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‘Newbie Quest Issued: Break the bond of fate between the Heaven’s Chosen Maiden, Xiao Yueluo, and her childhood friend, Su Qingyan.’
‘Quest Reward: Advancement of one cultivation rank; obtain a remnant scroll of the Heaven-Tier Lower-Grade cultivation art, The Book of Forgetting All Emotions.』
The cold, mechanical voice echoed in her mind, and Bai Yue’s eyes snapped open.
Her vision was filled with the canopy of a carved, fragrant rosewood bed.
She sat up abruptly.
Her long, jet-black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, spilling over her shoulders.
She gasped for breath, her forehead beaded with cold sweat.
Before her, a faint blue virtual panel glowed eerily.
The bold characters on it stung her eyes.
The corner of her mouth began to twitch uncontrollably.
「Isn’t this exactly that notorious exclusive system for the cannon-fodder female villain from that god-awful game I stayed up all night playing?!」
Sword of Emotion.
A yuri galgame wrapped in the skin of a xianxia world.
In this game, players could control the Heaven’s Chosen Maiden, leveling up and fighting monsters through the cultivation world, while also forming deep, romantic bonds with the fairy maidens they encountered.
But the game developers were utter sadists.
The game’s biggest selling point wasn’t the sweet romance.
It was the NTR.
The game constantly threw in various love-interest disruption characters who used every vile means to tear apart the fairy maidens who were close to the player.
The story forced the player to endure heartbreak, power up through sheer anguish, get emotionally destroyed by the plot, hunt down the disruptors for revenge, and finally achieve enlightenment and become an immortal.
Beyond just breaking up love interests, the Heaven’s Chosen Maiden herself could also be pushed into desperate situations by malicious plot events and choices.
It was a masterpiece of NTR with a brain-dead storyline, yet despite its awful plot, it boasted exquisite character art and intensely charged CGs that made countless players willing to exhaust themselves within the game.
Besides controlling the Heaven’s Chosen Maiden, players could also choose to control the NTR characters instead, ignoring the affection meter entirely and directly destroying the Heaven’s Chosen Maiden’s relationships.
Bai Yue looked down at her own hands.
Her ten fingers were slender and delicate, her skin like snow.
She wore a moon-white Daoist robe, the cuffs embroidered with the cloud patterns of the Du Xian Sect.
This was exactly the preferred NTR character in the game.
Bai Yue.
The Senior Disciple of the Du Xian Sect.
The most active, most hated, and most tragically doomed disruptor in the early game!
A Pure Love Assassin who traded the destruction of the Heaven’s Chosen Maidens’ bonds for power from the system!
Countless bloody CG images flashed through her mind in an instant.
Impaled by a thousand swords.
Struck to charcoal by heavenly lightning.
Thrown into the Ten Thousand Poison Pits to suffer the punishment of the scorpion pit.
Her soul drawn out and refined, to be tortured for eternity, never to be reincarnated.
And most commonly, being filled and burst like a cream puff.
A grand total of one hundred and eight different death endings, each one more grotesque and tragic than the last.
As a supporting character, her CG count was second only to the Heaven’s Chosen Maidens themselves, and her popularity even surpassed some of the protagonists.
Thinking of all this, Bai Yue felt a chill run straight down the back of her neck, as if a guillotine blade was already hanging there.
“No, I can’t just sit here and wait for death!”
She punched the bed frame.
The solid wood let out a muffled thud.
“Breaking up a couple earns you a lightning strike from heaven.
In my past life, I was a Level 10 Pure Love Warrior on Tieba!
How could I ever do something so despicable?”
She stared intently at the system panel before her.
The quest reward was generous.
A full cultivation rank advancement, plus a Heaven-Tier cultivation art.
But the rewards the system gave were always a step below the fortuitous encounters of the Heaven’s Chosen Maidens in the game.
Even if she took the rewards, she’d still end up dead in the end.
The risk and reward were completely out of proportion.
“From today onward, I am no NTR warrior.”
Bai Yue took a deep breath, her gaze gradually sharpening.
“I am a Pure Love Guardian!”
The only way to survive was to do the exact opposite of what the system wanted.
The system wanted her to break bonds.
She absolutely would not.
As long as she wholeheartedly helped the Heaven’s Chosen Maidens and protected their love,
making their relationship unbreakable, welding their doors shut so no one could get in,
then no bonds would be broken, and the storylines triggered by quest completion would never occur.
And without earning anyone’s hatred, those one hundred and eight death endings would never come for her!
Plan successful.
Perfect logic, flawless loop.
Just as Bai Yue was patting herself on the back for her brilliance, a frantic knock came at the door.
“Miss!”
