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New Novel Update: The Entire Cultivation World Wants Me to Practice Demonic Cultivation!!

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Luan Hui is an utterly ordinary mortal. When she learns that enrolling in a cultivation sect means receiving a monthly stipend and full benefits, she immediately treks across mountains and rivers to attend the sect entrance exams. During the spiritual aptitude test, she follows the instructions and places her hand on the testing pillar. Murky black-and-pink qi swirls around for ages without dissipating. The pillar shakes violently, then displays two big red Xs:

[××, worst aptitude possible. No chance of joining the immortal realm. Thanks for visiting.]

The senior brother assisting with the test tells her to try again next year.

Luan Hui sighs softly, withdraws her hand, and watches the last wisp of murky qi fade from her palm.

So she really isn't cut out for this after all.

Unbeknownst to her, the Holy Son of the Demonic Cult has rushed over after sensing her aura. He bites his handkerchief, barely containing his excitement:

Such pure demonic qi!

Such overwhelming pressure!

Such an unassuming, inconspicuous person!

Ahhhhh, isn't this the demonic genius the Demon Realm has been searching for all along?!

2.

For some inexplicable reason, Luan Hui is allowed to stay at the best cultivation sect as an inner disciple. She attends morning classes and trains in the evenings alongside her senior brothers and sisters, working incredibly hard.

But while the others can chop down trees and split mountains with a wave of their hands, and travel to and from the sect at will on clouds, when she waves her hand, the tree only shakes its leaves. And the moment she steps onto a cloud to leave, it turns black beneath her feet and even starts thundering and raining.

Luan Hui is terribly troubled. She really wants to become a cultivator, slay demons for the people, and rid the world of evil.

Unbeknownst to her, a spirit tree that has lived for millions of years gains sentience overnight and transforms into a demon. One black cloud above the sect infects another until they have all turned black, hanging over the sect day and night.

The Holy Son of the Demonic Cult, who has been undercover in the sect for years, is so excited he could cry: She really is gifted beyond belief, and she's improved again!! It's time to bring her back to the Demon Realm!!

The people in the sect gradually realize something is wrong.

Huh, why is there so much dark qi in the sect?

Hey, why are more and more flowers, plants, and little animals on the back mountain becoming spirits?!

Tsk, why is the new junior sister's eye makeup so heavy?

Luan Hui is utterly bewildered. Maybe I didn't sleep well. These are just dark circles.

The Demon Realm's undercover agent: Ahhhhh, she has a demonic constitution now!!! The future Demon Sovereign of our Demon Realm!!

3.

Her fellow disciples catch Luan Hui and test her spiritual aptitude again. It would have been better if they hadn't tested her at all. The results shock the entire cultivation world.

In just one year, she has gone from having no aptitude at all, with only murky qi, to possessing a constitution for demonic cultivation with pure demonic qi.

And the undercover agent from the Demon Realm whom the sect unearths turns out to be the very uncle-master who taught her to practice day and night. Beaten black and blue by everyone, he says hi to her.

Luan Hui's worldview collapses.

People from the entire Demon Realm, and even the whole cultivation world, take turns trying to persuade her to practice demonic cultivation, but Luan Hui refuses to budge.

They ask her why.

With a mournful expression, she tells them the reason:

“When I was nine, my whole village...”

Sorrow shows on everyone's faces. No wonder, no wonder...

“Every chicken in the whole village got eaten by a snake demon!!”

Everyone: “...?”

Luan Hui declares righteously, “So I swore that from then on, I would never make peace with the demonic path!”

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Reader's Guide:

A sincere, single-minded female lead devoted to the Way x the male lead, Holy Son of the Demon Realm

The female lead is so righteous it's almost wicked, while the male lead is wicked to the point of seeming righteous. The male lead is the Holy Son of the Demon Realm and tries to tempt the female lead into practicing demonic cultivation.

