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Reclaimed by her noble family after a hellish childhood that wasn't meant to be hers, Qin Yining is bestowed the gift of a hellish family instead. Just as she turns her lot around and gains acceptance, her country is plunged into danger instead. In this absolutely riveting and spellbinding tale, what does our MC do when an entire dynasty is at stake?
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Although this book is still fairly new with about 80+ chapters translated (translation releases will be 5x a week, then eventually 1x each day), it's already moved up the ranks to be one of my top favorites. It's just that amazing.
The story is a little unique among the XianXia novels I've read so far. The MC was born as the legitimate daughter of an important official but was switched at birth with another girl. While the MC grew up in harsh conditions in the countryside for most of her life, the girl who was switched with her lived as the eldest, official daughter of her household. But then the MC's father finally finds her and brings her back to the manor to reclaim her identity. Unfortunately for her, not all of the members of her family happily open their arms to her, especially the girl who had taken her place for the past fourteen years. But this is all just the beginning. (By the way, none of this is really a spoiler because all of this is mentioned in the first couple of chapter; the story starts from when the MC is entering the manor.)
There is no transmigration, reincarnation, or cultivation in this; no modern knowledge or magical cheats. The MC of this book got to where she is now all on her own with just her brain and survival reflexes. Her challenges are no less difficult than any other MC out there, but she deals with these challenges jus as impressively, if not even more. She's no arrogant white lotus or Mary Sue, nor is she invincible and able to get out of every single situation unscathed. In fact, I admire her even more for this. She's pretty real in her thoughts and actions, and there is room for very good character development, too.
Every chapter of the story is interesting and has a very good pace. The family drama, arguments, and dialogue are not too hard to follow. Even the main antagonists are pretty smart and give a real challenge to the MC. I love watching to see what she will do to turn the situation around in her favor.
One of the most recent arcs was a wild roller coaster of emotion to read and I almost cried real tears because I knew that the MC's female lead halo couldn't really help her completely salvage the situation. I have never felt this way for any other Chinese novel. It was both devastating and beautiful at the same time.
The Male Lead is actually not what I expected at all. The author chose to take a different route than the whole cold-black-belly-who-fell-for-the-MC-at first-sight trope. There's a deeper story between the two and it's definitely refreshing after reading the same kind of romance over and over again in other xianxia novels.
This book is so well written and developed that it could almost be passed off as an official, published, hardcover novel. It's actually known to be one of the best Chinese web novels out there. Even people who aren't really into XianXia novels might enjoy this.
I suggest reading this now while it's fairly new in releases because I feel that the comment section on the original site is going to have a huge fan club camping there soon... and it will be most enjoyable to be there while it's all currently going on. (Where are my fellow bushiis at?)
Warning to any aggravators intending to move the translations to Wattpad: I and many others are fairly set on supporting the hardworking translators of this book on their own site. If we see you posting hundreds of chapters and leaving them there on your profile to get votes and reads for "offline reading purposes," we will give you only one warning before reporting you. There is no excuse for stealing.
