Jing Hongying is transported into an abandoned novel, only to discover that it has developed into a tragedy on its own. She's the junior sister who is useless at everything except stirring up trouble. Born frail, with no spiritual root, she's a walking immunity to spiritual energy.
In the story, she envies the male and female leads for their talent and constantly trips them up. After suffering backlash, she loses her cultivation. In the end, the spirit of a demonic sword uses her to grievously wound the leads, and then she's written out of the story.
She sees all the warning signs, but the only words that catch her eye are: "Born frail, with no spiritual root."
What can she do? Cultivate, of course.
But her progress bar seems a little different.
While her fellow senior sister listens to the Heavenly Dao's immortal music, cleanses her meridians, and sets foot on the path to immortality, she is still drawing qi into her body.
While the male and female leads undergo trials in an illusion, shatter and rebuild their Dao hearts, she is still drawing qi into her body.
While her fellow disciples split mountains and fill seas, soaring through the heavens and plunging underground, she is still... drawing qi into her body.
And yet the plot and power levels still fall completely apart.
The Spirit-Gathering Stone, a thousand-year-old inheritance of the sect, as solid as a fortress and capable of withstanding tribulation lightning, crumbles to dust with a light touch from her.
When swords are chosen at the sword forge, every divine weapon loses its luster and all spiritual energy, while broken bits of scrap metal from the sword mound, their spirits shattered, shine once more.
During a great battle, the invading demon cultivators would rather challenge opponents above their level than go anywhere near the sword platform where the Qi Refining disciples are gathered.
They don't know whether the missing Jing Hongying is hiding in there, or how many people like her there might be.
Many years later, a young disciple who lived through that final battle has become the sect leader. Whenever he tells stories to new disciples, he always mentions the legendary elder of Xuyan Immortal Sect.
The elder who still hasn't managed to draw qi into her body, yet can still grind the Six Realms to sand.
#She never left the beginner's village, but somehow became the boss#
When a new disciple cleans out the former residence of Xu Xuan, the sect's founding cultivator, he finds a pile of books reduced to scraps, as if a cat had clawed them up.
Here are some words he can just barely make out from the shredded spirit paper:
#A Rundown of the Big Boss and Her Red Rose#
#The White-Robed Formation Cultivator Is Actually a Green Tea#
#The Yandere Black-Bellied Sword Spirit Regrets Everything#
There's also one book in remarkably good condition, with a clear, plump paw print stamped on the cover, suggesting its owner is very pleased with it.
Its title is "The Sect's Founder Is the Boss's One True Love"
Theme: Widen your horizons and refuse to be bound by fate.
I can't understand what's written there.