” whom anyone can bully. She’s had enough. She gives up that identity. Compensation: The Immortal Art of Parting Flames. She destroys the beginner’s village in a sea of fire.

At the Dao Flame Heavenly Sect, she is an alchemy hall supervisor, mistrusted by everyone and unable to get promoted or earn a raise. She’s fed up. She gives up the fact that she joined the Dao Flame Heavenly Sect. Compensation: Soul-Confusing Needles that Pierce the Bones. She uses them to turn a beautiful sword immortal into her puppet.

There is nothing you cannot give up, only things you haven’t given up yet.

She keeps giving things up along the way, and keeps gaining things in return. Like pure gold shedding the dirt, she peels away the labels, identities, and expectations that don’t belong to her, layer by layer, until she finally sees the question clearly:

What kind of life does she really want?

The moment the answer comes, the sword in her hand is free of all doubt.