[Ambitious, universally adored heroine x hypocritical, master-of-acting villainous male lead]
1.
Jiang Fu was an orphan, born with a crippled spiritual root and no hope of ever cultivating immortality.
Until one day, an immortal cultivator passing by found her beside a stream and brought her back to his sect. He devoted himself to nursing her back to health and helping her forge a new spiritual root. Even her usually aloof and proud senior brother showed her special care.
Jiang Fu thought she had stumbled upon an incredible opportunity. After joining the sect, she studied and trained diligently, never slacking off, hoping only to grow strong enough to repay the sect with all her heart.
Little did she know that one day she would have to repay their kindness with her life.
The sect had raised her to dig out her spiritual root and give it to their junior sister, who was injured and in seclusion.
Her senior brother had approached her so she would willingly give up one of her own hearts to be made into a pill for their junior sister.
In everyone's eyes, she was nothing but a stand-in, a replacement who could be discarded at any time. No matter what she did, she could never measure up to their junior sister.
On the day the junior sister emerged from seclusion, her once-gentle and loving mentors treated her coldly to avoid misunderstandings. Her fellow disciples, once on friendly terms with her, showed no mercy, and the person she loved most turned his blade against her.
Driven to the end of her rope by everyone, Jiang Fu lost all hope. She destroyed her spiritual root and leaped from a cliff thousands of feet high.
Now reborn, Jiang Fu refuses to remain a lowly ant in this mortal world, powerless over her own fate.
No matter how treacherous the road to immortality may be, she will climb it one step at a time and make all those blind, hypocritical, self-righteous people into dust beneath her feet.
2.
Since his birth from primordial chaos, Xue Yi had witnessed countless wicked desires in the world. He loved watching people struggle miserably in the mire, and took pleasure in their ugly predicament.
After several clashes, Jiang Fu knew he was a mad dog with no morals and no fear of death, and that she should keep her distance.
At first, theirs was a relationship based purely on mutual benefit. But as time passed, Jiang Fu's thinking gradually changed.
Humans are animals, too. They can be trained by nature.
"Nobody likes a disobedient dog." Beneath the moon, in a steamy hot spring, the girl pulled her hand from the water and raised her drenched fingertips to gently brush his trembling eyelashes. A drop slid down the corner of his eye like a tear, disappearing into the still-rippling water.
Her voice was gentle. "Be good from now on."
[Reading Notes]
1. The heroine is a sickly, breathtaking beauty. There may be a lot of descriptions of her appearance, so proceed with caution if that's not your thing.
2. The junior sister is not villainized (important). The heroine and the junior sister become confidantes. The sect and her ex are merely stepping-stones on their path to power.
3. The leads use each other at first. The heroine has no feelings for him, and he falls for her first, so he pursues her.
4. The latter part is sweet and indulgent. The sect and the ex spend the whole story suffering their comeuppance.
2024/6/6
Theme: See yourself, see the world, see all living beings
