A Cultivation Expert Reborn as an Interstellar Cannon Fodder

Originally titled "I Founded a Sect Among the Stars" [Cover art by @Buheli, thank you!] [Blurb] As the last cultivator of an age when spiritual cultivation had all but vanished, Song Xi has only two goals: First, ascend to immortality. Second, spread the Dao and grow her sect. But when she fails her tribulation, she transmigrates into a book. She becomes a nameless cannon-fodder character in an interstellar romance novel, one who's about to have her entire family wiped out by the protagonists. Song Xi's first reaction is to take a deep breath, then weep with joy: It's been so long since I've felt such rich spiritual energy. What kind of feng shui paradise is this? QAQ She steps outside and stares at the stones decorating the bottom of the pool in her yard, eyes shining: Aaaah, legendary spirit stones! She walks down the street, gazing unblinkingly at the clusters of ornamental flowers along the roadside: Aaaah, dreambane flowers that can suppress inner demons! Song Xi stands in a shopping mall, pointing at the mecha displayed in a window, her fingers trembling. The smart assistant explains: Miss, this is the newest model in the Flying Eagle series, equipped with the most advanced combat system and electromagnetic laser cannons... Song Xi: What the heck do you know? This is the rarest star-patterned azure steel in the cultivation world! You can refine flying swords and magical treasures with it, aaah!!! Faced with interstellar people who don't recognize good stuff, Song Xi feels like a mouse that's fallen into a barrel of oil. Being surrounded by countless treasures is just too wonderful, sob! So what if she transmigrated into a book? So what if she's cannon fodder? Song Xi declares: No one is going to stop me from cultivating and ascending! Cultivation levels: Qi Refining -> Foundation Establishment -> Golden Core -> Nascent Soul -> Spirit Transformation -> Void Return -> Dao Integration -> Great Ascension -> Tribulation and Ascension A powerful female protagonist's satisfying journey of leveling up. Romance is practically nonexistent. The sci-fi elements are entirely fictional and speculative, so please don't nitpick! 2021.1.05 Please add my upcoming novel to your reading list~ "Has Cousin Married a Princess Today?" [Blurb] After being born into this world, Ji Suining spends five years before realizing she's transmigrated into a book. Her maternal aunt returns to her hometown with her seven-year-old cousin. His childhood name is Ting'an, and his full name is Xie Feizhi, exactly like the ill-fated male supporting character in a romance novel Suining once read! In the book, Xie Feizhi is gentle, refined, and brilliant. After placing first in the imperial examinations, he catches the eye of the female lead, a princess, who wants to take him as her consort. Before the marriage can happen, Xie Feizhi catches a cold and dies unexpectedly. Everyone says the princess is cursed: every man she takes a fancy to dies. But Suining knows the cold wasn't an accident. The male lead is the regent, who secretly loves the princess. He sabotages her marriage prospects time and again, earning her a reputation as a husband-killer. After Xie Feizhi's death, he cruelly destroys the entire Xie family, using ruthless methods. The future top scholar, handsome as a jade tree, is currently a little boy who still has baby teeth. He can't put down the little puzzle cube Suining gave him. Suining says earnestly, "Brother Feizhi, I'll give you my little puzzle cube. When you grow up, will you promise not to marry a princess?" The boy doesn't even look up as he casually answers, "Sure." Suining doesn't know whether the Ji family will be caught in the crossfire. To keep her family alive, she has no choice but to start with her young cousin. She makes a new toy and sends it to him. She makes a new outfit and sends it to him. She develops a new pastry recipe and sends it to him. Every gift comes with a letter, earnestly urging her cousin not to marry a princess when he grows up. The girls in our little town are virtuous and good at running a household, much better than the aristocratic ladies in the capital! When Suining is fifteen, a matchmaker comes to discuss a marriage proposal for her. She casually mentions it in a letter, and two days later, a graceful young man as lovely as jade arrives at the Ji home. Holding a worn little puzzle cube, the handsome young man lowers his eyes and softly asks Suining, "Cousin, since you already promised Feizhi, why are you considering someone else?" Suining is stunned. "When did I ever promise you anything?" Xie Feizhi takes out several letters. "When I was seven, I promised my cousin I wouldn't marry a princess when I grew up." He chuckles softly and looks up at her. "Now Feizhi only wants to ask for the hand of a girl from a little town. Her surname must be Ji, her given name Suining, and her childhood name Suisui. I want no one else." Many years later, Xie Feizhi has risen to the highest offices, and Suining has become a first-rank noblewoman. She reflects that marrying her cousin might not be so bad after all? A gentle, refined, scheming cousin x a little fairy of a cousin 1. A cozy slice-of-life farming story about family and daily life, with no angst. 2. The leads won't take part in the original plot. They'll have their own happy lives. 3. The blurb may change, but the overall story won't. The leads are childhood sweethearts in ancient times, and I just want to write a slow, steady story about staying by each other's side for life! 2020.12.3 Theme: Only by constantly striving to grow stronger can you gain true freedom.