The Villain Decides to Play Dead

The day Yu Xiao fell into demonic cultivation, she learned she was the villain in a book.

She dutifully followed the plot to the end, playing her role as a perfectly compliant tool and handing the protagonists one golden finger after another.

On the day she died, she took her mission reward and left without a backward glance, unconcerned about her four selfish, wickedly clever, honey-tongued and treacherous, utterly villainous disciples.

What she hadn't expected was that the System would malfunction, leaving her stuck in the heavens and forced to watch decades of what happened next.

Her selfish disciple was pierced by thousands of arrows while protecting her corpse.

Her wickedly clever disciple was lured into a trap while trying to resurrect her, and vanished without a trace.

Her honey-tongued, treacherous disciple seduced the male lead to avenge her, only to die by the female lead's sword.

Her ruthless disciple rose to become the greatest villain, coming close to success several times, only to be thwarted by fate.

Watching her disciples perish one by one, their souls scattered, Yu Xiao couldn't sit still. "Damn it, pay me compensation! I'm coming back to life!"

System: "Are you coming back to life to save them?"

Yu Xiao: "I'll kill them. Better to die early and move on than have their souls scattered."

So the System sent her back to the time she first met her disciples.

Three hundred years ago, the eldest senior sister of the Tiandao Sect had yet to abandon her immortal bones and enter the demonic path. She was gentle and forthright, admired by all.

She had saved many people, including four children.

One was timid, always bullied by others, and could do nothing but bawl.

One was a beautiful fool with the mind of a child, who followed her around and sweetly called her "big sister."

One was an honest, simple-minded boy who never told a lie.

One was born gentle and kind, with a spotless heart, and should have lived a life of honor and integrity.

She had always thought she first met her disciples in the demonic realm, amid flames and boiling seas.

She thought they had come seeking profit, taking her as their master just like everyone else in the world.

But she never knew that on the day she fell into demonic cultivation, red rain poured without end and frost fell in the sixth month, while a young boy shouldered his bundle and resolutely walked into a living hell.

They were searching for a ray of light in the darkness.

Premise: Never give up on what you stand for