Xue Fuling only realized she had transmigrated into a book too early after regaining her memories.
By then, Xue Fuling was already the senior sister of her immortal sect, dearly loved by everyone there.
But according to the original story, she was supposed to be a domineering, wicked woman in the mortal world: greedy for wealth, scheming against others, and thoroughly evil as a female supporting character.
When the System came to bind itself to her, it stared at the colorful glow around Xue Fuling and fell into deep thought.
Wait, does this make any sense?
To complete the System's mission, Xue Fuling has no choice but to disguise herself as a mortal and roll down a mountainside. Sure enough, she runs into someone.
She takes one look and grins.
The cultivation world is ruled by the Immortal Alliance. Xue Fuling's sect has fallen into decline and was recently punished for its part in an incident. One reason for the punishment was Pei Fuxue.
Pei Fuxue entered the path of cultivation as a boy. Stern, aloof, and decisive, he is a lofty flower perched high on the jade dais of the immortal sects, revered by all.
Xue Fuling invents a tragic backstory for herself and pins the cultivation-world version of Chen Shimei's treachery on Pei Fuxue.
When Pei Fuxue wakes up with no memories, he finds himself in a shabby house with nothing in it.
The woman claiming to be his wife covers her face and weeps. “You squandered the family's fortune to cultivate. You know you've ruined all our lives, don't you?”
Pei Fuxue: ...
Pei Fuxue, lofty flower turned heartless scoundrel who abandons his wife and child, × Xue Fuling, wicked mortal wife waiting for the scoundrel to come back and turning evil in the meantime.
Every trope is in place.
Xue Fuling follows the script and makes a scene over everything. Today she wants the stars, tomorrow the moon, and every now and then she cruelly needles Pei Fuxue.
She loves watching the Immortal Alliance's prodigy act like a little wife every day.
Later, Pei Fuxue regains his memories and realizes a wicked mortal woman has been playing him for a fool.
Xue Fuling fakes her death to complete the mission, then cheerfully takes her reward back to the sect and resumes her life as its senior sister.
The next time Xue Fuling sees Pei Fuxue, he has failed his tribulation. It's probably the greatest setback the prodigy of the Path of the Heartless has ever faced. Xue Fuling sighs to herself and tries to keep her secret identity under wraps.
The System thinks everything is under control.
Xue Fuling frowns and voices her concern. “I've always thought there was something wrong with Pei Fuxue's head. He seems a little crazy, the quiet kind who never lets it show. Even before he lost his memories, it showed a little. Two cultivators came to the village once and tried to scheme against us. I didn't pay much attention, but later I found their bodies hanging outside the village boundary in the forest. Pei Fuxue told me it was an accident, but I don't think that's right. And don't you think he's gotten even crazier since he regained his memories and went back to the Immortal Alliance?”
System: ?
Xue Fuling: “If he finds out I'm still alive, do you think he'll really kill me? You're the System. With you around, there's no way I'll be found out, right?”
System: ...
Xue Fuling cautiously checks, “There's definitely no way, right?”
System: ...
Xue Fuling: ?
Theme: Learn to love others
