Forced to Transmigrate, She Chooses to Turn Evil

An invincible, chuunibyou, stubborn heroine VS a gentle, loyal puppy of a hero

There are countless reasons for a character to turn evil. Ask why Dan Chunjie fell into the demonic path?

Dan: This damned other world won't let me go home.

Seventeen-year-old Dan Chunjie opened her eyes and discovered that she, body and soul, had been secretly abducted by a human-trafficking System to a war-torn other world!

Not only had she been handed the role of a scheming, black-hearted orphan obsessed with the original male lead, but on her wedding night, the monstrously domineering hero inexplicably gave her a vicious scolding. The culprit who had dragged her here then arrogantly issued her a mission, utterly unaware of how absurd it was:

[Host, please win over the head of the Liu family and give birth to the child of destiny who will one day unify the Nine Provinces.]

Dan Chunjie was nauseated. How could she have a child with some strange man? Not a chance!

The System had never encountered such a stubborn Host, one who refused to follow the plot no matter what. She withstood three hundred bolts of heavenly lightning and still wouldn't play along. Not only did she survive, but she somehow gained divine power and an immortal bone, enabling her to defeat everyone under the heavens.

Divine weapons willingly submitted to her, giant spirit beasts rushed to follow her, the people hoped she would save them from catastrophe, and others coveted her peerless immortal bone.

Dan Chunjie never wanted to hurt anyone, yet in the end everyone wanted her dead. This cold, cruel world wanted nothing more than to tear her apart and devour her flesh and blood.

Dan Chunjie no longer cared about being the chosen one, nor did she care whether this world was destroyed. She just wanted to go home! Go home! Go home!!!

Others turn evil because of love or hate. Dan Chunjie just wants to go home.

Her beloved parents are still waiting for her, and her friends miss her so much. She still wants to play Limited Cold Cold, go to college, make lots of money, and travel around the world...

Dan Chunjie thought that even if she died, she would crawl all the way home before she did.

Everyone in the martial world knows the name of Dan Chunjie, the new Demon Venerable. Though she bears the immortal bone that every cultivator under heaven longs for, she went mad and turned demonic, taking power over the corpse of the former Demon Venerable.

They say she is cruel, ruthless, and quick to anger.

Her only weakness is the ruby earring on her left ear. Rumor has it that it holds the last fragment of the soul of Wen Shangzhi, the young master of the Wen family of Zhongzhou. No one is allowed to mention it.

A patron at a tavern joked, "She leaves you alone if you leave her alone. Cross her, and she'll chop you into a bloody mist."

Dan Chunjie, sitting nearby, replied coldly, "Not that big a piece."

Who could be dragged into a perilous other world, where staying alive takes everything you've got, and not go mad?

Dan Chunjie sighed. Years had passed. Her closest friends had died, old companions had betrayed her, and they had all gone their separate ways.

The only one left by her side was a wisp of Wen Shangzhi's soul...

She raised a hand to touch her earring. "Shangzhi, I won't love you, but I will find a way to bring you back to life."

Before she finds the way home, she has to repay this debt of affection.

Dan Chunjie was afraid she would grow attached to this world, so she pushed Wen Shangzhi away again and again. After his soul returned to his body, she resolved that they would go their separate ways. Yet when she saw that familiar face atop the Western Mountain, tears streamed down her face despite herself.

The young man wore white, as gentle as ever. "I am Wen Shangzhi of the Qingwu Sword Sect. Why are you crying?"

Dan Chunjie waved a hand. "It's nothing. The wind is too strong, and my eyes hurt."

On the Nth day after she finally made it home, Dan Chunjie, now a college graduate with a good job, at last brought home the boyfriend she'd been keeping secret for so long.

"Hello, Uncle and Auntie." Wen Shangzhi greeted them politely. "I'm Xiao Chun's boyfriend."

PS:

My take on cultivation, with spiritual power classified by the Nine Provinces

Rank One: Ordinary people

Rank Two: Slightly above ordinary, able to cultivate basic spells

Rank Three: Has potential to cultivate; most cultivators are Rank Three

Rank Four: Highly talented, an outstanding student

Rank Five: Exceptionally talented, with a smooth path of cultivation

Rank Six: Born with full spiritual power, a genius rarely seen in the world.

Stages of cultivation

Qi Condensation → Body Tempering → Bone Refining → Essence Consolidation → Sacred Rite → Heavenly Union → Tribulation Crossing (becoming an immortal) → Ascension → God Transcendence (becoming a god)

Important warning: The heroine is the strongest, but this is not a pure female-led story. Because the transmigrator initially has an attitude of not getting involved in things that don't concern her, she comes across more like an observer with cheat abilities at first, and the story has a somewhat ensemble-cast feel.

1. The heroine only wants to go home! Going home is her top priority! Nothing can ever come before going home! Her romance with the hero only gets going once she knows he would follow her even if it meant dying, so it develops a little slowly, hahaha. But Wen the puppy falls in love at first sight and is always direct about pursuing her.

2. The hero has a hidden identity, but don't worry, there won't be any plotline where the heroine is strong and the hero is even stronger! Demon Venerable Dan Chunjie is invincible under heaven! (Except against gods and immortals.) The hero is simply an ordinary person at first and doesn't cultivate, so he'll have to gain some abilities later.

3. The heroine will eventually train the System into a dog, too. The System really is a villain and has no ability to send her home. Dan Chunjie's suspicions are correct.

4. A gentle, sincere (not secretly sinister) and direct, loyal puppy hero VS a stubborn, clear-headed heroine who gradually grows and has no understanding of romance. First love for both, and they only have eyes for each other.

5. Some of the Nine Provinces' race-related worldbuilding is inspired by The Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and The Legend of the Nine Provinces.

Theme: Home is the warmest harbor