A Prodigy of the Righteous Path, but the Villain Is My One True Love

Ambitious, proud heroine × righteous genius just starting out

Scheming, flirtatious fox × prickly, cute little hedgehog-cat, cold-faced and seemingly a bit of a tea, but actually fiercely guarded

#After her heartless Dao gains a thread of affection, she meets the greatest kind of guiding lover #Damn it, how can you call my white moonlight a demonic cultivator? Ever heard of following the natural way? If you can cultivate, it's the Dao, got it?!

Gu Yanfei thinks being accidentally sent back to the past by a shady magical treasure is incredibly unlucky. She gets chased for no reason, loses all her money, and is taken by a stranger straight into a river right from the start.

But the stranger who takes her into the river is breathtaking.

That breathtaking stranger is the first friend she makes in this life: Su Linyue.

Su Linyue seems to be able to read her mind. She comes to her aid when needed, takes her in, gives her magical treasures, and entrusts her life to her without crossing any boundaries. She always gives her room to process her feelings, understands her, and accepts her.

Even when Gu Yanfei hides a secret from her and feels guilty about it, asking Su Linyue why she never presses her for answers,

Su Linyue only replies, “Because I never ask my friends to tell me everything.”

Her unquestioning trust and free-spirited ways make her seem like one of the wandering heroes in the stories Gu Yanfei read as a child in the mortal realm.

Some people hit it off at first sight; others remain strangers even after a lifetime. Clearly, they belong to the former group.

But their relationship feels a little too intimate to be mere friendship. Su Linyue treats her so well, letting her nuzzle her neck during hugs, indulging her complaints and audacity, and even casually giving her the “Heart Bond,” something a member of the Moon Clan can bestow only once in a lifetime.

And so, for the first time, a person without a heart or feelings tastes love. Gu Yanfei starts protecting Su Linyue and opening up. She becomes anxious over a small gesture or a single word, and starts worrying that Su Linyue has lots of friends.

Su Linyue never breaks her word. Unfortunately, she has never said she loves her, either.

Only later does Gu Yanfei learn that the wandering hero “Su Linyue” never existed at all.

The only one there was was Guanyun Yue, an ambitious demonic cultivator who stirred up trouble and bewitched people a century ago, before her master sealed her away.

Guanyun Yue initially approached her for the magical treasure, and later crossed swords with her for the same reason.

After they cut ties,

Gu Yanfei couldn't forget “Su Linyue.” She couldn't forget that face, part wicked, stunningly beautiful, and utterly captivating; the moonlight swaying in her hair; or the smile on her face when Gu Yanfei teased her until her head was covered in flower petals.

She couldn't even forget her pampered habits, which kept reminding Gu Yanfei of her own foolishness.

Most of all, she couldn't forget what others had said: “Can't you tell she likes you?”

Gu Yanfei thinks, Guanyun Yue never actually said so! People like her can show ten parts of affection when they only feel six!

That's the conclusion she came to.

Gu Yanfei resolves that even if Guanyun Yue gets her out of trouble, goes shopping with her, tempts her, or comforts her, she won't soften or be fooled again. She's already forgotten Guanyun Yue!

But fate brings them together again at the Immortal Sect Assembly. The Dao may be a foot high, but the demon is ten feet high.

Clearly, Guanyun Yue's art of enchantment has reached perfection. That's what Gu Yanfei thinks as Guanyun Yue holds her and kisses her until she grows hazy, completely forgetting her sect's instructions.

It turns out Guanyun Yue doesn't lie. She simply makes people willingly do anything for her.

But fate brought Gu Yanfei back to the past so that, from the start, she could cultivate the heartless Dao and ascend.

Little scene

Master: ? You little traitor, who did you say you were going to save?!

Gu Yanfei: Sumimasen, Master-chan...

Reader's guide:

1. Some ensemble cast and plot. Due to the worldbuilding, the second female lead officially appears in Chapter Five. She's only mentioned by others in the first four chapters.

2. Three updates a week, schedule varies.

3. There is a secondary couple, but they don't get much page time.

4. There is a disposable male character who doesn't survive three chapters. He gets no satisfying moments and is mostly a plot device who dies to introduce minor storylines.

5. Both leads are strong, and they switch roles, though Guanyun Yue tends to take the lead.

6. The heroine is rather solitary and keeps her heart closed early on, so she and the second female lead become friends before falling in love.

[Coming soon: Why Is the Junior Sister Caught in a Love Triangle?]

A truly intense love triangle, ending with one couple: flirtatious, crazily beautiful yet gentle senior sister Yin Zhaoyue × quirky but rather oblivious junior sister Lu Wanci × insecure, devoted subordinate Shen Zhi

Flirtatious white moonlight returns from the dead × loyal devotee who believes yielding is the greatest form of ambition

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Yin Zhaoyue often thinks that twenty years is both too long and too short. Long enough for her junior sister to accept her death and start over, but too short for her to forget her.

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Shen Zhi would do anything for the city lord, at any time, but she falls in love with the city lord's partner.

There are two important people in her life. One she can only look up to, and the other she doesn't dare approach.

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When people think of a genius, they remember Yin Zhaoyue in her glory, dazzling and otherworldly. Later, she severed ties with her sect and never had anything more to do with them.

Lu Wanci is no exception.

When they reunite, Lu Wanci needs her help and immediately offers to do anything.

Yin Zhaoyue sits in the seat of honor, her expression distant. To Lu Wanci's surprise, she really does make an exception and agrees. She only asks whether Lu Wanci really means anything at all.

Lu Wanci spends every day fretting over her promise.

She never expects the tasks to be things like watering flowers and warming the bed.

Still less does she expect the dignified city lord, cool and aloof in public, to pin her down in private and nearly kiss her into submission, leaving her legs trembling and weak as she can only let out soft whimpers.

The next morning, Yin Zhaoyue looks innocent as she tells her, “If it was so unbearable, you can kiss me back.”

Only then does Lu Wanci realize that every frown and smile of Yin Zhaoyue's, even her deliberately solemn, dignified manner, has been a trap meant to lure her in.

When they were young, and now.

Lu Wanci has been reeled in by her for ages, and at last they get their happy ending.

But fate has other plans. An accident takes Yin Zhaoyue's life.

Lu Wanci waits a long time, but her senior sister never returns. The one who spends the next twenty years with her is her senior sister's most loyal dog, as everyone calls her.

Shen Zhi.

Lu Wanci often thinks Shen Zhi's loyalty and admiration for her senior sister go beyond what is normal between a superior and subordinate.

At first, Shen Zhi leaves her with the impression of a white sword and a perpetually bowed head.

But that sword can only ever be wielded for Yin Zhaoyue.

Shen Zhi doesn't like her.

Later, Shen Zhi serves her as her master, saves and protects her, and often keeps watch outside her door all night.

With danger all around and flames blazing, Shen Zhi, soaked in blood, steps over the corpses and reaches out to her. “As long as you're here, I'll come. I'll protect this city, and I'll protect you.”

Twenty years later, Yin Zhaoyue returns from the dead.

Shen Zhi asks Lu Wanci, “If you're going to choose the city lord, could you let me kiss your forehead one last time?”

It's the most presumptuous thing she's ever done.

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Later,

the three of them sit together, and Lu Wanci realizes she's still jealous of their relationship, but now she can't tell which one of them is making her jealous.

Theme: Live in the present, cherish life, and love others as well as yourself