I Ascended After Becoming a Substitute

Blurb: Mu Fuyun was the foremost female cultivator on Yuya Mountain, reaching the peak of her career the moment she entered the world. Her sect devoted its resources to nurturing her, she had countless admirers at her feet, and her path to immortality was smooth sailing. But just before ascending, she transmigrated into a tragic novel about a substitute. In the book, after her older sister died unexpectedly, Mu Fuyun was brought back to Tianyan Sect. The scumbag men used her blood to sustain a wisp of her sister's lingering consciousness. To turn her body into a vessel for her sister's resurrection, they cast her into the forbidden abyss, where she endured eighty-one lightning tribulations and had her soul devoured by countless evil spirits, until her spirit scattered completely. Mu Fuyun: Is this something people actually do? But the Heavenly Dao told her that if she wanted to return to the right path and ascend to immortality, she had to go through it. Mu Fuyun: ...Fine. What heaven decides goes. To suffer less when she finally jumped into the forbidden abyss, she decided to get back to her old ways and cultivate hard to advance her level. The scumbag men could just be stepping stones. Want to use me to resurrect your sister? Then hurry up and help me cultivate! Senior Brother: "Know your place. You're just a substitute." Mu Fuyun: "Mm-hmm. For your sister's sake, Senior Brother, could I borrow your pure fire spiritual energy?" Senior Brother: "?" Junior Brother: "If you weren't Senior Sister's biological sister, you wouldn't even deserve to be her vessel." Mu Fuyun: "That's right. For your sister's sake, Junior Brother, could I borrow the thousand-year-old icy pool in your courtyard?" Junior Brother: "??" Demon Lord: "If I turn you into a puppet, I can keep looking at that face forever, right?" Mu Fuyun: "A puppet's no match for the real thing. Just lend me the sacred herb from your demon realm, and I promise to give you a genuine Mu Fuyue in return!" Demon Lord: "???" Before long, everyone watched in disbelief as Mu Fuyun, once a good-for-nothing, advanced by leaps and bounds. First she came out on top in the outer-sect examination, then distinguished herself in the inner-sect mission, and finally dominated the sect tournament, dazzling everyone and becoming the cultivation goddess in everyone's eyes. The scumbag men began to look at her differently, too. The Demon Lord brought her an entire field's worth of spiritual herbs to win her favor. The Junior Brother drained the thousand-year-old icy pool and turned it into the two basins of bathwater Mu Fuyun used each day. As for the Senior Brother's pure fire spiritual energy? It was just right for heating her bathwater. They thought this would be enough to keep her with them. But before the forbidden abyss, when the scumbag men came to her with their apologies, Mu Fuyun simply waved with a carefree smile. "Do you know how long I've been waiting for this day? No one is going to stand in the way of my path to immortality!" With that, she leaped into the air and plunged into the forbidden abyss. The lightning tribulation struck right on cue. In front of everyone's eyes, the substitute ascended! Note: 1. This is my first time writing a fantasy novel. I have no idea what type it is, only that it's not a comedy. Maybe it starts a little slowly. I really don't know. 2. The scumbag men are not love interests. The male lead is someone else. 3. One-on-one romance, happy ending. Theme: Everyone should live with their own individuality and shine in their own way