In her previous life, Shi Zi Chu was forcibly bound to a “supporting female” system. Her body and fate were controlled, and she was reduced to a mere stepping stone for the heroine, Chu Zhi Rou.
After rebirth, Shi Zi Chu shatters the system and seizes every resource for herself. Determined to strengthen her own power, she calmly commits every so-called “bad deed” in the book. Her master’s companion artifact? She seduces her master, takes what she wants, and walks away. Stealing the heroine’s opportunity? Impossible. [Opportunities do not have owners; if she grasps them first, they are hers by right.] Stealing the heroine’s man? Ridiculous. Men only slow down her cultivation.
When those men finally awaken, regret their choices, and try to reconcile, Shi Zi Chu simply smiles and says: “Go to hell.”
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Years later, Shi Zi Chu stands at the very peak of the cultivation world. She turns back, expecting only loneliness at the summit, and instead finds a crowd silently gathered behind her.
The aloof master murmurs: “Wine, may your every wish be fulfilled, and may you be safe and sound year after year.”
The black-hearted patriarch coaxes: “I just obtained an extraordinary treasure. Are you sure you do not want to come and see it?”
The gloomy snake demon pleads: “Do not abandon me. I can be whatever you like, for as long as you wish.”
The sickly ghost laughs softly: “Shi Zi Chu, if they all died, would you finally belong to me alone?”
The green tea childhood friend says with red-rimmed eyes: “Qing Qing, I know I’m not as good as they are, but please… don’t look down on me, all right?”
At last, they speak in unison, full of wounded grievance: “Chu Chu, please don’t leave us.”