Not a pure female-lead-centered story. The plot and romance share the spotlight, with the main focus on the characters' growth.

Not strictly one-on-one. A member of the Dual Cultivation Sect makes a move on the female lead. The female lead has experience, the male lead is inexperienced.

The world is based on cultivation and ascension, with some modern social rules mixed in. The dialogue is partly classical and partly modern to match the story's tone, so please don't read if that bothers you.

I'm an average writer, so it's an honor if you enjoy my story, dear readers.

--Novel Blurb--

Gong Huan is an agent hated by the entire internet.

Her track record is all over the web and could fill an entire encyclopedia of scandals and cautionary tales for artists and celebrities to study.

But on her 26th birthday, karma finally catches up with her.

An artist sneaks into the party to take revenge, exposing even more dirt during a live broadcast.

The whole room erupts. In the chaos, someone shoves Gong Huan straight into an eight-tier cake.

It is the most eventful birthday Gong Huan has ever had.

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People in the industry love watching a spectacle, so they propose a wager:

Earn 1 billion in three years, and Gong Huan can walk away with 2 billion!

Gong Huan accepts without hesitation. Who ever complains about having too much money?

She signs a male fried-rice stall owner, a male college student who dances provocatively at a bar, and a veteran theater actor to form an absolutely incredible boy band!

She signs a TV actress who has spent eight years in crime dramas, an unknown extra, and a young actress labeled a sex symbol!

With the boy band on one side and the nation's acting talents on the other, she works both angles. She refuses to believe she can't make the money.

The entertainment industry is thrown into chaos, as marketing accounts, paid trolls, and fans from every camp join the fray.

[Shocking! Gong Huan spends the night with three men and three women!]

[Late at night, Gong Huan is caught in a suspected fight inside her car!]

[Must-read! The inside story of Gong Huan buying an apartment building to live with her artists! Is it a kept-person arrangement or a kink?!]

The internet is flooded with rumors.

Gong Huan and the artists under her management steal the spotlight, angering celebrities across the industry, who call her a notorious nobody with no class.

But the money really does end up in Gong Huan's hands.

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The boy band's debut performance is a disaster. Videos mocking them spread across the internet, and malicious edits keep coming.

Gong Huan doesn't issue a clarification. The boy band's commercial performances are boycotted, and their concert venue is left with thousands of empty seats.

Just when online users think the boy band is completely finished, she turns around and gets them cast in a drama as villains.

The veteran theater actor carries the acting, playing a male ghost who pours his heart out before ripping it out. Against all odds, he turns things around and wins over the public. With a single PR campaign, Gong Huan clears their names and turns the tide!

Just as Gong Huan thinks she can finally catch her breath and count her money, one of her female artists is exposed for being the other woman!

Grinding her teeth, Gong Huan decides to roll with it. She books the young actress for a solo interview and takes an unconventional approach by having her release a song:

[The Other Woman's Misery]

On release day, everyone from Gong Huan's ancestors going back eighteen generations to the tortoise she keeps at home gets cursed to kingdom come.

But once people listen closely to the lyrics, every one of them is moved. Five days later, “The Other Woman's Misery” is playing on every street and lane.

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When reporters ask Gong Huan how she made it to the end, she wears the same proud, haughty expression as always. “I never give up.”

Then she pauses and looks at the artists laughing as they hold their trophies:

“And you need people who will always support you.”

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Reader's Guide:

1. The boy band, the group of actresses, and agent Gong Huan make up the ensemble cast, but most of the story still focuses on the female lead.

2. Please don't connect this to real life. Most of it is made up and shouldn't be treated as a reference.

3.

Main couple: bold, radiant, drama-loving agent x calm, obsessive, devoted fan and fried-rice stall owner

Side couple: outwardly rough and irritable, inwardly sensitive and avoidant veteran actor x straightforward, daring, reckless acting novice

4. This is a warm, lighthearted comedy.

Theme: Believe in yourself