After being born into a cultivation world, Jin Haiyue worked hard for eighteen years and ended up as a bottom-rung laborer in the cultivation world. By day, she served tea, brought dishes, and greeted customers at a spirit cuisine restaurant. At night, she processed materials for talismans and took odd jobs. The spell she knew best was the Dust-Cleansing Art, used to clean up. On top of that, the owner docked her spirit stones. It was like she'd crossed into another world just to be worked like a beast of burden.
Most transmigrators dream of becoming an invincible protagonist, and Jin Haiyue was no exception. But she knew her limits. Every day, she only grumbled about the owner under her breath, then kept working like a busy little bee to save up spirit stones and buy herself a small cave abode, so she could make a home in this world.
But the cultivation world was ruled by survival of the fittest. One day, someone stole all of Jin Haiyue's spirit stones and poisoned her eyes.
Luckily, her close friend was a medical cultivator and healed her eyes.
But... wasn't something strange?
Jin Haiyue looked at the long green health bar above her friend's head, then at the health bars of varying lengths above everyone around her, all yellow. She wondered if she had driven herself crazy wishing for a golden finger.
After her friend checked that there was nothing wrong with her brain, Jin Haiyue made her way through the densely packed health bars on the street and returned to her rented room. When she looked in the mirror, she saw a short health bar above her head, along with... a skill panel with progress bars?
The progress bar next to Dust-Cleansing Art [Beginner] was already full. As if in a trance, Jin Haiyue cast the spell.
[Beginner] changed to [Mastery], and the Dust-Cleansing Art, which could previously only clean an area within five meters, instantly swept through the entire room.
Jin Haiyue: "!!!"
She knew the cultivation grindset wouldn't abandon her!
Not long after...
In a certain secret realm, many cultivators watched as Jin Haiyue used a single Dust-Cleansing Art to clean the vast main hall of an underground palace. "..."
When the crowd was chased by a swarm of poisonous insects, they saw Jin Haiyue bravely face them head-on and cast a fireball bigger than a giant bear. They gaped in disbelief, then let out piercing shrieks.
Jin Haiyue grinned from ear to ear.
Thank you, cultivation grindset, for this gift!
Reader note: A steady growth-and-leveling story, focused on the main plot, with a Mary Sue, everyone-loves-her romance. The main story has an open ending; the extra chapters have separate one-on-one pairings.
Theme: Heaven rewards hard work