A leisurely path of cultivation, with immortality in its sights.
At first, Chu Yu thought she had transmigrated into an ancient-era family-intrigue story. All she could think about was growing up quickly, getting married, then losing her husband and being left alone. Perfect.
But once she stepped out of the rear courtyard, she realized this was a cultivation novel about a gifted female protagonist.
First, her eldest sister was a peerless talent with a portable immortal estate. Then there was her second sister, Captain Chu, who seemed to have come from the same world as her and had been born into this one with a golden finger.
As the cannon-fodder little sister, with poor aptitude and a shortened lifespan, Chu Yu refused to lie flat and let people mock her!
She had to cultivate! Become immortal!
She would strive to live until the end of time, with a lifespan as long as the Black Tortoise’s.
Thankfully, she had saved up a cultivation manual that could train automatically. Thankfully, she could sell goods across every plane and accumulate resources. And thankfully, she had two devoted sisters who never abandoned her or complained that she consumed resources like a gluttonous beast.
The path of cultivation is merciless. Countless brilliant talents fall along the way, but the three of us sisters want to see the view from the very highest point of the immortal path.
(As far as I can tell, there’s no romance. Three sisters cultivate together, with no infighting. The heroine may be a good-for-nothing when it comes to aptitude, but her life isn’t miserable. She’s simply rushing around nonstop to gather resources. That’s just how you start from nothing.)
P.S. This isn’t a conventional cultivation novel. It combines many elements and focuses on cultivating both the body and the heart. The author likes writing details, so don’t read it if that bothers you. Reading should be fun, so if it’s not to your taste, run! It’s painful when the flavors don’t agree with you.
Why is the female lead's talent set up to be so poor? Her older sister is so talented. What's so good about a useless female lead?
It's utterly worthless. The female lead never properly cultivated; she's always meddling in other people's business. What does it matter to her how many concubines the original female lead had? It's not good; I'm dropping it.
I've never seen a story about sisters conquering the world together! It's better if there's no romantic pairing!
Sometimes, it's unnecessary to write too much. For example, when the young master is female, saying "Although she's a woman, she's incredibly powerful," etc., Creates a subtle feeling because you've set up a world of gender equality. (After all, true gender equality doesn't need special explanation.) And that gold and silver tree, why did Xiao Jin choose the male one so naturally? That's really upsetting!
No matter how detailed the author's description of the female protagonist's growth process is, in a cultivation novel, diligent cultivation is the top priority. If the female protagonist does nothing but focus on important matters all day long, it's considered neglecting her duties. Even if the female protagonist doesn't grow stronger, so what?
Ugh, I really want to delete the comments.
Seeing comments about people abandoning a story always puts me in a bad mood, especially if they didn't even finish the free chapters... Uh, suddenly I feel even more upset that the paid chapter was abandoned and they specifically told me. Of course, none have been deleted yet. As for the future, I've heard that mentioning other posts in one's own comment section easily leads to arguments.
Regarding Chu Die's character design
I'm posting a long review of myself, which is actually just reposting what the author said; I'm just trying out the comment function. Regarding the question of whether it's contradictory that Chu's father disliked the Third Madam yet still brought her back. He really is a scumbag, and he's never denied it.
This isn't a novel, it's more like an expository essay! Every single thing is explained at length, with all sorts of explanations and interpretations. Can't you use plot to drive the story forward? I really can't stand it anymore.
I excitedly came in to see the update, and after reading it, I immediately recommended it to my younger sister. Me: "I found a super good cultivation novel! And there's no male lead, so you don't have to worry about him getting love-struck!" My sister: "Oh my god (crowing) That's great! Does that mean there won't be any annoying competition between females, and the female lead won't get stupid?!"
What is the author trying to express? Is the adult world really that complicated? The novel has a great plot, but the characters are very contradictory. It seems to want to use language to highlight the heroine's intelligence, but as a novel, it's exhausting to read. There are a lot of descriptions of inner thoughts and a lot of memories of the heroine's original lover. Some chapters feel like only half of them are worth reading, with the rest of the text being wasted.