I Became the Female Lead's Cannon-Fodder Daoist Partner

[The novel has undergone major revisions] [Before You Read] A beloved-by-all senior sister bottom × an everybody-hates-her female lead top. One-on-one, happy ending, many original settings, roughly equal parts plot and romance, not a power-progression story, few System scenes, and both leads have their own character arcs. Mutual love, no third parties. He Yan was beautiful and lived beautifully. After a carefree life, she died peacefully of old age. It should have been a perfect ending, but the moment she opened her eyes, she found herself in the cultivation world, turned into a cannon-fodder villainess with top-tier looks and cultivation... The good news: Her new body is young and healthy, and she’s even been given a Dao companion, making up nicely for the regret she’d carried from her previous life. The bad news: The System tells her that her Dao companion is the female lead, and she’s destined to sacrifice herself for her, helping her sever worldly attachments, attain enlightenment, and become a god. He Yan accepts this after a brief pause. Having lived a whole life already, she’s learned to take things in stride. Besides, each day she lives now is a bonus, so it’s no big deal. The first time she meets Jiang Yuan, Jiang is being made to kneel in the Hall of Rectitude. Instead, she sneaks some offerings and sleeps there all afternoon, infuriating the sect leader so much that he leaps up and strikes her. Only later does He Yan learn that Jiang’s usual antics include fighting, teasing cats and dogs, and neglecting her studies. Besides, she’s too young. She’s not He Yan’s type. He Yan decides to do as she always has: expect nothing of her, and wait until the time is right to sacrifice herself for her. Later, she discovers that Jiang is the lively one, the one with a wild streak, and the one who obeys her every command. Jiang secretly studies and works hard just so they’ll have something to talk about, and can’t stand hearing anyone say a single bad word about He Yan. It would be a lie to say she isn’t moved. She decides to keep a little closer watch on Jiang. Only then does she realize that Jiang’s gaze has long since become more than innocent admiration. He Yan finally sacrifices herself for Jiang, and Jiang does indeed attain enlightenment overnight. But it’s the demonic path she comprehends. The immortal sects suffer heavy losses overnight. Everyone laments that He Yan, a heaven-blessed genius, died for that fiend. What a waste... He Yan hears this from a thousand miles away. Crouching by a wall with a chicken in her arms, she sums up her Dao companion for someone: childish, illiterate, clueless about romance, and incredibly hard to deal with. When no one else is around, she defends Jiang in her heart: “Sometimes, she’s pretty cute.” Not cute when she kisses He Yan in a way that oversteps the line. Even less cute when she pins her to the bed. Coming Soon 《Becoming the Villainous Junior Sister’s Most Hated Person》: A sweet-on-the-outside, ruthless-on-the-inside senior sister × a ruthless-on-the-outside, sweet-on-the-inside junior sister Liu Fengyi is the graceful, dignified senior sister of Pudu Sect, the greatest sect under heaven. Behind the scenes, however, she’s a wicked schemer, and she spends all day watching her junior sister. There’s only one reason: Her junior sister, Chu Jinxiao, is the strongest fighter in the cultivation world, with a cultivation level that leaves her eight hundred leagues behind. Liu Fengyi can’t stand it. So she resorts to unorthodox methods, using her own advantages to force her junior sister to repay her with her body, stealing her cultivation. She goes too far, causing her junior sister’s demonic nature to flare up. From then on, she turns evil. When the demons invade, she breaks free of Liu Fengyi’s control, cripples her cultivation, pulls out her bones and tendons, and tortures her to death. “Good grief, she deserved it!” Liu Fengyi says, clapping as she reads about the heroine in the book who shares her name. But the next moment, she transmigrates into the story. Looking down at the future villainess who will one day skin her alive and eat her, Liu Fengyi loses it. “...Seriously, girl?” The moment she meets Chu Jinxiao’s trash-like gaze, Liu Fengyi knows she’s done for. Worse still, her junior sister turns evil right on schedule. Liu Fengyi tries to fake her death and escape, but gets caught and dragged back instead. Now a demon, Chu Jinxiao struggles to hold herself back. Pressing her face against Liu Fengyi’s shoulder, she sobs softly, “Senior Sister... won’t you look at me? Please?” Huh? Liu Fengyi is stunned. “...Don’t take your clothes off. We can talk this out.” Chu Jinxiao is invincible, but because she was contaminated by demonic energy as a child, she can only be a one-of-a-kind killing weapon, wielded by her senior sister. Her senior sister is a sanctimonious hypocrite, spotless on the outside but jealous to the core. She often beats Chu Jinxiao for minor mistakes, leaving her bruised and bloody. But after that night, Liu Fengyi’s temperament changes completely. She starts finding all sorts of ways to be good to Chu Jinxiao, openly favoring her in front of everyone. Chu Jinxiao doesn’t believe in such honey-coated bullets, so she watches Liu Fengyi coldly. But she ends up falling deep into it and developing a heart demon. She can’t stand it anymore. She can’t stand her senior sister looking at anyone but her. Theme: A gentleman may bend a hundred times, but spring branches never cease to grow.