After My Husband's Death, I Became a Cultivation Master

Ye Zhen had planned to lie flat, freeload, and wait to die. But her new husband, whom she got along with quite well, suddenly died far from home, leaving her in danger of being offered as a sacrifice to a demon beast.

That was when she remembered: she had transmigrated into a cultivation novel centered on a male protagonist, as his cannon-fodder wife, who died early.

After a desperate escape, Ye Zhen happened to enter the Dao under her master's guidance. Only then did she realize that cultivation was the real way to get ahead! To hell with the male and female leads, the righteous and the villains. She would become a powerhouse in her own right.

Later, Ye Zhen became a renowned musical cultivator across the continent. Her pipa playing reached divine heights, and within the range of her music, she could strike down one person every ten paces and hold back an army of ten thousand.

One day, Ye Zhen caught a fleeting glimpse of someone in the crowd. He wore white robes and a jade crown, with a long sword on his back. His face looked terribly familiar. As she frantically tried to remember who he was, her fellow disciple said, "A Zhen, this is Master Shi Yu of the Qingyang Sect. He just came out of seclusion and was sent here by the sect leader to help us."

Wasn't he that cool, domineering, and ridiculously arrogant male lead who slaughtered villages and cities over the slightest provocation?

Ye Zhen was so shocked that she failed to notice how his hands suddenly clenched and joy at finding her again filled the depths of his eyes.

Reading Guide:

1. This is proper cultivation, with character growth. The heroine starts at the Qi Refining stage, but she has a golden finger.

2. The male lead is her husband. She won't switch partners, and he's not a scumbag. They just have incomplete information. But it'll be a very, very, very long time before they meet again, so for now she'll focus on quietly building up her strength. (?)

3. The story draws on various tales of the strange and supernatural, but includes plenty of original worldbuilding. The setting is mostly fictional, so please don't overanalyze it. After all, none of us has ever cultivated immortality. Please don't pick fights.

Theme: Stand on your own feet, grow stronger, and seek truth beyond appearances.