Huh? Isn't It a Harmless Little Kitten?

During a sect trial, Yun Zhixia accidentally fell off a cliff and landed in a sunless forest.

Deep in the forest, there was none of the “falling off a cliff, surviving against the odds, finding a great opportunity, and instantly becoming a god” stuff you’d read in a story.

There was only a miasma-filled wilderness teeming with monsters, and a tiny kitten chained up and on the verge of death.

The kitten was almost entirely snow-white, with golden eyes. Once clean, its fur felt soft and fluffy. It was tiny, harmless, and easy to care for.

On the first day, Yun Zhixia fed the kitten a wrinkled red sour fruit.

On the second day, Yun Zhixia fed the kitten a few leaves of some unknown dead grass.

On the third day, Yun... The kitten hunted a deer beast at the Golden Core stage by itself, then gave Yun Zhixia the juiciest, tastiest part: a haunch.

Yun Zhixia: ... (quietly builds a fire) (grills the meat) (munches away)

Deer haunch, so tasty!

Before long, the kitten’s wounds had healed completely, and it was visibly growing bigger and bigger.

Its tail alone could easily wrap around her waist and let her ride on its back.

But in Yun Zhixia’s eyes, it was still that extra-clingy, extra-soft, extra-harmless little kitten.

After all, just last night it had gently licked and nibbled at her neck, giving her a “bite-your-hand” greeting!

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Later, people from the sect found Yun Zhixia and brought her back from the forest.

Her fellow disciple said, still shaken, “Junior Sister Yun, you’re so unlucky. That’s our sect’s forbidden forest. It’s where the ancient White Tiger, nearly ten thousand years old, is sealed away.”

Yun Zhixia: Huh? An ancient monster? Isn’t that just a cat?

Her fellow disciple: “That White Tiger is savage and vicious by nature. It can kill a cultivator at the Deity Transformation stage as easily as crushing an ant.”

Yun Zhixia: Really? But my kitten only rubs against me and snuggles up to me, hunts delicious food for me, and makes all sorts of heart shapes with its tail!

Her fellow disciple: “I hear the seal on the forbidden forest has been weakening lately, and it’s almost unable to suppress that White Tiger. I can’t imagine the devastating blow its emergence would bring to the Nine Provinces.”

Yun Zhixia: But... but it really is just a harmless little kitten!

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On the day the seal on the forbidden forest broke, thunder roared and the sky turned black as ink, blotting out the sun.

Cultivators across the Nine Provinces fled in panic, all saying the demonic tiger had broken free and a heavenly tribulation was coming.

Yun Zhixia stood rooted to the spot, staring as a colossal creature with markings like her kitten’s came walking toward her from the depths of the abyss.

Its fluffy tail affectionately wrapped around her waist, and a warm, familiar sensation clung to the side of her neck.

She heard a cold, broken voice whisper in her ear.

“Xiaxia, didn’t you say you’d come back for me? Why did you take so long?”

“I should’ve bitten you to death that night when I bit you. Then you wouldn’t have left me, would you?”

Reading guide:

1. It won’t really bite her to death (waves hand). The “kitten” can’t wait to snuggle and rub against Xiaxia.

2. One-on-one romance, both are each other’s first.

3. A sweet, slice-of-life story. The “kitten” will take human form later.

Theme: Always love life