[Classic progression fantasy, a revival of a beloved old style]
Before she turned eighteen, Pei Yun thought she had the part of a pitiful underdog: both parents dead, born with a spiritual body but sealed by eight restrictions, as weak as a toddler and unable to cultivate.
After turning eighteen, she discovered she was actually holding a good-for-nothing's broken-engagement script: her engagement was called off, her uncle drove her out, she couldn't even reclaim her parents' ashes, and she still had to scrape together tuition.
As if a good-for-nothing difficulty level from the start weren't enough, one piece of bad luck after another piled up.
Pei Yun: "..." What is this, a match-three game?
Just as she was about to set off for school alone, carrying her parents' ashes, Pei Yun accepted her fate and finally agreed to the System's request in her mind. She might as well fight for herself.
[Monster-Catching System successfully bound. Your livestream has been opened.]
[Livestream points can be exchanged for or used to draw items of equal value. Room number: 9949.]
The one thing that made this different was that she finally saw the Otherworld, a place that had previously existed only in rumors and hearsay. Humans, ghosts, snakes, and gods were all supernatural beings, collectively known as monsters, while those who hunted them were called monster catchers.
Here, ordinary people ran into evil spirits, celestial masters belonged to different sects, and monsters roamed unchecked.
And Pei Yun had only one person and one sword.
She sealed corpses in coffins and cut down mountain ghosts.
No demon or evil spirit could harm her.
The livestream exploded, and the points poured in!
[Congratulations! You have obtained a blank, upgradeable Heavenly-tier skill!]
[Congratulations! You have obtained one Heavenly Essence Pill!]
[Congratulations! You have obtained a Spirit Pact, with a random selection of an ancient monster!]
And so Pei Yun embarked on a path of popping Earth-tier pills like candy and burning Heavenly-tier skills like firewood. If fate was written in the heavens, so what? She could still bend it to her will.
[I have a sword that can slay demons, ghosts, and wandering immortals.]
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Reading guide: Starts with a broken engagement; a strong female lead with a story straight out of Qidian.
A fun, fast-paced progression fantasy with a touch of old-school flavor. I've wanted to write this for a long time, and it's still the kind of story where the protagonist is absolutely the center of everything. The setting is from an earlier era.
Cultivation levels: Spirit Awakening -- Bone Tempering -- Meridian Opening -- Blood Refining -- Divine Communion -- Entering the Dao -- Body Severing
Theme: I fight for myself, not for heaven.
