How to Play Four Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Characters

[Taking Turns Getting Cozy with Four Secret Identities]: Sheng Wan transmigrated. The good news was that, besides her identity as the Second Miss of the Sheng family, she had gained three more secret identities she could control at will. According to the story, all three were betrothed to Second Miss Sheng, and she could use those engagements to escape the Sheng family's mess. The bad news was that her three secret identities came with a few complications. Sheng Wan looked at the sickly, tyrannical crown prince who was about to be forced to step aside; the great general who had committed a grave offense and been exiled to the frontier; and the young prince of humble birth whom everyone could bully, and fell into deep thought. * The palace maids noticed that the Fifth Prince had changed. Before, he would only silently endure the palace staff's abuse without saying a word. Even when the emperor questioned him, he could barely manage a reply. Now he would simply stand there, looking bewildered and innocent, without having to say a thing, and everyone would take his side. The palace staff were horrified: Weren't they saying he was foolish and wicked, hated by everyone? Why was the whole palace protecting him? The guards noticed that the general had changed. Before, he would only stand with his saber in hand, glaring fiercely at the officers who followed him. Now he would speak gently, kindly asking whether they needed more medicine or some rest. His subordinates were deeply moved: The general is so gentle and considerate! We misunderstood him before! The emperor noticed that the crown prince had changed. Before, he would only sit gloomily in a corner, dragging his useless leg. Now the emperor realized that he had been enduring everything for the greater good. The court and the people praised the crown prince without end, feeling both respect and sympathy for him. The emperor sighed with relief: This is how the heir to an empire should conduct himself. It seems the crown prince has finally come to his senses! He is fit to shoulder great responsibilities! Everyone in the capital was captivated by the three young noblemen's bright, refined bearing and their unworldly, gentlemanly friendships. That is, until all three simultaneously proposed to the useless Second Miss of the Sheng family. The hearts of the capital's young ladies shattered with a click. ** Huo Linghan had thought that he would spend the rest of his life buried beneath the wild sands of Mobei. He wanted to avenge the grudge from Jianmen Pass, but he was no longer strong enough. The moments when he was lucid had grown shorter and shorter. But when he opened his eyes again, he saw the former crown prince supporting him. The very man who had proved unworthy of the position and caused Huo Linghan to be exiled thousands of miles away was looking down at the scar on his palm and sighing softly. “...Autumn is here.” Huo Linghan was covered in wounds. Every autumn, his old injuries would ache faintly, but he only lowered his eyes. The former crown prince spoke gently, gazing at him thoughtfully. “I wonder if it will hurt when I use this body.” Huo Linghan: ... Huo Linghan: ??? I thought you summoned me back from thousands of miles away because you wanted to put me to use. I never expected what you really wanted was...?! Pseudo self-romance / pseudo love triangle / male lead: Huo Linghan / happy ending --Coming soon: The Villainess Is the Beacon of the Righteous Path in Every Secret Identity-- To get home, the villain Sheng Shu worked diligently at four jobs. Her first job: the senior disciple of Wanjian Sect, a peerless talent and the chosen successor to the sect leader. But while the male lead was in seclusion, she unhesitatingly stole the sword and left, abandoning the senior and junior disciples who trusted her to their deaths. Her second job: Immortal Lord Qinghe. On the verge of ascending, she took the male lead as her disciple, all the while scheming to steal his innate sword bones. Now she had fallen out with the entire cultivation world, and her title as an immortal lord was little more than an empty name. Her third job: Yan He, senior sister of the Hehuan Sect. Unable to win the one she loved, she went mad cultivating and was sealed away by a coalition. She had just bewitched the male lead's fellow disciples into attacking him. Her fourth job: a born demon seed. She had stayed by the heroine's side for years before stabbing her in the back. Now she was the young lord of the demon clan, and had captured the heroine to use as a sacrificial offering. To keep her character consistent, she had worked out the motivations and backstories for all four secret identities. No one could claim that the senior brother, master, senior sister, or young lord of the demon clan they knew was a good person. Then came the problem. The System said that if she didn't redeem herself soon, she would be punished by heavenly tribulation. But the villain had already been exposed. And the Heavenly Dao, which had promised to send her home once she finished the plot, hadn't paid her any attention in six years. Could she and her four secret identities still survive??? * You are an exposed villain. To steal a sword, you abandoned your sect and left its members to die. Now you are on trial, and everyone is glaring at you. What do you choose? To attain immortality, you coveted your disciple's innate sword bones and have just been exposed. All the righteous sects in the world want to kill you. What do you choose? To win someone's love, you used every means at your disposal and went mad cultivating. After being sealed away, you let your disciple catch you in the act of beguiling them. What do you choose? To become a demon, you slaughtered the entire family of the heroine who took you in. Now you have fallen into her hands. What do you choose? Ding! Loading instances: [Return the Bones to Your Master] [With a Clear Conscience] [The Great Dao Is Merciless] [Undying Soul] Ying Canglan still remembered that day. Even when everyone had surrounded him, the Immortal Lord Qinghe, so radiant and refined that his presence felt like a bright moon in one's arms, still lowered his eyes and sheathed his sword before saying: “With a clear conscience, why regret it?” Original blurb (revised): There were many legends in the cultivation world about the senior brother of Wanjian Sect. But there was only one legend about Immortal Lord Qinghe and Yan He, senior sister of the Hehuan Sect. Exquisite in bearing, yet doomed to unrequited love. Sheng Shu, who made her choice again and again and ultimately chose to form a bond with her senior brother secret identity: ...? You weren't saying that when I said I wanted to form a bond with my other two secret identities! #I Went AFK and Ended Up in a Love Triangle with My Secret Identities# #Everyone Thinks the Three Leaders of the Righteous Path Want Me, So They've Turned Against Each Other, But Really I Made It All Up to Explain Why My Three Secret Identities Can't Appear at the Same Time# #Help, the Bonding Ceremony Is About to Begin, but My Secret Identities Can Only Appear One at a Time!# #Is It Too Late to Tell the Cultivation World That I Made All of This Up?# (3.17) A nontraditional cultivation story about secret identities / the heroine herself is a villain / the heroine doesn't actually do evil, she only pretends to be bad at the Heavenly Dao's instruction / no romantic relationships with characters from the original story, only friendship; the ending features self-romance with one of her secret identities / plenty of imagined romantic entanglements and complications between the secret identities / happy ending Theme: Be independent and self-reliant