A servant’s urgent voice called from outside.
“Su Qingyan of the Su Family in Qinghe City is here to see you! She says it’s a matter of utmost urgency and begs you to see her!”
Su Qingyan.
Hearing the name, Bai Yue’s heart skipped a beat.
Here it comes.
The plot is starting.
Isn’t this the childhood friend mentioned in the system quest?
And the first major event at the beginning of Sword of Emotion.
Bai Yue quickly reviewed the plot in her mind.
Qinghe City, the Xiao Family.
Xiao Yueluo, one of this work’s Heaven’s Chosen Maidens, was originally the pride of the Xiao family, a genius of extraordinary talent.
But half a month ago, the Xiao family head died unexpectedly.
Soon after, for some unknown reason, Xiao Yueluo suddenly lost all her cultivation, her spiritual roots withered, and she was reduced to a complete cripple.
Misfortune never comes alone.
The Xiao family had previously offended the City Lord of Qinghe City over some trade disputes involving spirit stone mines.
Now, seeing that the Xiao family had lost its pillar of support, the City Lord immediately came to their door to make trouble.
He issued an ultimatum:
The Xiao family was to offer Xiao Yueluo as a concubine to his fool of a son.
If they agreed, past grievances would be forgotten, and the City Lord’s mansion would unconditionally protect the Xiao family from then on.
The sycophantic elders of the Xiao family immediately agreed on the spot.
Without hesitation, they placed the now-powerless Xiao Yueluo under house arrest, planning to pack her off to the City Lord’s mansion in a few days in exchange for the family’s safety.
Su Qingyan, Xiao Yueluo’s childhood friend since they were young.
Their feelings for each other ran deep.
Desperate to save Xiao Yueluo, Su Qingyan swallowed her pride and ran herself ragged, but found no one willing to help.
Finally, she pinned all her hopes on the original owner of this body, who had arrived in Qinghe City a few days ago.
This was the original owner’s first “system mission.”
According to the game’s original path,
the original owner received Su Qingyan.
She put on a righteous front, pretending to agree to help.
But in secret, she used an insidious pill called “Soul-Losing Powder” to control Su Qingyan’s mind.
On the day Xiao Yueluo was to be forced into marriage,
the original owner brought the controlled Su Qingyan to the scene.
She made Su Qingyan humiliate Xiao Yueluo before the entire city.
Not only did she tear up the token of their love in public,
but she also crushed the last shred of Xiao Yueluo’s dignity.
At that moment, Xiao Yueluo’s heart died, and she completely severed her emotional ties.
The original owner thus flawlessly completed the system mission and received a bountiful reward.
As for Xiao Yueluo, in the depths of her despair and humiliation, she unexpectedly awakened an ancient divine bloodline, beginning her journey of dark revenge, slaying gods and Buddhas alike.
Of course, the first thing she did after her awakening was to skin the original owner alive, pull out her tendons, and burn her as a lamp wick for three days and three nights.
Recalling this, Bai Yue couldn’t help but shudder.
Too tragic.
That death was practically a crime against humanity.
“Miss?
Are you in there?”
The servant outside, receiving no response, grew even more anxious.
“Su Qingyan has been kneeling outside for three hours!
Her forehead is all bloody!
She says if you won’t see her, she’ll die right there on your doorstep!”
Bai Yue pulled herself back from her memories.
She looked down and straightened her slightly disheveled Daoist robe.
Then, she stood up and walked to the bronze mirror.
The mirror reflected a face of cold, breathtaking beauty.
Eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like autumn waters.
A tiny teardrop mole at the corner of her eye added a touch of aloofness that kept others at arm’s length.
She certainly looked the part of a top-tier villainess.
But from now on, the soul inhabiting this body was a Pure Love Warrior.
Bai Yue turned and strode towards the door.
She pulled the wooden door open with force.
The sunlight outside was somewhat dazzling, and she squinted slightly.
The servant who had announced her, seeing the door open, quickly bowed.
“Mi-Miss.”
Bai Yue looked down at him.
Her expression was calm, betraying no emotion.
“Let her in.”
Her voice was clear and cold, ringing with finality.
“Yes! This servant will bring her in at once!”
The servant, as if pardoned, turned and scurried away.
Bai Yue stood at the doorway, gazing at the distant clouds churning.
A breeze stirred, lifting her long hair.
Since she had decided to be a Pure Love Warrior,
then this first battle would start with protecting the love between Xiao Yueluo and Su Qingyan.
「System, you watch closely.」
Bai Yue sneered inwardly.
「This lady is about to show you what hardcore pure love really means.」
She turned and walked back into the room, sitting upright in the master’s chair.
She waited quietly for the arrival of that childhood friend.
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