The cultivation world has an ironclad rule: the higher one's cultivation, the harder it is to have children.
The Luan family was the exception. Starting with their first-generation ancestor, who began having children in his thirties, they had only one child in each generation. By the time it came to Luan Lizhao, they had finally had a girl, and they cherished her like the apple of their eye.
As the strongest immortal descendant of the Luan family, Luan Lizhao was pushed into the Ten Thousand Demons Cave by her fiance, Jiang Shaoyang, so he could save his beloved and make her bear the scorching fires of karmic retribution.
Before long, because of the binding spell between Luan Lizhao and Jiang Shaoyang, she would suffer in her husband's place, endure the pain of his lightning tribulation, and be reduced to ashes.
Luan Lizhao, now awakened: ...What a fine little tool I am.
It turned out she was living in a cultivation romance novel. The male lead was her fiance, Jiang Shaoyang, but the female lead wasn't her. It was Jiang Shaoyang's beloved. The two of them would go through a whole series of push-and-pull dramas: you love me, but I don't love you; you hurt me, but I can't bear to hurt you; and so on, until they finally reached their happy ending.
Luan Lizhao: To hell with that! Isn't being the strongest immortal descendant in the world a much better deal?
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A cannon-fodder character picks a fight, arrogantly trying to steal a treasure.
Luan Lizhao: "Just you wait. I'll go home and get my great-grandpa!"
And then... the sect's strongest powerhouse, with incredible combat skills, arrives, and the cannon fodder gets thoroughly beaten to a pulp.
The original female lead, a delicate little white flower, gazes at her through tear-filled eyes. "Junior Sister, Brother Shaoyang knows you were spoiled growing up and never lacked for nice things, so he gave me your defensive artifact."
Luan Lizhao: "Just you wait. I'll go home and get my great-great-grandpa!"
And then... the Jade-Faced Immortal Lord, a master of verbal attacks, arrives and mocks the little white flower. "If you want a defensive artifact, go ask your great-great-grandpa. Don't you have one? Oh, right, you really don't!"
The original female lead: ...
Jiang Shaoyang's eyes brim with pain as he refuses to let go. "Zhaozhao, why are you breaking off our engagement? There's really nothing between her and me. Believe me."
Luan Lizhao: "Just you wait. I'll go home and get my great-great-great-grandpa!"
And then... the Venerable Immortal of the Four Seas, whose circle of friends spans far and wide, arrives. He puts an arm around his darling little granddaughter and says warmly, "I told you he was no good. Your great-great-great-grandpa and I have good relations with all the major sects. Before long, we'll hold a matchmaking tournament for our Zhaozhao."
Jiang Shaoyang glances back at the ancestors lined up behind her, from her great-great-great-great-grandpa all the way to her great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandpa, then walks off with a dark expression.
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Luan Lizhao is looking forward to the matchmaking tournament. She waits and waits, until a little wolf boy shows up.
A few of her grandpas say, "Zhaozhao, make do with him for now. This wolf demon is gorgeous and fluffy all over. Don't you love petting soft fur?"
Luan Lizhao looks at the handsome young man before her: ...How am I supposed to pet him?
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The villain dares to provoke her right on her doorstep. Luan Lizhao can't let him get away with acting so arrogantly. The villain assumes she's about to call for her grandpa again and braces himself, only to see the girl push a young man forward. "Go on, bite him!"
The little wolf boy is timid and meek. Mist clouds his dark eyes. "Zhaozhao, I'm scared..."
Luan Lizhao: ...Forget it. I'll just go home and get Grandpa.
Synopsis written on June 24, 2022, screenshot saved.
Theme: Family is the strongest support you can have.