How Do I Stop My Dao Companion from Always Wanting to Bite My Neck?

(My next story is “The Sky Screen Reveals My Rebellion and Makes Me an Emperor for the Ages.” If you like it, please add it to your favorites!)

A wild, unruly little phoenix who wreaks havoc x a scheming, possessive, tsundere young Sword Venerable

Lu Heng x Feng Di

In her previous life, Lu Heng was a gifted young leader of the Spirit Clan. One day, a flood dragon bewitched her and led her down the wrong path.

Reborn, she learns that she is merely the haughty female supporting character in a story, and that she has also acquired a System. It tells her that she must follow the story’s original plot and help those destined to attain the Dao ascend to immortality if she wants to continue cultivating. Otherwise, she can only remain at her current level.

As it happens, the chosen person is her former fiancé. Recalling the familiar figure in her mind, Lu Heng smiles, changing her mind about burning the System to ashes.

As it helps move the story along, the System can’t help wondering about the woman in front of it. The original plot said Lu Heng was naturally unruly and disliked by everyone. No one was supposed to tolerate her.

When she is framed again, it thinks the crowd will mock and bully her, but it never expects what happens next.

Murong Sheng, a talented weaponsmith who wields a golden whip, is her closest friend. They would trust each other with their backs, and Murong Sheng is willing to leave the main branch of the Murong clan to clear Lu Heng’s name.

Yang Xiaoyi, who cultivates both formations and talismans under the Brocade-Weaving Daoist, is smooth and tactful with outsiders, never showing a single rough edge. But when it comes to the promise she made to her companions, she’ll put herself in harm’s way to keep it.

Yue Xing, the master of Yuanluo Island, is a peerless physician. She would rather sever her own spiritual meridians than reveal Lu Heng’s whereabouts.

The aloof and proud young Sword Venerable Feng Di dares to defy the whole world in pursuit of the truth, splitting open the Kunlun Sword Mound with a frost-cold slash.

Only at the very end does the world realize that on a chessboard where every piece has fallen into loneliness, only those young people still keep their hearts turned toward the light, forging ahead without hesitation along the path within them.

The following is a forthcoming story, -

“The Sky Screen Reveals My Rebellion and Makes Me an Emperor for the Ages”

Cheng Jing, a laid-back couch potato, transmigrates into the body of a lowly prince of the Chong Dynasty. His daily tasks are eating, drinking, and keeping the children happy.

He has neither influence at court nor a powerful maternal family. He’d planned to lie flat and coast through life, at worst being sent to the borderlands to live as an idle prince.

But his benevolent eldest brother dies for no apparent reason, leaving the position of Crown Prince vacant, and there is no one fit to take it.

Suddenly, the sky screen appears:

[Today we’ll be talking about a famous emperor of the Chong Dynasty, an emperor for the ages: Emperor Chongwen.]

[During his reign, the Chong Dynasty was governed in peace and harmony, its granaries were full, and its splendor was such that all nations came to pay tribute.]

The officials are delighted, and even Emperor Taizu of Chong, seated above them on the throne, grips the armrests tightly.

At last, the legacy of their Chong Dynasty has been passed down. But before they can breathe a sigh of relief, the sky screen says:

[But the thing he is criticized for most is his rebellion and usurpation of the throne.]

Those present go pale, cold sweat pouring down their foreheads as they fear being implicated.

[But you can’t really say Emperor Chongwen rebelled of his own accord. It was all because the sons of Emperor Taizu who succeeded him were so useless.]

[First, there was Emperor Ling, so ignorant that he let the empress’s relatives and the eunuchs seize control of the government and rule the Chong Dynasty.]

[Then Emperor Li rebelled against his own father and nearly destroyed half the Chong Dynasty. Honestly, Emperor Chongwen’s rebellion was already a courtesy to Emperor Taizu. Otherwise, the Chong Dynasty would have had to establish an entirely new dynasty.]

The officials shut their eyes one after another, wishing they could stop breathing altogether.

Emperor Taizu’s gaze is razor-sharp as he scans the court, wishing he could find someone and strangle them on the spot.

Meanwhile, as Cheng Jing slacks off, he calculates how much money he has tucked away and whether it’s enough to fake his death and escape.

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[After ascending the throne, Emperor Chongwen strongly promoted the development of maritime trade and made several voyages to the Western Ocean. The income from overseas exports alone increased by sixty million taels of silver each year.]

[Not only that, he also discovered high-yield crops like potatoes and sweet potatoes, which were a lifesaving remedy in an age when famine was frequent.]

The commoners who have survived years of famine are moved to tears. The Minister of Revenue, who oversees the treasury, even drops to his knees and cries out in his heart, “Long live!”

[In military affairs, Emperor Chongwen championed innovation, improving the firearms and gunpowder of the day a hundredfold. He defeated the border tribes so thoroughly that none dared invade again, and the territory expanded several times over.]

Seeing these tremendous achievements, the officials and Emperor Taizu can hardly refuse to accept them. Emperor Taizu even wants to adopt this Emperor Chongwen as his godson.

[Now, let’s all say Emperor Chongwen’s name out loud: Cheng Jing!]

So when Cheng Jing returns to the capital after completing the task assigned by his cheap father, he sees a royal carriage coming to meet him from afar. He is just about to kneel and give thanks when Emperor Taizu puts the nine-strand crown on his own head and says, “From now on, the Great Chong Dynasty is yours to protect.”

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Theme: A speck of dust contains three thousand worlds; half a fleeting moment holds eighty thousand springs.