Please Enter the Mirror

Announcement: Please note that Please, Step Into the Mirror is expected to enter the paid section on April 8, starting with Chapter 25. If you've already read it, be sure not to buy it again! Thank you for your support!

A new preorder is open, and the full manuscript is complete!

The Goal Is to Kill the Male Lead: A little story about hunting demons and growing up.

A resolute, rational, occasionally impulsive, morally gray female lead with a mind full of killing, x a pure-hearted, love-struck male lead who gets sulky and can be little or big (?), depending on the moment.

Love Me Again, Little Brother; I Didn't Mean to Kill You; Transmigrate into a Book and Become a Mom Without the Pain; A Natural Birth Is Better Than a Helping Hand

Gu Jin died unexpectedly and transmigrated into a book as the number-one henchman under the villain. She was bound to a useless System and arrived before the story had even begun.

System: Host, follow the established plot and improve the story's completeness to earn the right to live freely.

Gu Jin: Are you running a kidnapping racket? I can be resuscitated and live just fine! Hurry up and send me back!

System: Um, Host, someone has already claimed all your funeral expenses...

After a lengthy negotiation, Gu Jin was left speechless. The villain wanted to take the male lead's immortal bones, so she diligently helped the villain trip him up. The male lead was currently traveling down the mountain under a hidden identity.

Gu Jin saw a streak of sparks flash across the barrier imprisoning her and laughed in anger. "What am I supposed to do in this state?"

The System hesitated. "Wait for someone fated to come along?"

Gu Jin: ...

She didn't get the male lead. Instead, Gu Jin got a grumpy little brat.

Gu Jin: Someone fated to come along... A fated kid, huh? Fine, fine.

She seized the chance to damage the barrier and abduct the fated kid, then blew up the immortal mountain imprisoning her and made a proper scene. She turned a deaf ear to the System's furious reprimands, and even came up with a new interpretation of the mission: without the male lead, the villain lacked an essential condition for causing trouble. It was a win-win!

The Thousand-Li Pursuit of Gu Jin begins!

The System had no idea what Gu Jin was thinking. Pleased by her enthusiasm, it began showering her with rewards. Collect enough entries in the encyclopedia, and she could identify the male lead and find him!

Gu Jin completed the mission in a flash and perfectly caught the image of the male lead dropped by the System... one sixty-fourth of it, anyway.

Gu Jin: You might as well give me a photo of one of the male lead's pores and tell me to go find him.

The System gave a fawning smile. "Collect enough entries and you can unlock an early preview of the male lead's portrait."

Gu Jin: ...I'll trust you one last time.

Gu Jin worked herself to the bone to unlock the early preview. She got the portrait, then fell silent for three minutes.

Gu Jin: Who's this old man?

The System was silent as a chicken.

After enduring countless hardships, Gu Jin finally found the male lead. The System hadn't even had time to congratulate her before Gu Jin plunged her blade right through him.

System: ...Aaaaaaaaaah!

Gu Jin: Wait, he looks kind of familiar... Where's that fated kid?!

*

Ji Shiyan was born with immortal bones, bringing disaster upon the Ji family. One night, the entire family was slaughtered.

The Wanxiang Sect rescued Ji Shiyan, but he could only take the form of a five-year-old child. Renamed "Fou Ran," he stayed by the side of the great demon Fusang in exchange for a slim chance at survival.

Whether as Ji Shiyan or Fou Ran, he hated that demon.

The great demon Fusang, Gu Jin, had a sharp tongue and liked to tease people. She didn't fit in and was always standing with her arms crossed, giving people a cold look. Time and again, she wanted to get rid of Ji Shiyan and feed him to a monster. Even though she'd saved him several times, Ji Shiyan still hated her.

Gu Jin would never find "Ji Shiyan."

Until the sect was attacked, and Gu Jin led Ji Shiyan, eyes red-rimmed, back to fight. In the chaos, his spiritual power surged and he transformed into a seventeen-year-old boy. Facing Gu Jin, he said hoarsely, "I am Ji Shiyan."

Ji Shiyan had heard Gu Jin mutter that she only wanted to find him so she could kill him.

The sect had suffered this disaster to keep him alive. If only he hadn't been there...

Gu Jin's face was expressionless as she raised her hand. Ji Shiyan felt a chill in his chest. When he opened his eyes again, it was like waking in another world.

He wasn't dead.

Gu Jin drove back the demon sect, crushed the sacred object of the demon realm, and gave him a demon's heart.

The great demon Fusang belonged to the element of wood, the source of the greatest vitality.

From then on, Ji Shiyan had nothing left to fear.

He waited three years for Gu Jin, looking forward to the moment she'd open her eyes. Instead, he got a sword through the chest.

Gu Jin tilted her head, thinking. She was three years late in killing the male lead.

"So you're Ji Shiyan."

*

Later, Gu Jin told him she loved him. Ji Shiyan looked up, examining her inch by inch.

