Something Is Wrong with My Cultivation Romance

[Currently undergoing a complete rewrite and major revision. The first volume is complete; please read the official version.]

*Fake everyone-hates-her, real everyone-loves-her

In the dark Great Wilderness, where gods, demons, and monsters roamed freely, ruled by a tyrant and an evil ancestor,

I was a powerless, helpless human princess, a born ill-fated loner and the sole survivor of a fallen kingdom. Yet, by chance, I was taken in by the gods of the Celestial Realm and became a personal disciple of Qingwei, the savior crown prince.

There were seven of us in our lineage. I was the third senior sister, and the first mortal disciple of the Celestial Academy.

Mortals were born lowly, and my fate marked me as a bringer of calamity, so there were plenty of people who hated me.

But there were plenty of people who liked me, too.

I had three relationships in all.

The first person to fall for me was my second senior brother, crown prince of the Penglai gods of the Eastern Wilderness. Elegant and handsome, gentle and courteous, he was heir to the Eastern Wilderness, and he always helped me catch up on my cultivation when I fell behind.

The second was my fifth junior brother, the peacock heir of the Nanming gods of the Southern Wilderness. Handsome, charming, and fabulously wealthy, he and I were bickering rivals, and he nearly married me.

The third was my junior grandnephew. In his previous life, he had been my beloved master from my mortal days. Gentle, sensible, and considerate, he successfully entered into a marriage pact with me.

Unfortunately, the stars foretold that I was an abandoned, lonely soul, forsaken by the Heavenly Way. Though I had plenty of romantic prospects, I was destined to die alone, and I would bring about the deaths of those closest to me.

The prophecy was right. In the end, my first partner died horribly in a foreign land, my second killed my third, and my own cultivation stagnated. I could not ascend to godhood, and I became a widow.

I spent five hundred years in widowhood, and the world was at peace for five hundred years.

Then one day, the evil bone of my other cheap master, the Imperial Lord Wuji, suddenly resurfaced, stirring up another storm.

Everyone knew the Imperial Lord Wuji was a menace. He had betrayed the Celestial Realm and been reviled for generations.

Because of him, I lost my partner and grew estranged from the fourth junior brother I had grown up with, who was as close to me as family and was also the famed Taiji Sword Venerable of the Great Wilderness. We would never again be as close as before.

Because of him, our fellow disciples were dead or wounded, and we had become almost complete strangers.

Thankfully, there was still our gentle, jade-like first senior brother, the immortal leader. He worked hard to preserve our precarious bonds as fellow disciples and keep the celestial isles of the Celestial Realm at peace.

But the Imperial Lord Wuji refused to give up. He intended to resurrect himself through his evil bone, once more throwing the three realms into turmoil.

I knew how dangerous he was. For the hard-won peace of the world, I had to stop him

Later, I finally understood something.

The one who truly stirred up turmoil in the three realms and entangled everyone in love and hate

was me.

#Was there something wrong with my curse?

#What do you mean, the world would be at peace if I were willing to accept everyone!?

[, Reading Guide, ]

1. The main text is written in third person.

2. The setting combines immortal cultivation sects and celestial isles, with gods, humans, and demons. Immortals and demons are opposing factions. The world is vast, with many original settings, so don't read if that's not your thing.

3. The first few chapters lay the groundwork for the plot and worldbuilding. The story starts low and rises from there, and the romantic feelings grow stronger over time. The heroine and all male characters are virgins, and all the male characters dote on and love the heroine.

4. I write whatever comes to mind, so there are no detailed content warnings.

Theme: Keep striving in the face of adversity