After Saving the Villain, I Went Down the Angst Route

After transmigrating into the world of cultivation, Mu Yuntang was forced to play the role of a cannon-fodder supporting character. She died in agony, then came back to life.

She returned to the day she had first transmigrated, when she and the female lead were sent to cultivate at a major sect.

At this point, the female lead hadn't obtained her golden finger or had a chance to torment Mu Yuntang yet. Mu Yuntang could still leave, and there was still a chance to change everything.

On her way out, Mu Yuntang encountered the story's great villain, who was also the female lead's most powerful golden finger: Wei Chenjue, who had killed his master and left the sect.

Betrayed by a friend and hunted by everyone, Wei Chenjue later placed his meager hopes in the female lead, only to have her strip him of his immortal bones and use them to pave her path to ascension.

Now, the golden finger was on the brink of death, waiting for the female lead to take him away. Knowing his past and future, Mu Yuntang felt they were kindred spirits, so she saved him and kept him from the tragic fate of being used by the female lead.

Mu Yuntang wanted to escape the plot with Wei Chenjue. She thought she had finally found someone who would stand by her.

Unfortunately, it turned out that the great villain was still the great villain, and the female lead's golden finger was still the female lead's golden finger.

It wasn't until Wei Chenjue held his sword to Mu Yuntang's throat for the sake of the female lead that Mu Yuntang understood: even after she saved him, even though the female lead had stripped him of his immortal bones in his previous life, he would always choose her.

Mu Yuntang was just a tool who spared Wei Chenjue one more painful experience. In this feel-good power fantasy, she was merely a supporting character who made a fool of herself with her unrequited affection.

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Only after Mu Yuntang left did Wei Chenjue realize what he had lost.

Mu Yuntang was the only light he had ever found in his life. He was the deepest and most terrifying abyss she had ever fallen into.

In the end, that glimmer of light went out, and Wei Chenjue, having reached the summit, lost Mu Yuntang.

Then he fell into demonic cultivation.

He lost everything, but he could never bring back Mu Yuntang's smile.

Content warning: The female lead and male lead will become betrothed, and after their betrothal, they will do everything expected of a couple except marry. After leaving the male lead, the female lead will fall in love with the second male lead. She and the second male lead are true love, will marry, and will have two children together. The second male lead will give birth to the children, and he will die in the end.

The male lead will pursue his wife after losing her, and suffer badly in the latter half of the story. Not recommended for fans of the male lead.

Theme: Only you can save yourself. Love isn't everything.