Did the Sword Immortal Blow Their Cover Today?

[The full story has been revised. I take no responsibility for pirated copies.]

[Updating daily, aiming for at least three chapters and hoping for six. My next story is Xiang Yu Is My Little Brother. The blurb is below. If you like it, please add it to your reading list~]

Eight years ago, she was Jiang Xuehan, the leading sword cultivator of the Shangqing Sect, a sword immortal of her age who could determine the world's fate with a single strike.

Eight years later, she was Jiang Cuihua, a brewer in Suiye City with not a trace of spiritual power.

It was all because of the battle at Moro. Jiang Xuehan's Dao was destroyed, and her bones shattered. She became a sacrifice, hidden from the light beneath the glory of humanity.

Now, Jiang Cuihua hides among the common folk, drinking a jug of oblivion and hoping to forget the past.

Until one day, a case involving a celestial demon shakes Suiye City.

The young man she'd casually rescued years ago is now the famous Third Young Master Xie, a rising star of the immortal sects in the divine capital. He clutches her wrist, eyes red, and says, "You have to keep living!"

Jiang Cuihua's peaceful life is shattered.

When the cold truth comes to light, she discovers that the conspiracy behind the Battle of Moro is far more terrifying than any personal grudge.

This time, though her sword bones are gone, her sword heart remains.

A cup of strong liquor for the past, and a three-foot blade once more pointed at the sages!

If the immortal realm has already rotted, then I will create a new world!

[Love triangle alert + secret identity trope]

1. One heroine and three love interests, not at the same time:

Laid-back sword immortal vs. gentle young master vs. deranged disciple vs. amnesiac demon emperor

2. Happy ending

3. Countless original worldbuilding details! Countless original worldbuilding details! Countless original worldbuilding details!

4. Slow-burn coming-of-age ensemble story

5. Cultivation ranks: Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment, Spirit Platform and Violet Palace, Golden Core Dao, Nascent Soul Manifestation, Deification and Return to the Void, Void Cavern and Unification, Great Vehicle and Tribulation Transcendence, Tribulation Transcendence and Ascension

Overworked office worker Xiang Fei transmigrates into an unfinished historical power-struggle novel and becomes Xiang Yu's older sister.

According to the plot, she will exhaust herself helping her younger brother become an unparalleled overlord, then watch him lose all his allies, kill himself by the Wu River, and see the Xiang clan wiped out.

But as soon as she transmigrates, she's forced to bind to the [Emperor Development System].

System: Ultimate mission: Help Xiang Yu ascend the throne and become emperor, and you can return to the modern world.

Xiang Fei looks at the System's shop, with its [Hybrid Rice Technology Summary], [Basic Steelmaking Method], and [Fundamentals of Administration], then looks at her eight-year-old brother Xiang Yu, who's already strong enough to lift a giant cauldron, but whose strategic sense is... less impressive.

Xiang Fei: Help him? Then die together? This mission has a bug.

System: ...

She decides to exploit the System's bug.

Reader's Guide

1. Strong female emperor + System + historical power struggles, with a focus on wish fulfillment and a satisfying comeback. The heroine is intelligent and plans every move.

2. The career plot comes first, romance later. She absolutely won't be ruled by love.

3. Based on history, but heavily reworked. The dynastic institutions are original, so please go easy on the history buffs.

4. Face-slapping and punishing scumbags + infrastructure and technological progress, using modern thinking to outclass the people of a chaotic era.

Theme: Hard times reveal a worthy ruler, though they may come late; people return after the evening snow.