Ascending Through Heaven's Gate

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Synopsis

[Flirtatious, oblivious sweet girl × devoted, pure-hearted male lead who dotes only on his wife]

Jin Li's good fortune has been stolen, and now she's close to death.

As a koi with the gift of good fortune, she'd enjoyed a pretty good life for the past two hundred years. That is, until one day she kindly saved a human cultivator, who sucked up all her good fortune and ascended in triumph.

She quietly waited for death to come, but her master arrived first.

His face was obscured by the light behind him. All she could make out was a magnificent pair of spreading horns on his head, just like those of the dragons in the Ninth Heaven.

He offered to take Jin Li as his disciple on the condition that she stay by his side forever.

How hard could that be? She couldn't wait to become his disciple!

Strange. Her master is clearly the cold and aloof type, so why does he keep staring at her?

To be a good disciple, Jin Li has no choice but to bury her unforgettable grudge over having her fortune stolen deep in her heart, abandon her old couch-potato ways, and work hard at cultivation.

The process is a little difficult, but she is determined to wait for the Dragon Gate to open wide and transform into a dragon before ascending!

At long last, the day the Dragon Gate opens arrives. Jin Li gathers all her strength, ready to leap through and attain the Dao.

But beneath the magnificent Dragon Gate, she watches in bewilderment as her master casts aside all his cool composure and pride, breathing hard as he holds her tightly in his arms, eyes red.

"You said you'd stay by my side forever."

"Why are you leaving me behind...?"

Come on, what was wrong with jumping through the Dragon Gate?

*

Every dragon knows that the young lord Zhu Ye sees the world in only three colors: the black of the ghost clan, the gray of the human race, and the white of the demon race. He is a weapon born to slay ghosts.

He is someone all dragons fear, daring only to bow their heads and gaze up at him.

On the first day Zhu Ye came to Dragon Gate Mountain to slay ghosts, he fished a koi demon out of the water.

The wounded beauty barged into his world without warning. It was the first time Zhu Ye had ever seen another color.

Taking her as his disciple was simply a way to keep her by his side.

Zhu Ye, who had never taken a disciple before, began teaching her cultivation himself. He sought out treasures from across the Three Realms for her and dealt with everyone who bullied her.

Yet late at night, while Jin Li slept, he would gaze greedily at her peaceful face, his longing growing with every passing day.

She has a real talent for cultivation. They can be together forever...

But why does she have to jump through that Dragon Gate, where certain death awaits?

For the first time, Zhu Ye loses his temper with her.

His heart is torn by anguish, but it brings on his rut early.

Unable to control himself, Zhu Ye tears away the disguise of his noble and spotless demeanor before the radiant Dragon Gate, revealing his selfish, desperate desire.

Don't go.

Please, have mercy on me.

Reader's Guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads have only ever been with each other.

2. The heroine grows stronger over time. She's weak at first, but gradually becomes powerful.

3. The world has a lot of original worldbuilding.

4. This isn't a traditional cultivation story. The plot comes first, with romance as a secondary element, and there are many story arcs. The Dragon Gate and revenge face-slapping plotlines come later, since the heroine has to grow step by step.

Coming Soon

"The Deposed Crown Prince Keeps Asking Me to Log On and Chat Privately"

Jiang Jinyue, a history graduate student at Z University, is hopelessly obsessed with good looks.

She's fascinated by Ji Heng, the gorgeous deposed crown prince of the Xuan Zhou Dynasty from three thousand years ago, and has even written him into her term paper.

After submitting her thesis proposal to her advisor, Jiang Jinyue receives an invitation to beta test a historical VR game called "Legends of the True Xuan Zhou."

Jiang Jinyue logs in and exclaims, "This is amazing! The scenery is so realistic!"

The game begins with a fierce, large-scale battle. Jiang Jinyue recognizes the setting right away as the famous Battle of Mangchuan from the Xuan Zhou Dynasty.

According to the historical records, Ji Heng had just been deposed as crown prince and banished to the barren northern desert when foreign tribes invaded before he could even get settled. He was defeated in the battle, and three years later, after a new emperor took the throne, Ji Heng was executed.

As Jiang Jinyue laments his fate, the System chimes in:

[Ding! Player "Sweetie Baby Little Yueyue" has been bound to key character: Ji Heng!]

[Please complete the beginner's quest: Win the Battle of Mangchuan. Reward: 10,000 gold coins, 1,000 basic food and supplies.]

Jiang Jinyue looks down at the spear in her hand and the horse beneath her, and her brain instantly shuts down

Oh my god! I'm playing as Ji Heng?

*

On the eleventh day of the twelfth month in the forty-seventh year of Emperor Tianqi's reign in Xuan Zhou, Ji Heng leads his army in battle against the foreign tribes at Mangchuan. Gravely wounded, he is about to be knocked from his horse by an enemy soldier.

Suddenly, a powerful force surges through his body. He has no idea where the strength comes from, but he grabs his spear and runs the enemy soldier through!

Then he hears a woman's voice: "Huh, this game doesn't even have health bars?"

Ji Heng is horrified. He's been possessed by a demoness!

"Ooh, wow... Ji Heng's character model is ridiculously handsome!"

"I just want to say, hi, hubby!"

"Hehehe, let me touch those abs!"

The mysterious demoness often makes bold declarations of affection toward him. Ji Heng blushes. "Demoness, state your name!"

"Wait, is this character talking to me?" Jiang Jinyue is shocked, then catches on. "Oh, my ID! Sweetie Baby Little Yueyue. Like it?"

Ji Heng: ...Even her name is so shameless!

She may be outrageous, but she's also the one who brings out a miraculous medicine called penicillin and cures his terminal illness.

Later, cities rise from the barren land of the northern desert, and trade routes stretch in every direction.

He eats grain grown from the exotic seeds Yueyue brings him, wears warm clothes woven on looms Yueyue improves with her blueprints, and leads the iron cavalry Yueyue forges as they conquer the lands.

"Ji Heng," Yueyue's voice rings out beside the completed canal. "I'm going to give you a different ending."

A deposed crown prince is nothing but a discarded pawn. Ji Heng had assumed no one would ever choose to stay by his side again.

Blushing, he gives in, letting her control him as he sinks deeper and deeper.

Whatever happens is fine, as long as you're here every day.

I want to see you so badly...

Until one day, Yueyue's voice suddenly disappears

*

After finishing her paper, Jiang Jinyue takes a lovely bath, slips into a lace camisole, and logs into the game for the first time in ages.

The game has updated this time, and she's not sure what features they've optimized.

But then Ji Heng, eyes red, stares at her without blinking. "Sweetie Baby Little Yueyue?"

...Did they optimize the game so the player and her character can meet face-to-face?!

Theme: Like a fish leaping through the Dragon Gate, never give up.