Huayang was a legend in the cultivation world. She entered the Heavenly Gate and began cultivating at eighteen, reached Qi Refining in one year, Foundation Establishment in two, and grasped the intent of the sword in three. She became the beloved junior sister of everyone in the Sword Sect.
Huayang was a laughingstock in the cultivation world. She fell head over heels for a music cultivator, chasing after him until she abandoned her cultivation and her sword. In the end, she became a puddle of mush in the pit of ten thousand beasts.
In the blink of an eye, she was back beneath the Heavenly Gate. Huayang glanced at the seemingly endless steps, then looked back at the smooth road behind her.
She remembered what she had heard before waking up: climb the steps, and just like before, she would inexplicably fall in love with a man, pine after him until she was ready to die for him, and then die. Or turn around and live an ordinary life, while someone else took her place.
That was her fate.
She scoffed, flipped the Heavenly Dao the bird, then gathered up her skirt and charged straight ahead.
Screw fate. She didn't believe in that crap.
This story is also known as: Why Is the Heroine Always Roasting People?
Content warnings:
The heroine is mentally ill, literally. She's in a great state of mind: either killing people or cursing them out. Don't hold her to any moral standards. There are none in the cultivation world, and she's already died once, so cut her some slack.
A no-CP story about a strong female lead's growth. Everyone is an ordinary person. No one turns into a princess, an ancient god, or some other random thing just when they're about to win. Ordinary people have the right to fight back, too.
There will be men, and they'll have one-sided crushes. Huayang just wants to stay alive. She isn't leading anyone on, and she'll turn them all down!
Theme: No matter what, be the protagonist of your own life and dare to fight back
