Ordinary girl Su Xiatang is struck by lightning on her way home from work and sent to the world of cultivation. From then on...
An overage "child" of unknown origins shamelessly sneaks into a sect, competing with actual children over cultivation and grades. She is constantly worried that some powerful cultivator will kill her and take her treasures, so she survives by keeping a low profile, then proves just how powerful she is.
At the tournament:
Inside the secret realm, talented disciples fight to the death. Outside, the elders nod in satisfaction at their disciples' outstanding performances.
Only the elders of Taixu Sect silently cover their faces.
"Martial Uncle, they're fighting so viciously. Could you give me a top-grade defensive talisman treasure?" Su Xiatang clings tightly to her martial uncle's sleeve, looking pitiful with her baby face.
"Get. In. There!"
Su Xiatang completely ignores the strange looks from everyone around her. "If I get too badly hurt, it'll interfere with my cultivation. I'm your own martial niece, after all. Ah!"
After a startled cry, she is gone.
The elder of Taixu Sect finally loses patience and throws her into the secret realm.
The other factions look down on them: This is in the bag. Taixu Sect must be desperate if they picked a disciple this afraid of dying.
When they see her use saber techniques, they are slightly surprised. She has some skill, at least.
When they see her draw talismans with her bare hands, they are deeply suspicious. How can a Foundation Establishment cultivator do that? Could she actually be a Golden Core cultivator in disguise?
When they see her form hand seals with one hand, they stare in astonishment as deep-purple lightning condenses into a true-image thunder dragon, sweeping all before it, invincible.
In front of a captivated crowd, she defeats a genius at the Core Formation stage and makes a name for herself in one battle, rising onto the Prodigy Rankings.
The elders glare angrily toward Taixu Sect. So this is your trump card? You put on such an act? Shameless!
After that, Taixu Sect finally sheds its label as the perennial runner-up, only to be branded shameless, cunning, and treacherous...
The cultivation world is never short of cultivators who have suffered at her hands, writing long complaints about Su Xia's shameless deeds and how she is unworthy of being a prodigy!
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As Kunlun's senior disciple, Ji Xingyuan has never lost with his sword in hand. He has always been cold and proud, looking down on everyone, yet his handsome face makes him the object of widespread admiration.
His cultivation has always advanced smoothly, and by the age of one hundred he has reached the Nascent Soul stage.
But he is nearly brought to ruin by a young female cultivator he had never taken seriously. He has never suffered such a loss before, so he storms into Taixu Sect to settle the score, only to find that the culprit has already fled.
That day, the cultivation world is abuzz with "One Hundred and Eight Versions of the Tale of the Heartless Woman Who Toyed With and Abandoned the High-and-Mighty Beauty."
At first, Ji Xingyuan thinks they're blind and can only spread rumors.
Later, he still thinks they're blind, jealous that he and his Dao companion are a match made in heaven.
In the end, he wishes they were blind. Their rumor has actually come true.
Note:
1. A slow-burn story focused on the heroine's growth as she advances in cultivation and adventures through the cultivation world. The setting is largely original, and the male lead appears in the middle of the story.
2. Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Mahayana, Ascension.
& Recommended completed sweet romances:
"My Love, You Bewitch My Heart": A beautiful, unhinged little demoness vs. a refined, fatherly emperor
"After the Moonlight Was Set Up to Fall into the Water": A devoted, possessive Crown Prince vs. a spoiled girl who eventually falls for him
Theme: A prodigy is someone of exceptional talent and great influence.
