The Substitute Is Obsessed with Cultivation [Reborn]

[Preorders: Transmigrating Into a Book, the CP Fan Breaks Up the Couple She Ships; Getting Married to My Archenemy. Please add them to your collection.] [The groveling exes and second-chance romance trope. If that's not your thing, steer clear.]

The aristocratic young lord Mang Kongchan was the cream of his generation, and the whole continent knew he was in love with the second daughter of the Xi family.

Everyone said they were a match made in heaven, a perfect pairing of beauty and talent.

But Xi Ying scoffed at the idea.

Reborn, she knew perfectly well that Mang Kongchan had always loved her older sister.

In her previous life, she had always been treated as a substitute for her twin sister. At home, she was overlooked, and outside the family, she was a nobody.

Worse still, she had loved Mang Kongchan and done so much for him, yet he never returned her feelings.

Only after Xi Ying took a sword strike meant for Mang Kongchan and lay gravely wounded, on the brink of death, did she learn that he thought she might have a pretty face, but had a heart as venomous as a snake's. She was nowhere near one percent as good as her sister.

After being reborn, she still clung to a sliver of hope.

But Mang Kongchan, who had ignored her birthday in her previous life, made sure to celebrate her sister's birthday on time.

The token of love she had treasured in her previous life had also once been given by Mang Kongchan to her sister, who turned it down.

Even when Mang Kongchan approached her and gave her presents, it was only so she would put in a good word for him with her sister...

Xi Ying couldn't endure the humiliation. She slapped Mang Kongchan on the spot, hoping they could go their separate ways from then on and have nothing more to do with each other.

She spent three years trying to warm Mang Kongchan's heart, but couldn't. Later, he seemed to lose his mind and actually said he wanted to marry her.

But Xi Ying had moved on. Love was the most useless thing in the world. Cultivation was far more reliable.

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When Mang Kongchan confessed his feelings to Xi Ying:

Xi Ying: Sorry, I'm too absorbed in cultivation to feel anything for you. Stay away from me.

Mang Kongchan: I've chased my wife on my knees and still failed. What should I do? Online now, urgent!

[Before You Read]

1. Both leads are reborn (the male lead regains his memories much later). The male lead will not change.

2. Prepare yourself for chuunibyou antics, melodrama, and Mary Sue elements.

3. Cultivation ranks: Huashui, Taolang, Qinghe, Linzhong, Nanlu, Longqian, and Jiuyou Tianshen. The first six are alternate names for months, and the story will explain them in detail.

4. Don't worry too much about the writing or the logic. We read novels to have fun, after all. If you're not enjoying it, pick up another one~

5. No need to tell me if you drop the story. Personal attacks are not welcome.

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Blurb for Transmigrating Into a Book, the CP Fan Breaks Up the Couple She Ships:

Yun Tian had a secret.

She was a transmigrator.

This world came from a melodramatic xianxia romance novel.

Her best friend was the heroine. She turned a blind eye to Lord Yiyang, the gentle, upright second male lead who wasn't good with words, and insisted on picking up the trash male lead from the garbage heap, even though he tormented her throughout the whole book.

And she had an even bigger secret: she shipped the heroine with the second male lead.

So...

When the trash male lead forced himself on the heroine and made an overbearing declaration of love,

Yun Tian said sarcastically, "Lord Yiyang is such a refined gentleman, truly captivating. Unlike certain self-important, ordinary men who can't even understand plain speech."

When the trash male lead used both threats and persuasion to force the heroine to lose to his white moonlight,

Yun Tian said in a strange, exaggerated tone, "Lord Yiyang is so selfless, a model for the divine realm. Unlike certain useless fools who have to steal someone else's opportunities to curry favor with their white moonlight."

Thanks to her tireless efforts, the heroine finally saw the light, became independent and learned to love herself, and stayed away from the trash male lead. The second male lead also learned to express his feelings, and everything was moving in a good direction.

It was just that the direction things were moving in seemed a little off...

Lord Yiyang: I want to confess my feelings to the one I love, but she keeps trying to set me up with other goddesses.

Yun Tian:!!! Is the couple I've been shipping finally going to become canon?

As she watched expectantly, Lord Yiyang said, "Yun Tian, I'm in love with you. Do you understand?"

Yun Tian, head of the CP fan club: ???

This isn't how the story was supposed to go!

Theme: Cherish the present and look forward to the future.