That's Not How You Cultivate the Merciless Dao!

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A Survival Guide for a Foolish Beauty in the Imperial Court. Blunt, spoiled little beauty x refined villain with ambition. Blurb at the end.

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Blurb:

A six-sided powerhouse of the Heartless Dao, secretly unhinged, straightforward woman x devoted, clingy husband who self-deceives, top-tier fox-like man

She was drawn into the Dao by the invisible force of “fate,” cultivating through countless twists and turns for the sake of becoming an immortal.

Her final obstacle was love.

What was a tribulation of love? She had been searching for the answer all along.

Then, on the very day she entered the mortal world disguised as a nobody, a fox stuck to her side, and they became fellow disciples.

With that relationship between them, they became even more inseparable.

At first, she thought of him as a docile pet, and enjoyed teasing him, knowing a little prodding was enough to control his every mood.

Gradually, through his hundreds and thousands of tests and her repeated indulgence, the line between them blurred...

His feelings were direct and intense. The passion he poured out for her brought life to the lonely, snowbound mountain.

After weathering countless trials, she looked at the fox who had always stayed by her side and finally came to her senses.

She crooked a finger, and the handsome man rested his head in her hand.

“You once said you'd die for me?”

The Adam's apple in her palm trembled as he presented her with the blade that would take a life.

Thunder rolled across the sky that day. She held a bloodied blade, and moisture slowly gathered on her calm face.

“Fate”? She had never believed in it. If it benefited her, then it was hers to wield.

Now that she had achieved her goal, it was time for someone else to play this game.

The fox's journal of repaying a kindness:

Page one:

She seems to have forgotten me. That's all right. I'll quietly repay her kindness, then return to the mountain.

Page ten:

She likes me? If she's willing to come back to the mountain with me and marry me... I wouldn't mind.

Page thirty:

Not going back to the mountain is fine too.

Pages fifty, sixty... three hundred:

Please look at me. Please be kind to me. Please love me.

Last page:

She said she wants to form a bond with me and prove the Dao together. I knew she had me in her heart.

The female lead is the strongest from beginning to end.

At this point, she'll kill her husband to prove the Dao. The male lead really does die, but he'll come back to life.

No groveling arc for the male lead.

The romance is bittersweet, specifically for the male lead. The female lead enjoys success in both love and career, living the satisfying life of a winner.

Blurb for A Survival Guide for a Foolish Beauty in the Imperial Court:

Although Lu Yanghua is beautiful, she has a bad temper and little cunning.

In the harem, she is destined to die young.

But someone snatched her from the gates of hell and pushed her all the way to the high rank of Noble Consort.

Her personal eunuch, Ting Yuan.

She told him, “Whatever you want, I'll give it to you.” Ting Yuan thought for a moment but did not answer.

Lu Yanghua held the imperial seal and enjoyed limitless glory. All that remained was a single word from the emperor, and she would be empress.

But just as the moment arrived, the nation fell.

Lu Yanghua decided to flee in the night.

She laid out a foolproof escape plan, intending to climb over a low wall in the most remote part of the palace under cover of night. Everything went smoothly until

“Where do you think you're going?”

Hearing the familiar voice of the person who had been by her side day and night, Lu Yanghua instinctively replied, “Give me a hand! This wall is way too high!”

Only after someone helped her up by the waist and set her on top of the wall did her body stiffen. She slowly turned around, meeting the sinister gaze of the new emperor.

Her former personal eunuch had transformed, standing below her in a dragon robe.

“Your Majesty...”

The man below chuckled and opened his arms to her, his voice low and full of meaning. “When you're done playing, come on down.”

“Empress.”

Theme: Love as deep as the sea can overcome any obstacle