Sword Shadows Over the Rivers and Lakes

[Coming Soon in My Collection: My Amazing Archrival, Senior Sister! Please add it to your collection!] False pretenses mixed with real feelings / Jianghu power-up story that subverts the genre from the heroine's perspective / Patiently biding his time for revenge from the hero's perspective An ambitious, resilient heroine who stirs up the jianghu x a beautiful, tragic swordsman, broken in body and soul Synopsis: 1) “The one who stirs up this jianghu and wins in the end is the hero.” For ten of the first seventeen years of Fang Li's life, she was trapped in a dark, lightless dungeon. For all ten years, she pretended to be obedient and timid. Whenever blood flowed from her body, she secretly hoped that perhaps someone would push open the door the next second and rush in through the light to save her. But that person never came. Looking at the hideous face in front of her, she came to hate every hypocrite in this jianghu. At last, her hatred became a blazing fire and engulfed her prison. Hearing her enemies howl and scream in the flames, Fang Li laughed with wild satisfaction. Everyone said the jianghu was now peaceful, a haven where ordinary people could live in comfort. But all Fang Li saw were schemes and crimes hidden beneath the calm, and pitiful people so numb they'd forgotten how to cry for help. They say heroes rise in troubled times. Then she'll tear off everyone's masks and bring this stagnant jianghu back to life. She'll trample every villain's corpse and become the greatest under heaven! 2) “At first, I hated your endless lies. Later, I wished I could kill every one of your enemies for you.” When she first entered the jianghu, Fang Li made a bargain with a sickly man, staking her life on it. Whenever she looked up at the silent man, she pretended not to notice the calculations in his eyes. Fang Li valued her life, but living in a jianghu like this, she wanted even more to become stronger. If getting stronger meant she could kill one more villain, then she would feel a little more at ease. At first, Fang Li had no interest in prying into all his schemes and suffering. She assumed every kind thing he did was false, and waited for a chance for them to part ways. But later, she discovered that this man was another pitiable soul in the jianghu. To avenge his blood kin, he lied, laid traps, and schemed, yet at the final step he always pleaded with the world for a measure of closure. The fire of revenge hadn't even reached his enemies, yet he himself was already battered and broken. Watching Wang Qichen's tearful eyes, Fang Li pressed a hand to her aching chest as a thought roared through her mind. She wanted Wang Qichen to avenge his blood kin, and she wanted him to belong to her alone from then on. 3) Word in the jianghu had it that Fang Li was a woman of crooked intentions, bringing turmoil wherever she went and making everyone fear for their safety. Only Wang Qichen knew how much the people of the world owed Fang Li, himself included. * Also known as The Greatest Under Heaven? That's Me! At heart, it's a story about a heroine who grows stronger by rooting out evil, and along the way wins the sincere love of a beautiful, tragic man~ Notes: 1. The plot and romance are given equal weight. The main story is told from the heroine's perspective and includes mutual scheming, faked death, and amnesia. 2. The blurb only shows the heroine's storyline. In the main story, the two are mutually devoted and each grows in their own way. 3. Everyone has many sides, so no one is out of character. 4. Both leads have flaws in their personalities, but they gradually change as the story unfolds. -- Please add my upcoming novel to your collection -- Synopsis: [Oblivious Senior Sister x Scheming Junior Brother] Jiang Zhuyun is noble and untainted. Jiang Zhuyun has a brilliant future ahead of her. Jiang Zhuyun seems capable of anything. That's how Jiang Zhuyun, the archrival whom Yu Mo hates with all his heart, appears in the eyes of the righteous sects. Never mind what people say. Even the senior sisters in all those popular stories, peerless geniuses who handle everything with ease, are just reflections of Jiang Zhuyun. Why does Jiang Zhuyun get to be so lucky, always above everyone else and having everything come easily? And as if that weren't enough, some so-called “System” is coercing Yu Mo into protecting his archrival, Jiang Zhuyun. So Yu Mo decides that whatever the cost, he'll take a piece out of Jiang Zhuyun. He'll leave her with a scar for life! But when his schemes are exposed, Jiang Zhuyun saves his life. Yu Mo throws caution to the wind and hurls insults at her, only to get a single reply. -- “Huh? You think you're capable of that, Junior Brother? I thought you were just messing around with me.” Jiang Zhuyun scratches her head. Yu Mo spits out a mouthful of blood. He knew it! He knew it! So much for being capable of anything, so much for being noble and untainted! Jiang Zhuyun is just a heartless, clueless block of wood! * As the senior sister of Liuxian Sect, a prestigious and powerful sect, Jiang Zhuyun shoulders the burden of the sect and devotes herself to cultivation. Even when her cultivation hits a bottleneck, she still takes care of every major and minor responsibility. She thinks she hasn't let the sect down: she cultivated her first wisp of Dao energy in a year and completed her tribulation after forty years. Perhaps she'd simply accumulated too much, but this time she failed her lightning tribulation. Fortunately, everything in the sect went smoothly, and no one suffered any setbacks because of her. Her junior brother is obsessed with going down the mountain to gain experience, her junior sister trains diligently and strives to improve, and the new junior brother, for some inexplicable reason, loves sticking to her. Mm, they're all good kids. Now she can finally go down the mountain and seek her own path to godhood. The junior brother who only wants to leave the sect and settle down: ? The junior sister determined to take her senior sister's place: ? The “junior brother” with ulterior motives, forced to protect his nemesis: Hah, he knew it! * From the moment Jiang Zhuyun flew to save him, Yu Mo understood his fate. If I'm destined to be the archrival who paves your way, then I'll cling to you for the rest of this life. “Kill me. Just make sure you smile because of me, cry because of me, and that everything unforgettable is because of me.” -- Their respective storylines Heroine: Busy as ever, seeking my own path to godhood Hero: The bad dog finally finds his owner Theme: You have to tear things down before you can build them up