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Alone, Pang Wan entered the Jiang Hu[1]. Her dream was to become a pure lady [2], to find her destined other half.
To fulfill this dream, everyday, she would dress elegantly in white and sit in the teahouse to admire handsome men and read her novels.
She heard, the demonesses [3] related to Jiang Hu were all, depending on their martial arts capabilities, divided into groups of three, six and nine.
Currently, the evil woman, who had the beauty of a blossoming flower, who had a heart like snakes and scorpions, who could kill at such a young age, was a once in a century's peerless demoness.
She also heard that the demoness had came down the mountains to challenge the Wu Lin [4] champion Gu Xi Ju, to take the title of number one and to wreck havoc in the Jiang Hu.
Yet again she heard that all those who had decent martial arts skills vowed to get rid of this witch.
Aiyaya, it's not good! Isn't this demoness her? She did not kill the person! She did not start the fire!
This infamous name of the demoness is also not what she wanted!
Looks, like Jiang Hu's road is very curved, she better run!
[1] Literally translated as rivers and lakes. Refers to the pugilist world.
[2] Direct translation: A lady like a White Lotus, meaning pure.
[3] Not exactly the supernatural kind. It's kind of a name for the women of Jiang Hu.
[4] Wu Lin meaning martial arts.
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(If the synopsis sounds confusing to you as it did to me when I first saw it, whatever you do, don't bypass this book because of it; you may regret it for the rest of your life =-=)
Are you tired of the reading predictable and repetitive stories? If you are, I think you'll love this book. If you're not, this will be a treat for you. Completed at 70 chapters, this book will twist and wrench your emotions more than any other transmigration novel you'll probably ever read.
The start of the story starts off a little slow but once you are a few chapters in, you won't regret it. The MC is one of a kind; she is openly narcissist because she's a transmigrator from the land of Mary Sue (which happens to be an actual place in the book), a place where there are many harem building women with a female lead hollow to protect them all their life. Due to her Mary Sue past life, Pang Wan firmly believes she's the female lead of this new world and goes out to hunt for the best husband(s) candidates she can find in this world.
It's kind of like a comedy or parody in the first half, but halfway through, there's a sudden twist you won't see coming and the story becomes darker, filled with even more twists. There aren't many books in the xianxia and wuxia genre that have solid character development but here, the MC will surprise you and make you proud at how she grows as a character from the beginning till the end of the story.
Although there's plenty of romance, the Male Lead is a tricky thing in that it's not obvious who the true one is. Some of you will board the wrong ship. For those of you who are afraid of this, I can assure you that you don't need to worry here. You'll probably change your own ship wholeheartedly, no feelings left behind, as quick as lightning when the right time comes. I can't tell you why. But just trust me. The true Male Lead is actually pretty satisfactory even if you weren't on his ship the first time around anyway.
Gah this book was so good. I kept reading and reading without putting it down until I finally hit the end. This is probably one of the best transmigration/ wuxia novels I've ever read. I've read so many C-novels now that I can guess the plot for most of them pretty early on in the book. But this one constantly surprised me. I don't think I'll ever recover from it.
