Xu Ruoying

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Xu Ruoying gets her hands on a cultivation romance game, Love, Love in the Cultivation World. You can freely set your identity and pursue multiple targets at once.

Available targets:

A genius swordsman with peerless talent, unrivaled swordsmanship, an unshakable Dao heart, and a strict dedication to the Heartless Dao. He has no idea what love is.

Xu Ruoying: "What would he be like if he went mad for love, his Dao heart shattered, and he could no longer cultivate the Heartless Dao? I want to see."

A cautious cultivator who always plays it safe: calm, rational, extremely guarded, always hiding his true strength, and always keeping a trump card up his sleeve.

Xu Ruoying: "The more rational they are, the more I want to make them throw caution to the wind for love, play every trump card, and lose all reason."

A dragon-like protagonist with an overwhelming blood feud, cold and ruthless, decisive in killing, willing to use any means to cultivate, and wholly devoted to revenge.

Xu Ruoying: "I should become the daughter of his enemy. It'd be pretty interesting to watch him torn between his blood feud and the woman he loves."

The handsome, refined, otherworldly, serene leader of the Buddhist sect, who cultivates the discipline of silence.

Xu Ruoying: "I want to see a monk with incredible self-control break his vows, fall in love, descend from his pedestal, and speak for love."

The strongest person in the story, with cultivation that reaches the heavens and the earth, just one step away from ascending to the immortal realm, and wholly focused on ascension.

Xu Ruoying: "It's more fun when the stronger ones bow their heads for love. The strongest person falling for a mortal? Just thinking about it gets me excited."

For more available targets, see the character list.

Xu Ruoying:

"Who do I love, really?"

"Of course I love them all."

"I mean every one of them."

"I have plenty of love to give."

"The more arrogant, cold, and hard-to-sway a cultivator is, the more I like him."

"I love seeing you cultivators, so far above everyone else and capable of reaching heaven and earth, bowing down to a mortal you consider an ant."

"You hate me? That's fine too. How can there be hate without love?"

"Yes, I hate cultivators, so I love cultivators too."

Please Read Before Starting:

This is not a female-led power fantasy, nor is the female lead a strong woman. The main text is in third person and written in plain, straightforward language.

BG romance, no BL, no choosing a favorite, open ending plus individual endings.

None of the male romance options has any romantic history.

The female lead is a mortal, and there is a huge gap between her and the men in terms of combat strength and age.

This is not a typical player story. The female lead has strong agency, and no matter how powerful the male characters are, they're there to support her.

It's not love at first sight and the pacing is very slow. Each male character will have a different romantic development arc with her.

The early part focuses on romance, while the middle and later parts focus on the love-triangle drama. It's only fun when you've built up deep feelings and the rivalry between the men kicks off.

There will be some melodramatic old tropes, like falling in love with your enemy's daughter.

The cultivation ranks in this story:

Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence.

This isn't a serious cultivation novel, so don't pay too much attention to the ranks.

Upcoming novel: A Peerless Beauty Turns the World Upside Down

Blurb:

Tumi is a peerless beauty, beguiling and irresistible, capable of turning the world upside down.

The Transmigration Bureau's Romance Team specially recruits her to travel to different worlds and win over the men there.

She admires the strong. No matter what world she's in, she likes powerful people.

Power, martial prowess, intelligence, talent... She likes strength in every form.

She loves having the strong submit to her, open their hearts to her, and offer her everything.

This time, she goes to an ancient world.

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In a magnificent palace, an ambitious emperor sets aside his memorials, confident that peace reigns throughout the land.

A report is announced. A beauty approaches gracefully, breathtakingly lovely yet cold as ice.

The emperor gazes at her for a long time, and considers starting a war just to win her favor.

At an apricot grove banquet filled with the year's successful candidates, the elegant top scholar holds his wine cup, looking down on everyone.

The wind blows and the apricot blossoms drift. The beauty stands radiant, a scene fit for a painting.

With a clatter, the top scholar drops his cup. His heart falls too, landing at the beauty's feet.

In a swaying military tent, a scheming strategist lowers his eyes, preparing to refuse once again the beauty his lord has offered him.

He looks up, and sees a peerless beauty of incomparable splendor.

Without changing his expression, the strategist swallows the words of refusal.

On a towering mountain, an undefeated master swordsman strokes his sword and shakes his head. Being undefeated is so lonely.

He turns around and sees the beauty in the distance, radiant as the morning clouds, dazzling as the sun.

The master says nothing. After a long while, he sighs and returns his sword to its sheath. He has lost.

On a dark, windy night, a peerless assassin who has never missed a target strikes like a flash of lightning.

His sword flashes, illuminating the beauty's breathtaking face and incomparable loveliness.

His blade veers aside at the last moment, missing her by a hair and slicing off a few strands. The assassin catches them, overcome by an inexplicable ache.

The divine physician, the famous constable, the general, the cult leader...

Countless powerful people all submit to her.

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Among a garden of bright, lovely flowers, Tumi brushes the colorful petals from her clothes and turns her back on the person confessing their love. Her voice is cool and faint.

You love me? Sincerity alone isn't enough. Give me everything you have.

Me? I won't give you anything.

Is that not allowed?

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The emperor, the top scholar, the master swordsman, the strategist, the assassin...

They all gather together, glaring at one another, their eyes like knives, each wishing the others were dead.

Just as they're about to come to blows, Tumi arrives at her leisure.

Everyone turns to her and asks in unison, who do you love, anyway?

Tumi smiles listlessly, her voice drifting like clouds and as faint as a breeze.

I'll love whoever is strongest.

Theme: Enjoy the game and make the most of life.