[JX3] A Hero's Bones, Fragrant with Honor

Years later, while playing mahjong in Guangling County, the Hongyi Lords would recall the day they first arrived in this world.*

System: Welcome, warrior [X], to the fully immersive version of Jianxia Qingyuan Online 3…

Warrior: Hello, 911? I’ve got a phone scam here!

System: Young hero, do you want to change the world?

Warrior: Can’t change it, so I’m going to lie flat.

System: Warrior, you’ve transmigrated. Do you want to…

Warrior: Dreaming about transmigrating probably means I haven’t been in a great state of mind lately.

System: Warrior, do you want to change the fates of Xue Zhifang, Yilin, Tao Hanting, Fang Zixia, Luo Feng, Xu Huai, Jiang Chao, Xiao Xiezi…?

Warrior: Can I stop being a camera and a little cake this time?

System: Sure.

Warrior: Let’s start over, then. Please give me a more formal invitation to become a Meritorious Servant of Baoying, Protector of the Nation and Stabilizer of the Realm, Heroic and Righteous Lord.

System: …If you could begin again, would you still choose to step into this fate?

Warrior: That was so half-hearted. You just copied the voice-over from A Meeting in the Mountains and Seas… Ahem. Let’s go. Time to set out.

…

Warrior: …Wait, why are the beginner quests things like lifting the siege of Yanmen Pass, defeating Xie Yunliu, or bringing Tang Ao down from power? That’s way too hard!

Jiang Zhaoyue: Why do random encounters still get stuck in the real world? How does that make sense?… Stop, I don’t want to draw a prize!!!

Xie Liulan/Luo Changsheng: My System turned out to be the sect leader!!! Did they find out about the 108 Xie-Li moves in my head? Aaaah!

Tang Lianxing: If I could start over, I’d refuse the hidden quest… Who knew you could switch jobs in this world?!

Lu Zhaozhao: Question from a student: If I got picked up by the sect’s belle as soon as I transmigrated, does that count as switching jobs?

Fu Qianzhi: Hand raised. Does joining the Yuequan Sect count too?

…

System: The real world, free exploration, all in the fully immersive version of Jianxia Qingyuan Online 3!

Hongyi Lord: Ugh, the System’s recruiting people again. Why is it still using the same pitch?

Hongyi Lord: Bring in a few more people. I’m sick of infrastructure projects. I want to retire…

In short, this is the story of a Jianwang 3 player who transmigrates into the Tang dynasty of Jianwang 3 with a severely crippled Jianwang 3 System and sets out to save the characters whose fates left her unsatisfied.

The early goal is to keep beloved NPCs from dying; later, it’s to revive the Tang dynasty and save the realm.

Recommended for readers who know the story of Jianwang 3, or who are interested in getting into it.

A few things to keep in mind:

1. This is an ensemble story, but the warriors initially go it alone. It focuses mainly on each protagonist and the NPC ensemble, who gradually come together as the plot unfolds.

2. The warriors’ starting sects are Changge, Chunyang Blade Sect, Tangmen, Mingjiao, and Yaowang. After transmigrating, some may switch sects for various reasons and get the chance to learn martial arts from other sects.

3. The entire protagonist team has female souls. But as everyone knows, players have alternate characters of all shapes and sizes, so there will be gender-swapped characters. They can change gender later on. The protagonists’ names come from sect skills and talents.

4. The players transmigrate, but this is not a fourth disaster. Their golden fingers are limited, so the story may not be as satisfying as you’d like.

5. The protagonists have no romantic pairings, but they ship plenty of canon and non-canon couples. They’re indiscriminate shippers, and some unofficial history becomes canon, so please proceed with caution.

6. Quotations and adapted material are marked with *. If I run into a plot hole in the original game story that I just can’t make sense of, I’ll do my best to pick a suitable version and make things up (not really).

7. Thanks to Shu @ Ling Luo for making the warriors’ pictures! Sending love~

8. Why is there more? There isn’t… It’s the Tianbao era. Let’s make some history!

Coming next: check out the upcoming story in my author page, Yunsheng Goes to the Underworld? Yunsheng Joins the Water Margin!, about warriors and NPCs who are transported into Water Margin while having a team-building event at Taiji Palace.

My author page also has a short story about Chutan turning into a cat and being raised in the modern era by Lingxue and Changge, as well as completed and ongoing Harry Potter fanfiction. Come have a look.

Theme: Even in death, a hero’s spirit endures, and his honor shines undiminished.