Racking Up Malice to Unlock the Blind-Box Cultivation Era

Ling Bo transmigrated from the Age of Declining Dharma, only to discover a wondrous era where high technology and cultivation have merged, and nearly every industry has ties to cultivation.

Pharmacies sell miraculous pills that boost one's cultivation. Pet shops sell spirit beasts with spirit beast bloodlines that can be bound as companions. The spirit treasure shops sell all kinds of spirit tools...

Most importantly, every TV channel is promoting the upcoming secret realm expedition.

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The secret realm is a wondrous place. Its spiritual energy is more than ten times as concentrated as that of the outside world, and spirit plants, spirit beasts, and spirit ore are everywhere. Ten thousand keys have fallen from the sky, and the realm will open for a month.

It's a lawless place where people can fight as they please, and a gold mine for treasure hunters.

A key can end up in anyone's hands: a homeless person, or a nobody who tried to hitch a ride on a martial arts star's fame.

That's right, Ling Bo is that nobody.

No one knows that the nobody mocked for shamelessly trying to ride a famous star's coattails is actually the legitimate child, while the martial arts star who has enjoyed every advantage within the marriage is the illegitimate child born in disgrace.

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While Ling Bo is still thrilled by the wonders of this new world, a cold, malicious voice rings in her ear.

[Congratulations, Host. You have bound the Malice Value Gacha System. Host, collect malice points to open prize draws. Spirit plants, spirit pills, spirit tools, and cultivation techniques are all available.]

[Calculating current malice value... Huh? Congratulations, Host. Your current malice value is 32,000 points.]

System: ...A Host chosen by fate, indeed.

Ling Bo is secretly delighted. So being a nobody has its perks. Ha ha! Let the mockery come even harder!

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When Ling Bo hears that the illegitimate child has also gotten a key, and that the secret realm expedition will be livestreamed around the world, she's even more excited.

The illegitimate child, a martial arts star with tens of millions of fans, means that even if each fan gives her just one malice point, she'll make a fortune.

Hahaha! Let that illegitimate child see what she can do! Come on, haters, hate her!

Ling Bo spends the whole month racking up malice points from the illegitimate child, but something strange happens as the secret realm expedition nears its end.

Since she can't hear what people outside are saying, Ling Bo doesn't notice that the rate at which she gains malice points has slowed from its initial surge to a crawl.

Then one day, she bullies the illegitimate child and snatches the most valuable spirit ore from her hands. The illegitimate child squats on the ground and sobs, touched that her big sister didn't take everything. And Ling Bo's malice points don't go up at all.

The nobody has become a star.

That can't be right! Ling Bo quickly activates her secret identity feature. Once she leaves the secret realm, she'll use another identity and keep farming malice points.

As long as you hate me, we're sisters from different mothers and fathers.

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From then on, the heroine appears under one secret identity after another on every livestreamed show, from the National Youth Cultivation Tournament to interdimensional exploration variety shows and the World Cultivation Tournament. All over the world, she earns a reputation for being "wicked to the core."

Until one day, a sweet voice kicks the Malice Value Gacha System away.

[Hello, Host. I've chased that bad guy off. I'm the Goodwill Value Gacha System. Host, collect goodwill points to open prize draws.]

Heroine: ...Uh, is it possible she's already committed too many sins?

[Not at all! I calculated your total, Host. Your current goodwill value is one million points.]

Heroine: ...Hadn't she been keeping up her persona perfectly? How did things turn out like this?

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Note: Everyone the heroine farms malice points from deserves what they get. She changes secret identities often, and the story includes reveal and comeback arcs.

Theme: Become a better version of yourself.