(I'm already working on the backlog, so the story will be starting soon! Hard at work collecting little stars~)
[Mystery + mild horror +
self-interest + fake love and affection + nemesis pairing + love born from mutual exploitation]
Yin Tong accidentally transmigrated into an unfinished novel.
It was a novel with a grotesque aesthetic, no less.
She became the wicked supporting female character, infamous for her debauchery and extreme jealousy.
On the surface, the original owner was a shaman who commanded spirit-mediumship and was worshipped by the masses. In secret, however, she was an utterly love-obsessed villain. To win the male lead's love, she schemed to frame and harm the innocent heroine.
Poisoning, ambushes, framing, making voodoo dolls to curse her, slandering the heroine's reputation... She stopped at nothing, using every bit of cunning she had against the heroine.
She was evil to the core.
Even at the very end, she planned to kill her father and brother, usurp the throne, become the second empress in history to have her name remembered for a thousand years, and force the male lead to stay by her side.
As a disposable character who paved the way for the protagonists, the original owner's fate was doomed to end badly. She eventually went mad while practicing forbidden magic and was devoured by a host of vengeful ghosts.
Even after death, her bones were dug up, her heart was cut out, and her body was thrown into the Ruins of the Nether Sea.
How tragic!
To change her fate, Yin Tong had no choice but to complete the tasks assigned by the System and follow every plotline to its end.
But the original owner had far too many enemies. She could spend three days swinging a sword and still fail to clear a single street in Yujing. Every last one of them wanted her dead.
Supporting character 1: The aloof, proud Ghost-Faced Imperial Preceptor, whose schemes run deep and whose dealings with her are mixed with ulterior motives.
Supporting character 2: The suspicious, calculating prince of an enemy nation, who hides his sharp claws and is determined to wipe her out.
Supporting character 3: Her obsessive, crazed, ambitious lunatic of a brother, who sees her as a thorn in his side.
Supporting character 4: A brilliant court official who plans for every eventuality and seeks to outmaneuver her at every turn.
(There are too many to count.)
Just how much did the original owner make people hate her?
Yin Tong wiped her brow. "...So you want me to win them over and change their hearts, make them say they like me, and then give up on killing me?"
The System said, "You think too highly of yourself. They all like the heroine. You have no romantic storyline with them."
Yin Tong: "…"
The System said, "Your task is to take out all the villainous male supporting characters and become the greatest ghost hunter."
To finish the mission and get home as soon as possible, Yin Tong devised a meticulous plan.
She decided to start with Lou Suxue, the No. N male character.
Not only was he her husband in name, he was also one of the male characters she found most irritating.
She had seen the lifeline on his palm. It was very short. Well... he was a short-lived ghost.
[Obsessive alluring ghost x spirit-medium shaman]
"What are you pursuing in this life, Princess?"
"Maybe I want to become the greatest ghost hunter and rid the world of evil spirits."
"...Ghosts? In this world, the human heart is more frightening than ghosts."
[Content Warnings and Notes]
1. This is not a female-led power fantasy, not a strong female lead, and not a reverse harem. The male lead is Lou Suxue.
2. The male lead approaches the heroine with an ulterior motive at first. Later, he falls deeply in love with her and regrets his past actions.
3. The heroine only wants to go home. To her, everyone in the book is a fictional character, not a real person.
4. The heroine goes from being universally despised to universally adored.
5. The rituals, divination, and shamanic music in the story are inspired by the Warring States period. Everything else, including immortals, Buddhas, spirits, and monsters, comes from folk legends. The setting mixes dynasties together. Mystery, mild horror, happy ending.
Theme: A golden-scaled dragon is no mere pond creature
