Who Says Mortals Can't Reach the Peak of the Cultivation World?

After eighteen years of hunting, Shen Lixin discovered that people in this world could cultivate immortality.

She also made a shocking discovery: she wasn't an ordinary person.

Wasn't she just a little stronger than most, with a little more rebellious streak?

She was a perfectly ordinary mortal, born and bred!

The fox spirit pointed at the monster she'd beaten to death with her bare hands. "Is this what you call a mortal?"

All right, fine.

The immortals praised her for her incredible strength and immunity to spiritual energy, then warmly invited her to the Immortal Realm to learn martial arts. They promised that a legendary martial arts master of the age would personally teach her.

Shen Lixin was slightly tempted.

Immortal: "There's all the meat you could ever eat."

Shen Lixin: "Wonderful! Let's go right now!"

Shen Lixin was tricked into the Immortal Realm, and the peerless martial arts master they'd promised was nowhere to be found.

But there really was meat in endless supply, along with a beautiful, affectionate fox spirit to warm her bed.

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An immortal invited her to take part in the sect tournament, saying, "Just go have fun. Your rank doesn't matter."

Shen Lixin happily accepted.

Faced with wave after wave of dazzling spiritual attacks, Shen Lixin went with the simplest approach.

Step one: Ignore the attacks and appear right in front of her opponent.

Step two: Punch them.

Step three: Win the match.

Shen Lixin: "Huh? Am I invincible now?"

Disciples from the other sects: "How are we supposed to fight her when she's immune to our attacks?!"

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While Shen Lixin petted her fox, practiced martial arts, and roasted chicken with the little girl she'd rescued, undercurrents were already stirring in the cultivation world.

Completely unaware of all that, Shen Lixin only thought this cultivation world was a little strange.

Your cultivation world is so feudal.

What do you mean women don't need to cultivate and should just wait to get married?

What do you mean mortals are inferior to immortals?

Shen Lixin's rebellious streak was itching to break loose.

And then she was kidnapped.

What do you mean, "Work for me and help me achieve greatness"? You don't look like a good person to me!

With no other choice, Shen Lixin rolled up her sleeves and took matters into her own hands, teaching this cultivation world of rulers and subjects, fathers and sons what a righteous punch looked like.

And somehow, she even ascended along the way.

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Xiao Yu was a little fox demon at the very bottom of the cultivation world.

With both his parents dead, he learned early on to use his pretty face to make people pity him so he could survive.

That trick kept him alive until he came of age and took human form.

But the tactic that had never failed among his clan fell flat with Shen Lixin.

That woman was stubborn and obstinate. No matter how many sweet things he said, she remained unmoved.

He thought she'd never trust him in this lifetime.

But when anger and hatred clouded his mind and, with his back against the wall, he dragged Shen Lixin into his memories, he saw her gently pat his head.

"Don't worry. I'll overturn this cultivation world and give you all the fairness you deserve."

Xiao Yu wanted to ask how she could possibly do that, but before he could utter a mocking word, tears came to his eyes.

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A few things to know before reading:

1. The heroine grows stronger over time, and she's the strongest person in the world.

2. The heroine is focused on her goals, while the hero is more of an accessory. There's little romance, but the hero still gets plenty of scenes. He's a beautiful male companion who stays by the heroine's side through every adventure.

3. Women awakening and women supporting one another.

4. My take on cultivation: not traditional xianxia, with no cultivation ranks, and a bit closer to wuxia.

5. A light ensemble cast, with standout moments for the supporting characters. Lots of female supporting characters and a few male ones, with no one-dimensional female characters.

A little preview of my unwritten unlimited-flow story, "When a Bad-Luck Gambler Bets Her Life in an Unlimited-Flow Game".

Xu Cui believes she's actually a darling blessed by the gods, though no one at the casino agrees.

Xu Cui, the notorious Goddess of Misfortune, is so unlucky she can't even find a straw when drinking a nutritional supplement. If you see her sitting at a gambling table, go ahead and bet against her without a second thought.

She loses every bet but keeps gambling. As long as you don't push her to the point where she bets her life against you, you can work things out.

But if you see her outside the casino, you'd better write your will fast.

She's also the most feared reaper at Fortunr Casino, and no one has ever escaped her blade.

Then one day, Xu Cui, the murderous Goddess of Misfortune, woke up in another world.

She'd escaped that hellhole and even managed to leave all her gambling debts behind.

The world three hundred years in the future was almost too wonderful to be true.

Everyone was kind and gentle, with happy smiles on their faces. Crime had vanished without a trace, and violence, bloodshed, and war were things of the past.

And in this world, Xu Cui was the richest person in the entire Alliance, with more money and power than anyone else.

Xu Cui: "I knew I was right."

All those bad things that happened before must have been trials sent by the gods!

But she hadn't enjoyed two days of the good life before the world began to warp.

Past and future intertwined. Time and space twisted, and ghosts and monsters ran rampant.

Xu Cui: "..."

Fine. She knew how to deal with this.

But when she crossed a mountain of corpses and reached the end, standing atop piles of bones...

She saw another Xu Cui.

A message from the gods appeared: Xu Cui, decide the fate of your race.

So the gods really did exist in this world.

She was both their darling and their discarded child. The world warped for her sake, and she walked across the gods' stage, performing a bloody one-act play.

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Ye Qingmu is a four-leaf clover.

A four-leaf clover that stubbornly endured wind and frost.

That detestable woman scattered his seeds carelessly and then forgot about him. Heaven knows how hard he had to fight just to survive!

After the world warped, Ye Qingmu gained a body inside a game instance.

He decided to get revenge on his enemy, Xu Cui!

But the moment they met, Xu Cui bundled up Ye Qingmu, whose label read "Good Luck," and took him along.

Before fighting a boss, she'd give Ye Qingmu a shake so he could put a good-luck buff on her.

Ye Qingmu: "Could you show me some respect? I'm here for revenge, not to help you!"

Xu Cui: "Now that you're with me every day, you'll have even more chances. Please."

Ye Qingmu: "..."

Put the knife down before you say that, please.

My author page also has the Esports romance "[Esports] She Stands Atop the World" and the yuri cyberpunk Doomsday story "My Ex-Girlfriend Says She Still Loves Me [Doomsday]." Readers who are interested are welcome to check them out and add them to your reading lists!

Theme: Take control of your own destiny.