[I'm very sorry that this story went off track in the later chapters. After a major revision and finishing the remaining chapters, I'll release the complete story all at once.]
Jin Zhao, the foremost sword cultivator who slew the Demon Venerable, transmigrated into a new student at an imperial military academy in a cyberpunk world on the very day her ascension failed.
Before the entrance exam, Jin Zhao looked at the prices of high-tech weapons in the academy's training system, then at the six-figure bill she owed, and simply snapped off a long, slender branch to use as a sword.
That night, a popular post appeared on the academy forum:
#Petition to the R&D Department: Nerf Branches!#
Post 1: I second this!
Post 2: I second this! +1
Post 3: I second this! +2
Post 79: I recognize those eyes. We've all been beaten by that woman with a branch.
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High-tech weapons reign supreme, while cold weapons have been swept away by the tides of time.
Jin Zhao grips the sword in her hand and uses its gleam to shatter the world's prejudices. Beneath the neon lights, she also catches a glimpse of the abyss: the Four Great Conglomerates, real and fake princesses, sea monster rumors, bionic technology, polluted border zones...
Q: What happens when a genius sword cultivator transmigrates into a cyberpunk world?
Jin Zhao: Thanks for asking. I'm in the cyberpunk world, just left the palace, and nearly ascended the throne.
Pre-release: I'm Cultivating the Culinary Path, So How Am I Not the Villain?
Qing Yuan only realized she had transmigrated into a book after spending over a hundred years in the cultivation world. By then, she had become the Immortal Alliance's foremost senior disciple, cultivating the much-maligned Culinary Path.
When she saw the handsome young man her master had rescued, she suddenly remembered a review she'd read long ago: all her friends and mentors would eventually die at the hands of the boy after he fell to demonic cultivation.
The book was called The Heaven-Defying Demon God. Qing Yuan, who despised demons, understood: surely this young junior brother was the protagonist.
That meant those of them following the righteous path of cultivation were the villains!
After some thought, Qing Yuan changed her usual aloof, solitary ways and decided to keep the junior brother under her personal watch, so he wouldn't have time to fall to demonic cultivation.
She'd start by working him to the bone as a helper at her new restaurant!
Watching her junior brother thrive under her relentless demands, Qing Yuan smiled with satisfaction.
Until...
Can someone tell her why a demon core has appeared in her primordial spirit?
"After working so hard to slay the Demon God, it turns out I'm the Demon God myself?"
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The long-prophesied descent of the Demon God has finally come to pass in the cultivation world. The Immortal Elders follow the aura of the demon core to exterminate the demon, but wait... why have they arrived at Little Qing's Eatery, famous throughout the Six Realms?
Shopkeeper Qing Yuan: I'm truly sorry. I didn't realize I was the Demon God. I'll pack my things and go to the Demon-Suppressing Tower to face justice.
The Immortal Elders: ...Not every demon deserves to die. We trust that Immortal Qing won't slaughter innocents! Could we get a bowl of cheese instant noodles with egg and sausage, plus a cola?
The demons who've been craving her food for ages: Immortal Qing is actually the Demon God! Hooray, now we can finally eat at Little Qing's Eatery!!
In the corner, the handsome young man lowered the sword in his hand and let out a sigh of relief.
If these people took his senior sister away, he'd fall to demonic cultivation and slaughter the entire cultivation world to avenge her.
Qing Yuan walked by and urged him, "What are you standing around for? Go fry an egg."
Theme: Even if you start over, take it one step at a time.
