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A heroine with no protagonist aura, but a fiery spirit that never gives up, paired with a world-weary, apathetic hero who has the standard protagonist's backstory buffs stacked to the heavens.
Ye Cen always thought she was the heroine of this story, until...
When she rolled up her sleeves, ready to become the chosen ruler of the palace intrigue, the Consort's cruel beating fell without mercy.
When she transmigrated and believed she was destined to become an immortal cultivator, her senior brother's life-bound sword pierced her chest.
When she was reborn as a person and imprisoned on a sickly villain's high bed, she gave up on the leveling-up storyline and resigned herself to a romance about being a substitute for someone's white moonlight. Then the System told her: This time, you're the white moonlight yourself. You won't have many scenes, and you're destined to die young.
It turned out that fate had already written her verdict.
She was a supporting character, a stepping stone, a prologue destined to be sacrificed.
Ye Cen laughed in exasperation.
If nothing she did could make her the protagonist, then that meant she could do anything.
Ye Cen kicked the villain away and even pointed her sword at the Heavenly Dao. "From today on, I'll decide both my fate and my senior brother's!"
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As the eldest disciple of Qingyun Sect and the only child of the Pavilion of Dust, Song Xian is refined, elegant, and handsome as a tree of jade.
But no one knows that he is actually a spy sent by the demons.
Song Xian has a painful, despairing past devoid of life, and because of it, he thinks it would be best if all gods and demons died.
Then one day, he meets Ye Cen.
At first, he thinks his junior sister is full of schemes and lies through her teeth.
Later, he realizes that she is just as pitiable as he is, someone else toyed with by fate. He comes to think of her as resourceful and sharp-tongued.
Then one day, his sword runs her through, and she lies in his arms, covered in blood, telling him, "Wait for me to come back."
Song Xian has no idea when she'll return, and he can't wait any longer.
He searches across countless mountains for any trace she might have left behind.
Then one day, at the very edge of the heavens, he glimpses a prophecy.
In the vision, his junior sister breaks through the light of heaven, sword in hand, and returns the blow he once dealt her.
The blade pierces his chest, but Song Xian smiles.
This is fine too. If she's come to kill him, then she must still be alive.
[Reader's Guide]
1. This is a cultivation story. Palace intrigue only appears briefly at the beginning.
The main story has a lighthearted tone, but it's a slow-burn, long novel with a bit of an ensemble cast.
2. One-on-one, both are each other's first love and have only been with each other, happy ending. The hero doesn't actually kill the heroine. It really was an accident.
3. Even if I never write it, my hero definitely has well-defined abs and pecs.
Alpha woman and Omega man | Childhood friends | A stern, ambitious princess and her gentle, devoted, motherly courtier
Princess Zhaoxian of Shangyang entered the Imperial Academy at twelve, becoming the first girl ever to study there. Even the great scholars of her day praised her essays.
At seventeen, she went to the northern deserts, distinguished herself in battle time and again, and was personally named the "King Who Crosses Spears" by the emperor.
At twenty-seven, she returned to the capital, quelled the crown prince's rebellion, and took command of the Capital's Sixteen Guards.
At thirty, she fell in love at first sight with the third-place winner of the palace examinations at the Qionglin Banquet. From then on, she laid down her arms and surrendered her power, creating a "love story for the ages" with him.
At thirty-six, her excessive brilliance brought her downfall. She died of illness, ending her legendary life.
That's what the history books say.
Zhao Xian herself asks, "Was I under a spell the year I turned thirty?"
The history books have already declared Princess Zhaoyang's death a closed case, and no one has ever doubted them.
Now the case is being reopened in broad daylight, and the one investigating it is...
Zhao Xian herself, returned from hell.
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Zhao Ke never imagined he'd die such a horrible death.
A length of white silk tightened around his neck. He struggled and choked, then died with bloodshot eyes and his tongue lolling out, an awful sight, unable to rest in peace.
Three days after Zhao Ke's death, his form gathered itself together again, and he headed straight for the imperial mausoleum.
Beneath the imperial mausoleum lay an abyss, and in that abyss the people of Great Yu worshipped their shaman god.
In life, Zhao Ke had endured everything passively. In death, his resentment refused to fade. He was willing to sacrifice his soul just to summon the shaman god and take revenge.
He did summon the shaman god, but it turned out to be Princess Zhaoyang, who had died ten years earlier, and his... aunt by adoption?
Zhao Xian stood tall and broad-shouldered before the tomb of the founding emperor, looking down at him with cold eyes.
"Do you have a grudge you want avenged too?" Zhao Xian smiled. "Then let's do it together."
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The secret of Xie Ze'an's life was that he wanted to stand behind Zhao Xian forever, to be her shadow for the rest of his life.
In the end, he really did remain her shadow for the rest of his life, right up until he died.
Reader's Guide:
1. The heroine is incredibly capable, with no particular reason for it. She's just strong in every way.
2. There is a hero, but he's basically a camera following her around.
3. There's a stretch where the plot deliberately creates a false impression, but trust that the hero stays faithful to the heroine from beginning to end.
4. It may look like a court-politics story, but it includes plenty of original worldbuilding. The later plot takes off in wild directions, with court intrigue, supernatural mysteries, detective suspense, Lovecraftian horror, zombies, immortals, and more. Please steer clear if that's not your thing.
Theme: I decide my own fate.
Promise me, there will definitely be a sequel 😭
In the White Moonlight Universe, senior brothers have too many love rivals.
Very good, very good. We got together briefly because of the book you wrote. We discussed the plot and ideas together. This is not only the influence brought by this book, the characters in it, but also the influence of the author himself. 🐶🌹
🐶🌹 We sincerely welcome Mr. Xiyi Yuan to his official appearance [continue]
Hahahahahaha I keep laughing. Two people are tied to each other. It's a bad friend ()
I wanted to cry a little bit when I saw it... What the senior brother said was the complicated and awkward emotions towards his mother. In this environment, Song Xian finally realized his real mother.
The happiest thing about the reconciliation is the author's own mother, a top knocking expert hahahahaha [Okay]
If you use big characters, what you write will appear more vivid, hahahahaha 😆
Ah, Xian Qing really likes Ye Cen. It seems that they get along like bad friends. They play together when they have something to do and do their own business when nothing else happens. But they are not like real friends. I can't tell that he likes Ye Cen 🥺 I always thought he was the kind of person who likes Ye Cen half-heartedly [Glasses]
Oh my god... I was still thinking about whether Jiang Yasheng was a fairy stone or not, and why he had a mother. It turned out to be a dream he made up for Liu Qingyu...