Bai Meng Jin ruled as the Jade Devil for over a thousand years—loathed, feared, and impossible to swallow, like a bone lodged in the cultivation world’s throat. She dies without regret… and wakes up in her own teenage body.
This time, she’s done playing the villain.
The righteous path is stuffed to the brim with polished smiles and “proper” virtue. Fine. If they insist on pretending, she can do it too—only better. Let them have an immortal maiden who looks gentle, speaks sweetly, and serves tea with a smile… while quietly sharpening the knife behind her back.
To survive what’s coming, she needs a shield. A backer. Someone destined to stand at the peak of power.
Her target is Ling Bu Fei, the Wu Ji Sect’s Young Sect Master: a future pillar of the Immortal Alliance, currently reduced to a frail nobody with shattered meridians and enemies on all sides. Bai Meng Jin steps in when he has nothing—steady companionship, unwavering loyalty, perfectly timed kindness. When he rises, he’ll trust her completely. He’ll protect her. He’ll be her best investment.
It’s flawless.
Until the days turn into months, the “pitiful genius” starts showing teeth, and Bai Meng Jin realizes she may have miscalculated one thing:
Ling Bu Fei isn’t as righteous as he’s supposed to be.
And the more she tries to control the game, the more it feels like someone else has already been playing it—just as well as she has.