The Gorgeous Vase Was Reclaimed by a Top Mystic Sect and Became Famous

1. As a child who has awakened to the truth, Hua Lele, the fake heiress, wants to avoid the tragic fate described in the novel, including having her beautiful face, her greatest source of pride, ruined. So she plans to leave the Hua family and make a living off her looks on a variety show.

But just after joining the show, she receives explosive news:

Yan Ling, the frail, beautiful, tragic real heiress from the novel, personally clarifies that Hua Lele’s biological parents have extraordinary origins...

They are powerful, mysterious masters in the occult world, with a family sect that has been passed down for a thousand years!

The sect leaders of every generation wield the Judge’s Brush, punishing evil spirits in the human world and upholding justice.

In short, they’re living judges of the dead!

The whole internet goes wild.

Hua Lele is dumbfounded.

This isn’t how the story goes! Why is it suddenly supernatural?

While she’s still reeling, Hua Lele is attacked by an evil spirit.

The spirit even mocks her: “The ghost network in the human world has the latest news. The new living judge really is just a pretty face. Brothers, let’s run wild from now on!”

Hua Lele, who has always used her good looks to get her way, snaps, “You think being a pretty face is easy?”

2. An obscure variety show nobody cares about suddenly draws countless viewers when Hua Lele joins:

In the first episode, Hua Lele is scared to tears by a ghost.

The haters mock her: [Trying to play the victim and get sympathy, huh?]

The occult community sighs: [Without her bloodline, she really isn’t qualified! The human world is doomed!]

The official Spirit Affairs Group frets: [Can... can she really handle the responsibility of being a judge?]

Yan Ling, who rushes over from the hospital to help: [Actually... actually, drawing talismans is really easy. It’s just like putting on makeup.]

In the second episode, everyone watches Hua Lele in a haute couture gown face an attack by the Headless Ghost King. She takes makeup tools from a new limited-edition G-brand bag and says, “Wait, let me touch up my makeup. I want to look gorgeous when I die!”

Everyone’s hearts sink: It’s over!

But the very next moment, the makeup tools glow with golden light.

The arrogant Headless Ghost King repeatedly fails to break through the formation made up of “powder brushes, concealer brushes, blush brushes, eyeshadow brushes, eyebrow brushes, and lip brushes.” At last, he breaks down in tears and begs to have his soul scattered on the spot.

Now transformed from prey into an elite hunter, Hua Lele remains sweet and delicate. She paints her nails with the Judge’s Brush and says, “Dust will affect what kind of face mask I use. Are you filing a grievance? Turn left for the Human-Ghost Disputes Court, turn right for the New Underworld Court. Pick one.”

The Headless Ghost King asks tearfully, “Y-You’re still giving me a chance to file a grievance?”

The whole internet is left reeling.

But the more they watch, the more thrilling it gets. On the show, Hua Lele livestreams fortune-telling and catches human traffickers, dares to @ the Underworld for help catching evil spirits, and gets a master to voice the newly released Underworld Law as it guides the dead to rest...

The variety show becomes a hit.

The haters wail, “Is it too late to call her Master?”

The occult community regrets everything and respectfully addresses her as “Judge Lele!”

Only Yan Ling is proud of her.

[Bonus Scene]

To protect her status and keep others from coveting the Judge’s Brush, Hua Lele grits her teeth and finds herself a King of Hell for a husband.

When negotiating a partnership with the official Spirit Affairs Group, she says with a straight face, “My bloodline guided me, and I was forced to get another husband. Otherwise, should I judge cases with my simple understanding of the law? So, give me a little more support in this partnership and send over some experienced judges.”

When certain people provoke her, she smiles lightly. “Incense is a medium of communication, right? This new incense I’ve made is a favorite of the high-ranking ghosts and gods. Even the King of Hell says it’s great, but your ancestors can’t get any because of you unfilial descendants!”

The challengers are immediately beaten senseless by the power of their own patriarchs, then slink away begging for mercy.

A part-time underworld runner happily heads home, only to see the King of Hell has awakened ahead of schedule. He hurriedly hides his incense bonus and tips off his “wife”: “Stop bragging and run!”

Hua Lele: “???”

After hearing that the King of Hell is quite handsome, she takes a private plane to the Underworld that very night with a team of ghost lawyers. She grandly presents him with The Three Years in the Mortal Realm, Five Years in the New Underworld, Ten Years to Rule the Three Realms plan and declares, “I don’t do charity, so show me your potential. Otherwise, we’re getting divorced!”

The King of Hell, awakened early and driven mad by his “wife,” glares at her: “...!”

Later, the King of Hell sulks and secretly drafts a report on how long-distance relationships affect work!

Reader advisory:

1. Fictional setting, fictional occult arts, not a serious story.

2. The real and fake heiresses team up to dominate the occult world.

3. Episodic format. I’m working on the pacing, so feedback is welcome.

Theme: Seeing is believing; hearing is not