"I kept mistaking you for someone who cared about me..."

Ji Shiyan stared at the softened corners of Gu Jin's eyes, then slowly smiled. A watery red hue spread through his eyes.

"I won't believe you again, you liar."

*

At the end of the story, no one could turn things around, and Gu Jin chatted idly with the System.

"I know that feelings can only ever hold kind people hostage, so from the very beginning, I never planned to be a kind person."

Gu Jin tossed a pebble up and down, her eyes narrowed, still looking as casual as ever.

"You know, the osmanthus duck at Tianyu Tower is delicious, Li Ji's wontons have thin wrappers and generous fillings, and Chen Yue Manor's peach-blossom wine is rich and sweet... That Ji Shiyan can drink a couple of cups, too..."

Gu Jin suddenly stopped.

"Forget it. I won't talk about him."

She hurled the pebble away and turned to leap into the sacrificial formation.

Ji Shiyan turned around. Green light filled the sky as the sacrificial formation, like a raging fire doused with water, quickly died down.

Spiritual energy rose to the heavens, and spring returned to the land.

Those who knew one another embraced and wept. Those in love swore never to part.

He alone was left behind.

Left alone again.

Amid the relief of surviving the calamity, Ji Shiyan alone walked against the crowd, stumbling to the center of the formation. After a long while, he picked up a withered branch.

There were no tears in his eyes.

"I will never forgive you, Gu Jin. Never."

*

Gu Jin opened her eyes to the clamor of gongs and drums and the crackle of firecrackers. Joyful announcements filled the air.

"Good news! Wonderful news! Ji Shiyan, the first disciple of the Wanxiang Sect's leader, is to be married very soon!"

Gu Jin: ???

She grabbed her sword and stormed off.

Fine! This male lead really does need another stabbing!

The groom is getting married, but the bride isn't me?

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Western fantasy romance preorder: Elves Don't Eat Monkey Food (Western Fantasy)

A demon woman who seems like a carnivore x an elf man who doesn't eat vegetables

The elf is a little spoiled, and the demon has a touch of romance.

Also known as I'm Not a Vegetarian and The Demoness's Guide to Romance

In the remotest region of the demon realm stood a lonely castle, home to "the antisocial weirdo" Egret.

He didn't like the twisted red coral beloved by demons, or the heady tears of hot roses.

The blurb is being updated in real time. This time, the focus is on romance.

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Please, Step into the Mirror

[Easygoing, Clear-Eyed Hairpin Mirror Maker x Flirtatious, Scheming, Beautiful and Wretched]

Chen Zui, a hairpin mirror maker, thought of herself as a disposable side character who could be killed at any moment. She tried her best to escape her fate and return to her old trade.

What did the safety of the cultivation world have to do with a little nobody like her?

She hid under a secret identity, dodging from place to place, and saw the world's fickleness for herself.

But beneath that fickleness, she occasionally glimpsed the sincere hearts of ordinary people, and finally learned the truth behind their decline.

Without a path to cultivation, how could one prove the Great Dao? Beneath their delusions, resentment festered.

Chen Zui helped these suffering people to their feet and used mirrors as a path, building them a road that reached the heavens.

"The number-one top donor's hairpin mirror shop has mirrors so rare you can't buy one. Why hold a tournament just to sell them, with such strict conditions?"

"They're hard to come by, but mortals can gain longevity with one, and even people with five spiritual roots can cultivate immortality. It's no longer just a dream!"

Chen Zui put up an advertisement beneath the sign of the number-one top donor's hairpin mirror shop and clapped her hands.

From then on, mirror cultivators of the Mirror Sect sprang up like bamboo shoots after the rain, sweeping across the cultivation world.

*

"I entrust my life to you. I will never betray you. Let the Heavenly Dao bear witness. If I break my vow, may my soul be destroyed!"

Yan Sheyue spoke with a calm gaze, not the slightest bit embarrassed.

"I did say that..." Chen Zui stammered.

But she'd only said it to fool Yan Sheyue! How could it count?

Yan Sheyue lowered her eyes forlornly, the starlight in them shattered. "So you were lying to me."

Chen Zui glanced at the blade pressed against her throat and hurriedly said, "No! I wasn't! It was true!"

"Really?"

"Really! Really!"

The blade moved away, and Chen Zui breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan Sheyue's lips curved into a faint smile as she whispered beneath the snow.

"Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice. The days are short and the nights are long. It's an auspicious day for a wedding."

"Chen Zui, become my cultivation partner."

Seeing the sword about to leave its sheath again, Chen Zui burst into tears.

Reading Guide:

1. The female lead's own cultivation journey is the main storyline, with an ensemble cast (I'll do my best to handle it)!

2. Everyone has their own story, and they look out for one another along their own paths!

3. The male lead is proper at first, but his true nature comes out later.

4. Plot first, romance later!

I hope the female lead can save every adorable person crying alone in a corner!

Theme: Everyone is born equal, and the harder you work, the luckier you get