At thirteen, after Li Huamei lost both her parents, she clenched her fists in the face of her greedy eldest uncle, her sinister second uncle, her calculating eighth uncle, and a family beset by troubles inside and out.
Fortunately, she wasn't alone.
There was Aunt Jin, the Marquis of Dingbei, who could travel a hundred thousand li in twelve hours; Aunt Yuan, the owner of Wenbaozhai, who held a gift from the great scholar Mei; Aunt Men, the leader of the Ling clan, who flew tens of thousands of li despite being badly wounded; and Aunt Hui, who traveled by starlight through the night, risking capture by the Yin-Yang School...
And then there was the legendary quasi-sage, the great scholar Mei, who could see into past and future lives and had paved the way for her.
At the mourning hall, she watched the elders' ugly behavior with cold eyes. In the arena, her fifth-grade cultivation swept aside her peers. On the trade routes, she used an iron fist to purge the parasites.
She would not only defend the estate her parents left behind, but also carve out a future for the Li family on the treacherous shores of the East Sea.
The Seven Blossoms of Qifu, bound by deep affection and loyalty. With women in power, who needs men?
[Reader's Guide]
☑ The female lead's growth, not a naive sweetheart; decisive and ruthless
☑ An ensemble of women, the Seven Blossoms of Qifu, with sisterly bonds
☑ Cultivation + power struggles + realism, with a grand worldbuilding scope
☑ Slow-burn romance (prequel; no male lead for now, focused on building a career)
Theme: Heroic women, bound by deep affection and loyalty. Though women may be physically slight, they can still shoulder the weight of justice.
