I Became an NPC in an Ancient-Style Otome Game

"The Ordinary Girl's Path to Immortality" is an immersive, period-style, full-dive xianxia online game. Great sects exist side by side, while the martial world and the world of immortals blend together.

It not only boasts exquisite visuals, a wealth of branching choices, and highly interactive gameplay. Most importantly, the male leads are all distinct, covering a wide range of types: arrogant and prickly, aloof, sharp-tongued, gentle, and more...

Unfortunately, Lin Baoxia, a free-to-play player, played the game relentlessly for a day and a night and successfully got herself sent into it, where she became an insignificant NPC.

Immortals and demons are born in this game, and monsters run rampant. To return to reality, she has to get the game's plot back on track and awaken Chu Yu, the original heroine.

Only the person destined for her can awaken the original heroine. Lin Baoxia can only rush from place to place, doing her best to complete missions while diligently searching for the one destined for Chu Yu.

Unfortunately, every time she transmigrates, she ends up either an unfinished medicine vessel or a lowly servant at the mercy of others.

Mission 1: Complete the task assigned by the master of the Life-and-Death Market, find the medicinal ingredient, and awaken Chu Yu, the original heroine of this game, so the story can begin. [Incomplete]

Mission 2: Deliberately get close to Shen Yaoshan and earn his trust. Protect him in secret, help him evade the pursuit of the various sects, and see him safely out of danger. [Incomplete]

Mission 3: Stop Chu Lanting from resurrecting her, and pull the spirit arrow out of her own body. [Incomplete]

Final Mission: Kill the biggest bug in this game: yourself. [Complete]

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Just as she closes her eyes, ready to go home, the System informs her that her mission was assigned in error. She has to find the Heavenly Gate and enter it in order to return to reality.

After dying three brutal deaths in three worlds from different eras, Lin Baoxia regroups, carefully keeps her secret identity hidden, and does her best to hold on until the game ends.

At the moment she is about to enter the Heavenly Gate, a memory of that night seems to return to her.

A young man with a sword on his back walked through Wuyi Alley. The scent of osmanthus drifted in the air, moonlight spilled over the eaves, and a slender figure was reflected in the blue-gray stone pavement.

She tiptoed along in his shadow, following him all the way.

If she could, she wanted to watch him walk toward spring.

A silver-tongued, treacherous wanderer vs. a gentle, healing girl who saves him

Blurb: August 21, 2022

"The Cultivation World's Must-Eat List: A Tasting Collection!" If you like it, please add it to your favorites, mua~

In 2058, an immersive, full-dive historical romance game appeared out of nowhere. Xu Changxia, who had never dated anyone, paid a fortune for early access, hoping to meet the love of her life!

[The Proud, Unruly Sword Cultivator]

He spends all day picking fights and values his sword more than his life. He's so poor he can barely make ends meet, yet he's childish and obnoxious. If anyone dares call him poor, he'll fight them for hundreds of rounds on the spot.

[The Ascetic Buddhist Cultivator]

He never gets involved in worldly affairs and spends every day chanting sutras and worshipping Buddha. He seems to have no desires, but if you push him too far, he can snap his prayer beads in two. When he loses control, he's scarier than a demonic cultivator.

[The Refined, Gentle Medicine Cultivator]

He's mild-mannered and easygoing on the surface, patiently tending to your wounds when you're hurt. But he has a possessive streak in secret. Get too close to someone else, and before you know it, he'll have quietly poisoned you.

[The Bewitching Charm Cultivator]

He was born with an incomparable face and loves flirting with people wherever he goes, leaving a trail of broken hearts. Once he has you, he turns around and leaves. He's shameless and promiscuous, and the righteous cultivators have always despised him.

[The Wealthy Alchemy Cultivator]

He comes from a top-tier family and has both wealth and influence. A single pill from him is worth a fortune, something others would fight tooth and nail to obtain. He was born arrogant, looks down on everyone, and thinks no better of you.

[The Gloomy, Taciturn Demonic Cultivator]

Like a lonely, cold shadow grown in a dark corner, he cannot bear the light and is rejected by every cultivator under heaven. He's silent and solitary, yet the most powerful of them all.

System: Your mission is to seduce them, win them over, and then give them a thorough “taste test”!

Xu Changxia: A taste test?

System: Get them completely hooked, then dump them when you're bored! Once you've finished writing this tasting collection, you'll clear the game. And if you clear it, you'll get a million in prize money!

Xu Changxia: Isn't that way too immoral...? Hehe, but I'm in!

After being single for over twenty years, she could finally experience the thrill of falling in love. But she never imagined that 90 percent of the game would be strategy missions, leaving romance with a mere 10 percent!

She'd been looking forward to a heart-pounding, sweet romance, so Xu Changxia was instantly furious and threw a fit, declaring she was done and wanted to quit right away!

System: The best things come after the hard parts! Look how handsome the NPCs are, and there are so many side stories and date scenes... If you insist on quitting, though, your trial fee is nonrefundable.

Xu Changxia: Go to hell! You shady merchants!

She kept cursing as she carried on playing, desperately trying to survive in the game. The more she played, the more certain she became:

This isn't a romance game that makes your heart flutter at all. It's a survival horror game!

And one more thing:

What on earth is that red glow above the head of the high-ponytailed sword cultivator who's killed her ninety-nine times?!

P.S. Red means hostile, gray means neutral, and only green means friendly.

#You try to romance him, but accidentally join the opposing sect, so you spend every day arguing and brawling

#You think the Buddhist cultivator is chaste and pure, but when he snaps, he's even worse than a demonic cultivator

#You like the gentle, modest alchemist best, but you don't know he's sinister, jealous, and fiercely possessive

#You hate the Charm Cultivator for being promiscuous and unchaste, but he keeps himself pure for you alone

#You think you're not good enough for the powerful alchemist, but he offers you everything he has as his betrothal gift

#You think the demonic cultivator is a ruthless killer, but he's actually a timid, sensitive, painfully shy loner who blossoms at the slightest bit of sunshine

The male lead hasn't been decided. It's probably a very, very slow-burn romance with both sweet and angsty moments?

My tastes are extremely consistent, 0v0. See my other works for details! I'll start once we get enough favorites! Come contribute one, mua~

Blurb: April 20, 2026

Theme: Always stay passionate, always look forward to what's next.