After Becoming the Heroine of a Torment Novel, She Is Defiant to the Core

Xie Le has lived three times, yet never met a good end. Her aloof master killed her for the sake of all living beings, the powerful yet tragic Demon Lord abandoned her for his people, and her childhood sweetheart, the senior brother, married someone else! But after she died, they all went mad with regret? And now the stupid System wants her to win over other targets. Is this really how the heroine of a xianxia novel is supposed to be treated? She quit!

Quit? Of course not, Meng Li says. As long as there are choices, there’s always a way out. Madwoman literature is the best! This black-hearted lotus from the apocalypse lives by the principle that instead of wallowing in darkness and distortion herself, she’d rather send everyone else flying.

Her master’s devoted to all living beings? Then let him stay on that path to the bitter end. Only people with too much time on their hands can afford to talk about romance. The overworked wage slaves just have to keep their heads down and work themselves to the bone. The powerful yet tragic Demon Lord wants to rekindle their old flame? Can anything free ever be worth having? Even if he takes a number, who knows how far back in line he’ll be! The Yun family members who opposed the senior brother taking a partner: Weren’t you supposed to be an unwanted, useless little nobody with no family? Then who’s this enchantress? Is it too late to change our minds?

The darkened second senior brother, the gloomy and damp supporting male character Ye Jin, the cool and aloof boyfriend Feng Wuchen, and the warm-hearted boyfriend Bai Zhou are all still waiting in line: We’re still waiting here! The System watches its single-minded Host, who used to be so proper about matters of the heart, turn into a master angler. It’s ready to cheer, but wasn’t everyone supposed to go mad for her, go wild for her, and bang their heads against a wall for her? Meng Li points left: Isn’t that one gone mad? She raises her right hand: Isn’t that one raving? She lifts her chin: And aren’t those others desperately begging for mercy?

With a long sword in hand, Meng Li stands atop a mountain of corpses. Going mad for love? Not a chance. A fate set in stone? Then she’ll turn the whole thing upside down and carve out her own path to immortality!