I Reincarnated as a Useless Phoenix Cannon Fodder

The sequel is now underway: The Villainess Keeps Trying to Fake Her Death and Run Away

Story blurb:

Wu Dai transmigrated into the body of a phoenix who was supposed to die after her rebirth, her soul scattered and her immortal bones given to the male lead.

But she survived and became a novice. The Immortal Emperor assigned her to serve as an Earth God in the mortal realm.

So she settled into a quiet life as a minor immortal among mortals, staying well away from anything to do with the heavenly realm, afraid that one careless mistake would cost her immortal bones.

Later, on her way to a wedding banquet, she picked up a fox.

Wu Dai: Thanks for asking. I had no idea this little thing I planned to keep as a pet was the Demon Emperor.

Jun, a certain pet, little fox, Demon Emperor Changning: I just turned into my original form to sunbathe, but my wife insisted on taking me home.

One-on-one, happy ending

The story includes original worldbuilding, all of it in service of the main couple

Coming soon 1: The Buddhist Cultivator I Saved Is a Black-Hearted Lotus

Qing Ling's only mission after transmigrating into a book is to set Gu Wang, a major villain who will later turn from Buddhist cultivation to demonic cultivation and destroy the world, back on the right path.

She packs her bags and goes to find Gu Wang. She sees him sitting in a brothel tavern, watching the women sing and dance with half-closed eyes. He holds a cup of wine in one hand and slowly fingers his Buddhist prayer beads with the other. The cinnabar mark between his brows is alluring and captivating.

Qing Ling: A Buddhist cultivator?

Later, he casually wipes the blood from his prayer beads. His dark eyes hold a faint smile as he asks her, "Are you still going to follow me?"

Only then does Qing Ling realize that this man has long been rotten to the core. She's done with the mission!

But he gently draws her into his arms.

"I won't become a demon, nor a Buddha."

"A Ling, how about I join you in this mortal world?"

Gu Wang is the most unusual exception among Buddhist cultivators. He was raised in a Buddhist temple and grew up there, yet never became a Buddhist.

The elders say that Gu Wang can become a Buddha with one thought, or a demon with another.

Gu Wang believes that Buddhism can't save him.

Later, a young woman appears, her eyes curving into a smile. "I'm here to save you."

Gu Wang doesn't deny it.

Gu Wang is willing.

One-on-one, happy ending

Coming soon 2: Just Six Thousand Miles

In her first year of college, Shi Le went to teach in a mountain village.

Whenever she walked one of her students home, she would see the child's older brother standing at the doorway.

The boy would smile gently, hand her a cup of water, and thank her in a soft voice.

Later, when Shi Le returned to campus for the third-year orientation, she spotted him at once in the crowd.

The boy had outgrown his childishness. Stars shimmered faintly in his eyes when he smiled, and his voice was warm when he called to her.

"Big sister, I've come to find you."

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Qi Yan's family has a yellowed map with a long red line drawn from south to north.

Look closely, and you'll see that someone has traced it over many times.

Shi Le asks him, "What is this?"

Qi Yan gazes into the distance, wraps his arms around her from behind, and whispers in her ear, "It's the distance I had to cross to hold you."

No one knows that on the evening Shi Le finished teaching and left, the boy chased her silhouette through the mountains but couldn't reach the light at the center of his heart.

He looked at the rolling green mountains and the setting sun in the west,

and thought:

It's only six thousand miles. I can cross that distance.

Theme: Sincerity, loyalty, and kindness