Female lead, male supporting lead; both the main and secondary couples feature strong women and capable men, with characters who are smart and competent
Strong-willed, domineering, cool-headed heroine x gentle, scheming, devoted-dog hero who sticks close to her
Xie Yingyue grew up as the eldest daughter of the Xie family, reaching the age of twenty-one, when someone suddenly shoved images of her own tragic death into her mind. She was told that the world she had grown up in had been created by a novel, and that she was the book's vicious supporting female character.
After remembering everything, Yingyue saw the grinning, good-for-nothing King of Hell standing beside her and couldn't help but fly into a rage.
Yingyue roared: Heaven and earth know I'm innocent! All I ever wanted was to cultivate the Dao and become an immortal. When did I ever deliberately target Li Changqing or make things difficult for her?! When did I ever get jealous of her and try to steal her man?! How did I get labeled a vicious supporting female character?!
After making repeated efforts and trying every possible way, Yingyue's reputation as a villain still hadn't improved. She was furious.
Then let the world be destroyed! System, start over! I'll fall into demonic cultivation! Watch me take the leap of faith!
But at the crucial moment, a dark figure flashed past and pulled her away from the demonic formation she was about to jump into, taking her place instead.
When that person returned from the demonic formation, he was no longer the gentle, obedient man he used to be. He seized Yingyue by the wrist and asked, "What's so great about Wang Zhengyu? Do you like him that much? Would you die for him?"
"When it comes to family background and looks, how do I fall short of him?"
Then, turning around, he put on a pitiful expression and tugged at Yingyue's sleeve, pleading, "Senior Sister, please, don't go."
Yingyue gave him a sidelong glance. "Unlock the restrictions on me first, then you can say that."
Burying his face against Yingyue's neck, he said, "No. If I unlock them, you'll go put yourself in danger again."
Yingyue was a little annoyed. "Why do you know everything I do?"
He answered firmly, "Because I love you."
Yingyue fell silent and thought for a long while. "Then... why don't we give it a try?"
One day, much later, Luo Xing asked with a jealous edge, "So, where exactly did I lose back then?"
Yingyue parted her lips. "You lost because..."
Luo Xing hadn't expected her to actually list reasons. His heart immediately turned into a tangled mess of feelings.
Yingyue said, "You lost because I wasn't honest with myself about what I felt..."
After saying it out loud in front of Luo Xing, she seemed to finally let out a breath. In an instant, it felt as if the whole world had opened up, and immense energy surged through her limbs and bones.
Xie Yingyue ascended to immortality.
Bonus scene: After Changqing was transformed into a demon and captured Yingyue
Yingyue had to endure Li Changqing's miasma attacks on her body, and every day Li Changqing summoned her over to force her into conversation, subjecting her to mental attacks as well.
Exhausted in body and mind, Yingyue had a sudden flash of inspiration and began pitching feminist ideas to Li Changqing.
"Changqing, you're already a demon god. Do you know that with your abilities, if you switched genders, you could have a harem of three thousand beauties all fighting over you, and every one of them would be devoted to you?"
"I don't want a harem of three thousand beauties. I only want Senior Brother..."
"Changqing, you're so incredibly powerful now. You could have anything you want. Why are you so hung up on whether my cousin loves you?"
"Because I love him, of course I want him to love me too..."
"If you like him so much, why not just take him for yourself?"
"Senior Brother likes kind girls. If I did that, he'd surely hate me..."
"Why are you always so concerned about what other people think? We should care more about what we think. We should put ourselves first! Forget what everyone else thinks. What do you want most right now?"
Changqing was swayed by her words. Twisting her hair in her hands, she said, "...Right now, I want to take Senior Brother for myself..."
Yingyue clapped her hands together. "There you go! That's more like it!"
Theme: No obstacle or malice in this world can bury our talent and goodness. The standards imposed by others cannot define you. If the world has no place for you, then carve out a new world with your own hands.
