Back in the system space, Yi Lingfan clutched her chest, unable to contain her joy as she bounced around excitedly. The feeling of receiving a promise from her beloved was simply unbeatable!
Jumping alone wasn’t enough—Yi Lingfan happily embraced the Jinjiang Little Light Sphere, frolicking and playing with it. After all, there was no one else around to witness her unrestrained glee or care about her image.
After reveling in her happiness for a while, Yi Lingfan finally calmed down and, as usual, began reviewing the original trajectory of the previous world.
The protagonist of that world was clearly Rong Nianxin, and the male leads… numbered a staggering seven. It was a classic Mary Sue reverse harem romance.
The male leads were: Huangfu Yichen, Jin Yu, Yan Ruizhe, Gu Yu, Ying Qiyun, Yin Jiu, and Fu Yuming.
Without Yi Lingfan’s intervention, Tang Qi wouldn’t have stabilized her emotions so quickly, secured her position, fended off the grasping hands around her, or hosted the event in Cloudsky City that stabilized and propelled the growth of Cloudsky Fort. Naturally, the meeting of the male leads in Cloudsky City wouldn’t have happened either.
In the original timeline, Rong Nianxin had just arrived in the Xuantian Continent, dealt with a scumbag, and acquired her initial funds. Without the Cloudsky City event to broaden her horizons and familiarize her with the continent, she instead opened a small shop in the city where the Rong family resided.
Leveraging her modern knowledge and the backing of the Rong family—along with her talent for exploiting her connections—Rong Nianxin’s business flourished, amassing wealth and connections in the early stages.
Later, for business negotiations with Cloudsky City, Rong Nianxin traveled there. While scouting the area to understand the local terrain—aiming to “know thy enemy”—she encountered the same ambush in the same location.
Her response was identical: all her Rong family attendants perished, and the loyal guard who had fought to protect her was pushed forward as a human shield. Unfortunately, Rong Nianxin still fell off the cliff.
This time, however, Huangfu Yichen and the others weren’t in Cloudsky City to witness her final act. With no one around to challenge her story, she spun whatever tale she pleased.
Eventually, Rong Nianxin reached the altar at the cliff’s base, mastered dark arts, and embarked on her conquest of the Xuantian Continent.
Her first stop after climbing back up was naturally Cloudsky City. But the business deal? Long overdue due to her time at the altar, the negotiations collapsed—punctuality wasn’t her strong suit, and her partners lost interest.
The failure was entirely Rong Nianxin’s fault, but would she admit it? Of course not! She blamed her partners and the ambushers (whose identities remained unknown). With no targets to vent on, she turned her wrath on the business partners, throwing Cloudsky City into chaos.
Tang Qi, who had come to the city to revitalize the flagging Cloudsky Fort after her parents’ deaths, stumbled upon the turmoil. Thinking, “Cloudsky City is under Cloudsky Fort’s protection—how can I stand by?” she intervened. Noticing traces of Xuan practitioners breaking the rules, Tang Qi couldn’t let it slide.
Thus, Tang Qi and Rong Nianxin clashed.
Discovering Tang Qi’s (approximate) relationship with Yi Lingfan, Rong Nianxin burned with jealousy. Combined with her grudge from a past life, her hatred for Tang Qi deepened. While Tang Qi fought openly, Rong Nianxin schemed in the shadows—and outmaneuvered her.
Tang Qi fell into Rong Nianxin’s trap. Not wanting future threats, Rong Nianxin decided to eradicate Cloudsky Fort entirely. As the mastermind, she allied with several factions to attack the already weakened fort (after two successive lords’ deaths) and carved out a hefty portion for herself.
Next was the Rong family. Aware that her cliffside actions were a dark secret, Rong Nianxin left no witnesses. The family was annihilated—this time, without the timely rescue from Liuyun Merchant Guild or the Divine Physician Valley.
By the time the imperial court and Divine Physician Valley acted, it was too late. The city became a graveyard, with casualties so staggering they shocked the entire continent.
Rong Nianxin, however, was pleased. This was her “masterpiece”—unmatched, even across worlds.
In her modern pre-reincarnation life, she’d faced constraints. But in this might-makes-right world, she thrived.
The Xuantian Continent wasn’t lawless, but Rong Nianxin operated covertly. Her rise as a Xuan practitioner was seen as luck, so no one suspected her. She was just a “lucky” survivor.
Next came the imperial capital.
Barred from the royal festivities, Rong Nianxin seduced Fu Yuge, then through him, met Fu Yuming. Planning to enjoy both, she instead discovered Fu Yuming’s affair with Fu Yuanjing. Enraged—how dare her “property” be tainted by another man?—she killed Fu Yuge, framed Fu Yuanjing, and staged a “suicide.”
Why sacrifice Fu Yuge? To Rong Nianxin, he was already conquered—no longer exciting. As her follower, shouldn’t he gladly die for her? (She certainly thought so.)
Fu Yuming, unconvinced by the suicide, investigated. Rong Nianxin, furious, set traps and left to hunt new prey. But she hadn’t given up on Fu Yuming—this was just strategic retreat.
In the capital, she encountered the other six men and began her conquest.
Initially, she failed miserably. Huangfu Yichen, Ying Qiyun, and Yin Jiu were immune to her charms. Jin Yu and Yan Ruizhe were in love—no interest in her. Then Fu Yuming reappeared.
This was when Yi Lingfan intervened—the woman who drugged Fu Yuming (advancing his relationship with Fu Yuanjing) struck again. But this time, Rong Nianxin “rescued” him. Her cultivation art, a vampiric technique, had an added effect: it could bewitch victims into puppets. Total control was tricky, but she was fascinated.
With “protagonist halo” luck, she succeeded on all six men, refining her art until puppeteering became effortless.
Her targets expanded, including Gu Wei, close to Gu Yu. Gu Wei noticed Gu Yu’s odd behavior and tried to free him. Rong Nianxin wouldn’t allow it. Gu Wei didn’t fit her tastes, and his caution made him hard to control. So she killed him to cover her tracks.
The Xuantian Continent, destabilized by her machinations, weakened against the encroaching Outer Realm Demons. Rong Nianxin? She couldn’t care less. “I’m here for a harem, not to play hero,” she declared. Let the demons rampage—it didn’t disrupt her decadence.
Amidst her lavish excesses, countless died under the demons’ onslaught. But Rong Nianxin saw only the splendor before her, blind to the carnage beyond.
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