The Light of the Righteous Path Has Gone Offline

Synopsis: 

As the chief disciple of the Wanxiang Dao Sect, Ming Jing possessed extraordinary talent in the sword. Born with natural sword bones, her cultivation advanced at a breathtaking pace. She claimed the championship at the Spirit Dueling Tournament and became known as a favored daughter of heaven—the very light of the righteous path.

Yet this peerless genius was branded a traitor who had colluded with the demon race. Her cultivation was destroyed, her sword bones shattered, and her meridians severed before she was cast off a cliff.

As she hovered on the brink of life and death, Ming Jing heard an ethereal voice beside her ear.

The voice told her that although she possessed everything expected of a protagonist, she was merely cannon fodder in a wife-chasing crematorium script. Her fall from the cliff was only the opening act that would set the plot into motion.

It said that she was supposed to plunge into a thousand-year-old cold pool and be swept through an underwater current into a dark cavern. Her corpse would help the cavern’s master break free from her seal, thereby beginning the wife-chasing crematorium storyline of the script’s true protagonist—the Dao Venerable of the Wanxiang Dao Sect.

Clinging to her final breath, Ming Jing ignored the voice.

She fought her way through the violent currents of the cold pool and dragged herself into the dark cavern, leaving a long trail of blood behind her.

Inside the cavern was a woman in red, bound by blood-red chains. She was as bewitching and sinister as blood itself. Within the cavern’s dim, gloomy light, she spoke leisurely.

“Dual-cultivate with me, and I will save your life.”

The voice immediately panicked.

“Quickly! Reject her with righteous indignation, then sever your own heart meridian and die in front of her!”

Ming Jing’s face was deathly pale, but her bloodstained lips slowly curved into a smile.

“All right.”

This is the story of how the light of the righteous path went offline, fell into the demonic path, became the ruler of all demonic cultivators, and picked up a wife along the way.

1. Ming Jing falls into the demonic path and no longer cultivates the sword.
2. The Dao Venerable of the Wanxiang Dao Sect is a woman.
3. The love interest was originally the protagonist of the wife-chasing crematorium script.
4. The story contains mountains of original worldbuilding, familiar and straightforward tropes, satisfying face-slapping moments, and angst.

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One-Sentence Summary: A powerful big shot has sent you an invitation~

Theme: Love requires courage, perseverance, and sincerity.