Tu Ling Ran Off with the Picture

Qingtong's soul is seized when she awakens her contract mark, sucked into the Star Abyss painting, and taken to the Painting Cultivation Continent. After ten years of fighting over it, the painting finally falls into the hands of Yidaozi.

Her soul is mistaken for the spirit of the treasure painting.

She wants to leave, but Yidaozi seals her with a sigil and feeds her rare treasures for a hundred years.

At last, she's been raised... no, a century of cultivation finally lets Qingtong break free of the seal. Worried that her identity will be exposed and she'll come to a bad end, she flees at once. Who knew the treasure painting, Star Abyss, would chase after her, clinging to her soul and refusing to leave?

"Fine. If you let me go, that madman will probably tear you apart, too. Come with me!" The soul and the painting make a swift, cold escape, transmigrate across planes, and return to their home continent, the Contract Continent.

It's just... what should she do with that huge fortune Yidaozi left inside the painting? No, wait, should she return it?

She's back, and she's brought enough top-grade resources to rival the wealth of several kingdoms.

But after reclaiming her body, she discovers that her reputation is so awful she doesn't even know where to begin repairing it.

Not only was she driven out of her family over sex scandals, she also sold herself into servitude in a fit of anger.

Good heavens, what use is all this wealth, enough to rival several kingdoms?

When Pei Yin breaks through the ninth rank and ascends to the Void, the Violet Extreme Seal Disk shatters. Its fragments are sucked into a spatial layer, and he follows them, only to end up on the Painting Cultivation Continent.

There, he happens upon the treasure painting Star Abyss, which can nourish all things, remove impurities, and purify them. So he stores the combined wealth of both planes inside the painting to be nurtured.

It's a fine painting, but its spirit has suffered terribly. It says that in ancient times it was grievously wounded protecting its former master, losing all its memories and forgetting the Star Abyss painting's secret cultivation method.

To repair the painting spirit, Pei Yin feeds it countless rare treasures for a hundred years.

Who could have guessed that the spirit he'd raised would mysteriously run away from home, with Star Abyss following after it? The painting and its spirit disappear without a trace.

What??? This is ridiculous!

Pei Yin spends months setting up formations, drawing talismans, and calculating, finally finding a trace of their path. The plane it points to seems a little familiar, like his home, the Contract Continent.

He sets off after them.

Leaving when she's at her richest, then returning to this familiar land so poor she doesn't even have a single change of clothes...

Content warning: There is no pure goodness in this cultivation world. Neither lead is perfect. They will take resources from others and even scheme when their lives are in danger.

Male lead: A madman and an idiot, with an active inner monologue and a tendency to chatter.

Female lead: A madwoman who swears.

Theme: As long as you're willing to work hard, you can always claim a place for yourself in the world.