Cheng Linyin, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Protectorate Great General, was discovered to possess Innate Mystic Qi Perfection on the day of her full-month celebration, a talent gifted by the heavens. She was taken as a Direct Disciple by the first and foremost expert of the Tianxuan Dynasty, the Great High Priest, and her unparalleled genius was famous throughout the entire Tianxuan Continent.
Originally, according to the plot’s development, Cheng Linyin would stay by the Great High Priest’s side to learn. It wasn’t until she turned eighteen and left her master that she represented the Tianxuan Dynasty in the competition among the younger generation of martial artists across the continent and successfully seized first place.
Afterward, her career soared. She perfectly illustrated what it meant to be a winner in life and eventually became one of the most prominent figures at the peak of the Tianxuan Continent.
However, after Cheng Ling arrived in this world, everything changed.
Cheng Lingyu was merely one of the many concubine-born daughters of the Great General’s Mansion, and among them, she was the least regarded.
Such a "master" not valued by the family head naturally wasn’t given much importance by the servants of the Protectorate Great General’s Mansion.
This time, Cheng Ling came to inhabit the body of Cheng Lingyu because she had gotten into a dispute with another common-born young miss, and both had fallen into the water.
Cheng Lingyu, always frail, caught a chill from the fall into the water and just like that, she passed away.
Cheng Ling, who inherited her body, felt that she owed Cheng Lingyu a debt of karma and naturally should repay her.
Firstly, that young miss who caused her to fall into the water, the chief culprit who turned Cheng Lingyu into what she became, would be the first one she wouldn’t let off!
Secondly, if the Protectorate General’s Mansion had cared a little more after Cheng Lingyu fell ill, she wouldn’t have ended in such a tragic demise; therefore, the Protectorate Great General’s Mansion wasn’t anything good either!
Hailing from a mercenary background, Cheng Ling didn’t have many moral concepts in her mind. She believed that anything dangerous to her should be eliminated; she would never be soft-hearted.
So she played the fool to catch the wise, first subduing the maids by her side to her own ends, then she found a way to poison the common-born young miss Cheng Lingyue, who pushed Cheng Lingyu into the water, causing her to suffer from unbearable, intense itching, eventually dying a miserable death.
Latterly, she discovered that her identity was not simple; her birth mother was not just an ordinary maid but belonged to a mysterious clan—the Ancient Moon Clan.
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As she slowly accumulated strength, feelings blossomed between her and the Crown Prince, Xuantian Ce, of the Tianxuan Dynasty, and the two pledged an oath of life and death.
Being from the Prime Minister of the Left’s maternal family lineage, Xuantian Ce had always harbored dissatisfaction towards the Protectorate Great General’s Mansion. With Xuantian Ce’s planning and Cheng Lingyu’s inside and outside cooperation, the Protectorate Great General’s Mansion was suspected of rebellion by the Emperor and the whole clan was exterminated.
There were only two survivors.
Cheng Linyin, as the Direct Disciple of the Great High Priest, was exempted from punishment having grown up with the Great High Priest.
Cheng Lingyu, who had ruthlessly eliminated her own kin, was deemed exemplary. With her own formidable strength and on Xuantian Ce’s recommendation, she was conferred the title of the new Protectorate Great General.
Because of this common-born sister, because of a baseless charge, her entire clan had been wiped out. How could Cheng Linyin not harbor hatred?
She intended to take revenge on Cheng Lingyu, but the other party was already fully fledged, beyond her ability to disturb.
Cheng Lingyu, accustomed to the law of the jungle, would naturally know the importance of eradicating the roots. She advised the Emperor, saying that Cheng Linyin harbored resentment and that once her strength grew, she would likely seek revenge on the Tianxuan Dynasty.
The Emperor, suspicious by nature, actually believed her words. Using the excuse of sending the Great High Priest far from the Imperial City, he then destroyed her Qi Sea.