The Cannon Fodder Pretends to Be a God

After dying suddenly from overwork, Xue Lingyun transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a refugee who nearly starved to death.

Luckily, she has a golden finger that lets her see other people's life stories. Determined not to go hungry, she resolutely decides to become a fortune-teller, but ends up in prison.

The good news is, she discovers that her golden finger refreshes every month.

Just as Xue Lingyun starts to think she has a bright future ahead, she learns that she has transmigrated into a book, and that she's the cannon-fodder stepping stone for the protagonist.

Xue Lingyun says she won't stand for it.

First, she gets the Talent Scout System and recommends a crude butcher to the Court of Judicial Review.

The ministers all laugh at her and call her crazy.

Next, she gets the Spendthrift System, and Xue Lingyun throws money around like water, spending without restraint.

Someone else jumps out to accuse her of being a shameless spendthrift and a parasite on the Great Yong.

Finally, she gets the Turn Trash into Treasure System, and Xue Lingyun loudly announces that she'll trade silver for junk.

At this point, even ordinary people say that Xue Lingyun has suffered a terrible shock and gone completely mad.

Xue Lingyun just smiles without a word.

A few months later, everyone meekly shuts their mouths, comes to apologize, and scrambles to become Xue Lingyun's devoted followers.

Xue Lingyun: Still not enough.

She refreshes the Dress-Up System.

The [Nine Heavens Goddess Outfit] makes the people regard Xue Lingyun as a goddess. She rises to become the supreme being of the Great Yong dynasty.

A goddess whom all so-called protagonists can only look up to.

* This is a fictional setting, so please don't nitpick historical details. The male lead has few scenes.

* The heroine goes through hardships, as if undergoing tribulations in the mortal world.

New novel next door: The Eldest Brother Returns After Stealing His Wife (Double Rebirth), blurb below.

Fu Miaojing's husband dies when she's nineteen. Out of consideration for her bond with Lou Wujiang, she stays at the marquis's residence and remains a widow.

For five years, she dutifully serves her parents-in-law, manages the household, and keeps to herself in lonely widowhood. In return, her mother-in-law bullies her, her sister-in-law betrays her, and her clan members frame her.

At twenty-four, Fu Miaojing dies of illness.

Reborn, she wants to leave the marquis's residence and live her own life, but her family won't take her in.

So Fu Miaojing sets her sights on her uncle-in-law Lou Yulie, a bastard son who's just arrived at the marquis's residence. Only she knows that the despised Lou Yulie will pass the imperial examinations, place second in the palace exam, and be posted to Lanxi.

She treats her uncle-in-law with the utmost care, hoping to convince Lou Yulie to let her leave the capital with him when he takes up his post.

But unlike in her previous life, Lou Yulie becomes the top scholar and stays in the capital.

All her efforts come to nothing, and Fu Miaojing despairs. Then, just when all seems lost, her childhood friend reaches out to her.

Overjoyed, she fails to notice her uncle-in-law's sharp, dangerous gaze. It is domineering, roaming over her inch by inch as if peering through her clothes to see what's beneath.

Fu Miaojing is held captive.

On a spring night, her uncle-in-law bends close to her ear, his warm breath brushing her neck. In a low, hoarse voice, he says, "Sister-in-law, don't think of running. Whatever my brother can give you, I can too."

Fu Miaojing can't accept this forbidden passion, nor does she want to lose her freedom. She tries every way she can to escape, but she can't break free.

Just as she's about to give up in despair, her dead husband returns alive.

Theme: Anything is possible