Conquering the Chosen One, Times Twelve

On the eve of Xie Tingshuang's retirement, the World Administration Bureau gave her one last mission: stop the Chosen Ones of the Xuanyuan Realm from falling into demonic corruption and destroying the world.

The problem was that there were twelve Chosen Ones in the Xuanyuan Realm.

The Main System declared with absolute confidence, "The bureau has looked into it. They fall into demonic corruption because their obsessions are too strong. As long as you max out the Chosen Ones' affection for you, you can stop them from destroying the world."

"In short, heal them! Redeem them! Win them over!"

Xie Tingshuang calmly accepted the mission and delivered the astonishing performance of an S-rank agent.

Max out the Chosen Ones' affection: 12/12 √

Bring the Chosen Ones' demonic corruption level down to zero: 12/12 √

The Subsystem determined that the mission was complete, and the Main System opened the return passage.

What greeted it was the terrifying sight of the Chosen Ones, all on the verge of madness, looking as though they were about to destroy the world.

The Main System was stunned. "You... got caught dating twelve people at once?"

Having several relationships at the same time was a violation of the rules.

It immediately checked the mission records at lightning speed. The targets' love for her had indeed reached the maximum, but every single one of them had fallen in love with her alone.

All twelve Chosen Ones had loved and lost, unable to let go of their sorrow.

Their immense fortune was like a candle flame in the wind, fragile and on the brink of being snuffed out.

And Xie Tingshuang had no heart.

A smile played on her lips, her expression relaxed, one foot already in the return passage. Meritorious golden light, brilliant as the sun and stars, swirled around her, nearly blinding the System.

Main System: Wait, no, you really just take care of the killing and leave the cleanup to someone else???

List of Chosen Ones:

1. Guiyi Sword Sect - You Hui, a steadfast seeker of truth who sees through all things (won over)

- With my flesh and blood, I will protect your eternal life.

2. Huichun Valley - Lin Hanshu, a benevolent physician, an orchid in a secluded valley (won over)

- I am gravely ill. Are you my cure?

3. Blood Demon Cult - Ying Qingxuan, violent and unrestrained, impossible to tell good from evil (won over)

- Big Sister, your life belongs in my keeping.

4. Tian Gua Sect - Gu Minghua, holding the balance and embracing the secrets of the heavens (in progress)

- Even fate itself should show you a little favoritism.

5. Taiyi Palace - Luo Wenjiao, a divine strategist with no taboos (in progress)

- The common people are my game. I offer you nine lives. Do not forget me.

6. Five Poisons Cult - Shuchen, flawless and pure, devoted from beginning to end (in progress)

- The golden gu beats its wings, and in an instant, it drowns in the light in your eyes.

7. Miro Temple - Xingji, unstained by a speck of dust, pure and clear as jade (in progress)

- You are the Buddha to whom I will devote my entire life.

8. Cangyue Tower - Chu Sulan, virtuous and gentle as jade

- I would give up half the world to cast off this longing.

9. Wangxia Sect - Ning Chaochen, meticulous in every detail and at ease in any company

- Only the insatiably greedy can have you, year after year, month after month, night after night, day after day.

10. Yinsha Sect - Lan Fuxing, walking the same path as the living and the dead, cold as ice

- The Wusheng Order calls, and the dead are offered in sacrifice. A thousand miles of bones lie scattered so one person may live.

11. Wushang Capital - Yan Xianggui, able to see through the hidden and commune with spirits, faithful unto death

- I long for you as clouds long for trees, as clouds yearn for rainbows. I have spent my life searching, dreaming and yearning for your soul.

12. Yuanqing Sect - Ji Jingxian, accepting all things as they come, detached from the world

- Heaven and earth are vast and empty. I pray that you will look upon me.

Reader's Guide:

1. The protagonist is a gentle, universally adored person in a position of power. Everyone's affection is one-sided. She takes care of the killing but leaves the cleanup to others; she will deceive hearts, but not bodies (meaning she will not force herself to eat things she dislikes, though she might have a little taste if she finds something delicious).

2. No faked deaths in the novel. She completes the mission with one life, and all the Chosen Ones are irreproachably virtuous in every respect.

3. This novel is all about love that goes unreturned, with plenty of tragic heartbreak. All twelve Chosen Ones have tragic endings during the process of winning them over, with no exceptions. Someone only gets a happy ending at the very end.

4. The final pairing is one of the twelve Chosen Ones, the last one in the order she wins them over, and is more of a background character. If most readers are dissatisfied, then a tragic ending it is: there will be no second chance, and the story may have an open ending.

5. Love-triangle showdowns appear at random, with any combination and any number of people.

6. Chapter comments are enabled, with no restrictions.

[Advance Preview] "She Was Still the One They Longed For After Traveling from Ancient Times to the Present"

Back when Chen Tu was the Princess Changyi, she had been born frail and sickly, and spent every day melancholy, shedding tears at the slightest breeze.

The thing she did most was curl up in her room, writing her diary in a gloomy, indignant state of mind:

It was all about her tangled relationships with her royal cousin, the hostage prince from an enemy state, the sinister eunuch, the gentle imperial physician, the stern chief minister, the vigorous general, and others.

After snapping over a hundred writing brushes, she finally died young of illness at the age of twenty.

When she opened her eyes again, it was a thousand years later.

Modern people called her situation traveling from ancient times to the present.

Chen Tu was very pleased.

- Though she had lost her status as a princess in the feudal landlord class, she had gained a healthy body and the right to keep installing things without worrying about the risks.

Just as she had finished her college entrance exams and was guzzling cola, playing video games, and blasting the air conditioner, the diary she had written as Princess Changyi came looking for her.

[Did you know you wrote a masterpiece that would be handed down for generations?]

[Did you know you only wrote half of it?]

[Did you know how many people have been moved by it over the past thousand years, voluntarily written continuations, and created countless fanfics?]

The Book Spirit concluded in exasperation: [You know nothing. All you know is how to drink cola.]

Chen Tu: "So what?"

[Because the reader devotion accumulated over the past thousand years is so powerful, you must finish writing this book and receive a rating of at least 9.9. Otherwise, you will have to travel back and continue being Princess Changyi.]

Chen Tu was horrified.

Help!

How could she possibly go back now and get tangled up all over again with the royal cousin, the hostage prince from an enemy state, the sinister eunuch, the gentle imperial physician, the stern chief minister, the vigorous general, and the others?

If she saw those people again, she would not be able to stop herself from smashing every one of their heads to pieces.

Notes:

1. The heroine is universally adored and loves no one.

2. She will not truly return to ancient times. The modern and ancient storylines each take up half the novel.

Theme: Give orders from within a small space, and decide victory and defeat beyond the slightest detail.