Ji Qianfan spent years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Then, one day, she kicked the bucket and transmigrated into the heroine of a fantasy romance novel.
In the original story, the heroine came from a poor family but was peerlessly beautiful. Because she carried a rare leopard bloodline, she was exceptionally admitted to the Imperial Military Academy. There, surrounded by the privileged and powerful, she endured endless bullying, but ultimately proved herself through kindness, sincerity, and beauty, and was chosen to become the Second Prince's consort.
Ji Qianfan was baffled. Wasn't the heroine supposed to be the strongest fighter in the Empire? With fists as big as cooking pots, how could anyone bully her? Wouldn't physically beating them into submission be faster than winning them over with sincerity?
After that, the original story's plot went further and further off the rails, focusing entirely on romance. Going to school might as well have been pointless. In a world besieged by magical beasts, the original heroine still went on to perform all kinds of plots that ignored logic and the world's progression, such as "I realized I don't love my fiance, but his brother," "Even if the world is ending, I'm eloping with my true love," "The magical beasts are here, but I won't fight them; I'll sacrifice myself for love," and "My love is so sincere that even the world brought me back to life." In the end, she achieved a perfect happy ending.
Ji Qianfan: ...Honestly, I don't really get it. I guess anything is possible if there's love.
But Ji Qianfan had little interest in romance. The only things these hands of hers were used to were carrying her teammates on her back and piercing her enemies' throats.
Later, the history books would record that in the 371st year of the Empire's New Calendar, a tide of mutated beasts surged across the border. For three days, the Dawnbringer Qianfan charged against the tide, taking on ten thousand foes alone. When the silver gleam of her blade cut through the darkness, one witness said, "She is a dream that makes you raise your arms and cheer."
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Romance blurb:
As the Empire's Second Prince, Feinuo had many secrets. One of them was that he could see the date of his own death.
With his phoenix bloodline, he was destined not to die for several hundred years.
The day he met Ji Qianfan, two things happened to Feinuo.
For the first time, he felt his heart beat.
And his death, once several hundred years away, was suddenly brought forward to a day two years from then.
", If she is my destined end, I will soak the thorns in my blood and build a crown to place upon her head."
[Blurb posted and screenshot on 20230306]
Notes:
1. Pairing: Ji Qianfan x Feinuo. A wild, cool, dark-skinned big sister type takes the lead, paired with a gentle, world-weary Second Prince who is a beauty. Happy ending.
2. A feel-good story with a powerful golden finger, featuring both character progression and romance. The leads fall for each other through mutual understanding and respect, and the male lead wholeheartedly supports the path the female lead chooses.
3. In this setting, social status depends on whether someone has a bloodline and how powerful it is. Fierce beasts and other powerful fighters have higher-ranked bloodlines, while small herbivores and the like have lower-ranked ones. The female lead is a black panther, and the male lead is a phoenix. Those with bloodlines can transform either partially or completely (translation: you can see the female lead hooking the male lead's tail feathers with her tail).
4. The female lead isn't a traditional paragon who lives only to serve the people. The male lead seems gentle but is, at heart, extremely weary of the world. If you can't accept flawed protagonists, this may not be for you. Sending love.
Theme: Carve out your own world with your own two hands
