[Major spoiler warning: In the original timeline, the male lead becomes the universally desired recipient of abuse in a tragic danmei novel. Avoid this story if that's a dealbreaker!]
As the only daughter of the Lingyun Sect's leader, Wen Rangyu was gifted and born into privilege. From childhood, she got everything she wanted and never learned restraint, becoming arrogant and overbearing.
Even when facing He Nancun, the favored genius of the neighboring Canggui Sect, she showed not the slightest humility. In fact, because he always acted as if no one else mattered, she became even more bad-tempered.
Their personalities were as different as fire and ice, yet every time they met, they argued so fiercely that the onlookers steered clear, afraid of getting caught up in it.
One morning, Wen Rangyu, dressed in red and wearing an impatient expression, stormed up to the gates of the Canggui Sect once again and demanded to see He Nancun.
Looks like they're about to start arguing again.
As the onlookers tactfully backed away, already knowing what was coming, Wen Rangyu lifted her chin and glared at He Nancun, who stood with his arms around his sword. In a thoroughly unpleasant tone, she held out her right hand. "Hey! Do you want to come with me?"
The next moment, the onlookers gaped as He Nancun, usually so calm and taciturn, suddenly blushed to the tips of his ears. He put away his sword, carefully took her hand, and said softly, "All right."
Wen Rangyu once had a dream. In it, the expressionless sword cultivator she disliked most had lost all his cultivation and had his proud spirit broken. He stared blankly at the sky as countless hands dragged at his body, pulling him down into endless mire.
But just as the mire was about to swallow him completely, he suddenly turned to look at Wen Rangyu and smiled softly, his ruined beauty like a peony crushed to pieces.
Only then did she understand. He Nancun, the gifted prodigy who had made a name for himself in his youth, was nothing but a plaything. The Canggui Sect had raised him and made him successful only for his talent, his cultivation, his spiritual roots, his flesh and blood.
No one had ever cared about him as a person, much less cared about his smile.
When she woke from the dream, an immense greed suddenly welled up in Wen Rangyu's heart.
She wanted to make that smile hers alone.
She wanted to grind to dust everyone who coveted him.
She wanted...
For him to live well.
Reader's Guide:
1. This story is also known as How I Cussed Out Every Lecher.
2. The heroine is beautiful, ruthless, and short-tempered. She takes on the world and even the air around her, but luckily she has powerful connections and a solid backing, so she never has to fear being jumped in an alley.
3. Cultivation levels in this story: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Spirit Severing → Deity Transformation → Body Integration → Tribulation Transcendence → Mahayana.
4. Forms of address in this story: Golden Core cultivators are called "Realms," Nascent Soul cultivators "True Lords," Spirit Severing cultivators "True Venerables," and Deity Transformation cultivators "Venerables." There are no standard titles for the other levels.
5. This is a fluffy, logic-free story. Please bear with it.
Theme: Outstanding people should shine brightly all their lives.
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