The Female Side Character Is Determined to Leave the Secular World (Reborn)

After Ruan Ning died, she was reborn in a cultivation world where everyone pursued the Great Dao. She cast aside love and desire and cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness. From Foundation Establishment to shattering her core and forming a Nascent Soul, she was just one step away from attaining the Great Dao when, to her surprise, the ninth heavenly tribulation struck and sent her back to her first life.

At the time, she was blocking Duke Xie Jiuxuan in public, heedless of everyone's stares, and proudly showing off the marriage she was about to secure.

It was a marriage she'd forced upon him.

Xie Jiuxuan was like the mysterious moon high in the heavens, beautiful but beyond her reach. She could crane her neck until it nearly snapped, and still not get so much as a corner of his sleeve. Though she married him, the coldness of his household drained her of all strength, leaving her utterly disillusioned.

This time, she didn't want him.

Love was too narrow a pursuit. She only wanted to become powerful.

But the mortal world was too much trouble, so she turned her sights on the temples.

Wouldn't becoming a nun give her some peace and let her devote herself to attaining the Great Dao?

And so:

"My lord, madam, terrible news! The young lady wants to become a nun!"

Madam Ruan nearly stumbled and fell.

"Duke, terrible news! Madam wants to become a nun again!"

Xie Jiuxuan's brow twitched violently. "Which nunnery is it this time? Have it moved."

"...This time, madam has her eye on a Taoist temple!"

Thinking of all the Taoist priests in the temple, Xie Jiuxuan's face went dark. He enunciated each word: "Tear it down."

For years, every temple and Taoist establishment in Daliang had an exceptionally sharp-eyed gatekeeper. If they spotted the Duke's wife's purple sedan chair, embroidered with cranes, winding its way toward them from afar, they immediately closed their doors to visitors.

No other reason was needed. When the Duke flew into a rage, ordinary people trembled. Hadn't the Taoist priests at the neighboring temple all changed careers and become butchers? Amitabha.

Key point: The male lead is a wolf in sheep's clothing, a black-hearted schemer. This is a story about him winning back his wife. If that trope isn't for you, please don't click. That's the story, though the blurb may be revised.

Coming soon: "Everyone's Got a Secret Identity"

Wen Yu, the daughter the Wen family had raised in the countryside, was brought back home.

They thought she'd be unsophisticated, timid, and too embarrassing to show in public.

But wherever she went, she turned the place into a sea of die-hard fans.

Anyone who dared say a bad word about her risked getting struck by misfortune in an instant.

It was just ridiculous.

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Wen Yu transferred from the countryside to a new school.

Strange things started happening around her.

At first, she, a girl everyone had always hated, kept "running into" stray cats and dogs.

Then the phenomenon started spreading from person to person.

Her classmates, who seemed perfectly ordinary on the surface, all appeared to have superpowers once they dropped their little disguises. And every one of them seemed convinced their covers were flawless.

Wen Yu: I'll just pretend I didn't see anything.

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The first time Wen Yu saw Gu Ye, he was wearing a white T-shirt and sneakers, smiling with captivating eyes. He seemed to glow. He was pushing a stroller with a husky in it and helping an old lady cross the street.

She was awestruck, unable to look away or move.

She racked her brains for a persona: pure, innocent, and sweet.

She'd heard that type was popular.

But the first time she tried to approach him, she ran into someone with the exact same persona.

She crossed out Plan A and brought out Plan B: energetic, chuunibyou girl.

She'd heard that type was popular too.

So the first thing she said to Gu Ye was:

"Gu Ye-san! For your sake, Gu Ye-san, I wouldn't even fear death! Because I love you most of all, Gu Ye-san!"

Gu Ye's mouth twitched. "Where'd this chuunibyou come from? Little girl, you haven't even graduated middle school, and you're already trying to flirt with me?"

He yanked off his white shirt and tossed it into the trash, revealing a black tank top and a tattoo on his shoulder. He swung one long leg over his motorcycle and looked back, all swagger. "Try flirting with me like that again, and I'll beat you up."

Wen Yu was stunned. Before she'd even gotten halfway through pursuing him, he had already ruined his persona.

Then, one day, "chuunibyou girl" Wen Yu planted a troublesome male fox spirit underfoot. "Damn it, that son of a bitch made me chase him all night!"

Gu Ye happened to walk by. "???"

Their eyes met. Wen Yu: "Gu Ye-san?"

Theme: Stand atop the highest peak and look down on all the mountains below.