[The plot and worldbuilding are fairly complex, and the blurb doesn't reflect the whole story. Don't start if you don't want to fall into a deep hole.]
A quirky magical witch vs. a lovestruck cultivation genius
A deafening crash splits the sky, and the magic academy
The roof has a hole, the sign hangs crooked, and cobwebs are everywhere.
...Uh, what a rundown entrance.
Yimian, the most powerful witch, dies fighting the Demon King Yizhou to protect the magical world. When she wakes up, she discovers she's become Jiang Yimian, a useless cultivation disciple, and her biological father has abandoned her?!
No matter. She has maxed out her magical talent.
Wait, where's her wand?
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Her journey through the Demon Cultivation Academy is a long one, so she finds a few ways to amuse herself along the way
At the alchemy tournament, everyone thinks she's useless. How could someone who can't even use spells make pills? What a joke.
But Jiang Yimian makes a name for herself with magical potions, using the worthless weeds cultivators despise.
At the competition, nobody bets on her. So what if she can make pills? Could that change the fact she can't control a magical artifact? Keep dreaming.
Yet Jiang Yimian wins first place with magic, wielding the very fire poker everyone looks down on.
Later, her biological father comes looking for her, arriving in a palanquin carried by eight bearers and hoping to escort her back to the sect in grand style.
Jiang Yimian promptly announces to the world that she's founding her own sect.
They call the disciples she's recruited, who lack spiritual roots, good-for-nothings with no future?
Hmph. Then tell me, who was it that defeated the villain and became number one among the immortal sects?
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The first time Shen Yizhou sees Jiang Yimian, she is surrounded by vicious beasts, covered in wounds, and murmuring just before she passes out, "Thank goodness you're here."
Her voice is faint, but his heart is thrown into turmoil.
Later, she dazzles everyone from the stands, taking first place in both alchemy and combat.
Only then does he realize how powerful she is, powerful enough to eventually
Jiang Yimian points her wand straight at his chest. "Why did you lie to me? Why hide your identity and get close to me? Was killing me not enough? Was destroying the magical world not enough, Demon King Yizhou?!"
Shen Yizhou wants to tell her he didn't do it, but before he gets the chance, she dies in his arms.
Then he hears that a magic academy has suddenly appeared in the cultivation world, openly recruiting students.
In the darkness, he grips her face and whispers in her ear, "This time, I won't let you die again."
Jiang Yimian blinks, her attitude changing completely. "Sure, sure, it was all a misunderstanding. So, would you like to enroll as my student?"
Theme: Everyone has a purpose in life
