After Becoming the Sacrifice to Save the Heroine

Ruan Tong had always been a diligent, easygoing office worker who did the bare minimum. Then she suddenly transmigrated into a xianxia tragedy as an insignificant cannon-fodder character.

The original heroine, Wen Lianzhi, was born with immortal bones, radiant and graceful. She was the moonlight in the hearts of everyone in the cultivation world. But she was framed one day, forced to have her immortal bones extracted and her cultivation destroyed. In the end, she fell to darkness, turned demonic, and took revenge on the world, bringing the entire small world to the brink of collapse.

The cannon-fodder character who shared Ruan Tong's name joined the entire sect in bullying the heroine when she fell on hard times. In the end, the heroine broke her arms and legs, leaving her crippled and imprisoned in a dungeon, where she wished for death every day.

Ruan Tong: Can I turn over a new leaf and just be a decent bystander?

Heaven's Will: No. If the heroine falls to darkness, the world will still be destroyed, and you'll still die.

Ruan Tong: ...

To avoid dying a second time, Ruan Tong was forced to take on the responsibility of "saving the world" by helping the heroine experience the warmth of human kindness.

So when Wen Lianzhi needed pills, she went to buy them. When she needed a training partner, Ruan Tong stayed by her side day after day. When others grew jealous of her, Ruan Tong secretly took care of them.

Even when Wen Lianzhi was struck by an aphrodisiac and had no way to deal with it, Ruan Tong came to her side and stayed with her through one reckless night.

The next morning, Ruan Tong woke with a tangled heart.

Wen Lianzhi, usually so composed and serene, still nestled in Ruan Tong's arms, her body soft. Her sparkling eyes, full of springtime warmth and a hint of shyness, turned to her. "Junior Sister, I'm very happy."

Ruan Tong: "?!"

At first, Ruan Tong only wanted to stay alive. But facing Wen Lianzhi, she found herself giving her heart away without realizing it, loving and protecting her with all she had.

On the day Wen Lianzhi broke through in cultivation and reached the turning point of the story, Ruan Tong presented her with a carefully prepared congratulatory gift, wishing her freedom from the plot and a future soaring to the heavens, with her cultivation reaching the pinnacle.

But just as they were enjoying a romantic moment beneath the moon and flowers, Ruan Tong was suddenly abducted and imprisoned in a dark, sunless water dungeon.

Her cultivation was crippled, and her heart's blood was drawn from her day after day as she endured the agony of having her heart cut out.

Even amid the pain and terror, Ruan Tong could think only of Wen Lianzhi, worried that something terrible had happened to her too.

Until she saw Wen Lianzhi arrive, surrounded by others, looking down coldly as Ruan Tong struggled.

It turned out that Wen Lianzhi had been reborn. She needed to reach the pinnacle of cultivation and break through to the immortal realm, while Ruan Tong was nothing but a stepping stone to help her become a god.

On the day the sacrificial formation was completed, Ruan Tong looked at Wen Lianzhi's ever-cool, indifferent expression, and finally gave up all hope.

So she leaped into the formation.

Amid the blood-red light, Ruan Tong thought she saw Wen Lianzhi running toward her, her expression shattered.

Everyone knew that the Xuan Chu Sect had produced two extraordinary rising stars of their generation, hailed as the "Twin Jewels of Xuan Chu."

Wen Lianzhi, in particular, was born with immortal bones and was considered the person most likely to ascend in a thousand years.

But now, one was dead, and the other had fallen to demonic cultivation. She wandered everywhere with a broken sword, searching for the person who had once been by her side.

Listening to this in a teahouse, Ruan Tong smiled quietly, her heart unmoved.

What did Wen Lianzhi's fate have to do with her?

P.S.

1. A groveling-to-win-her-back story, but one-on-one and with a happy ending.

2. A seemingly laid-back and carefree but actually dependable and decisive junior sister gong x a senior sister shou who seems graceful and radiant but is actually a dark, unhinged black lotus.

3. My own take on cultivation, just writing whatever I feel like.

Theme: Hold fast to your convictions and be brave enough to pursue love.