After Transmigrating into a Male-Centric Novel, the Female Lead and I Got a Happy Ending - Chapter 1

Distant mountains were touched with the hue of dark eyebrows, and a gentle breeze brought warmth.

“Junior Sister Xiaoyu, if you do not get up now, we are going to be late for the Sect Grand Assembly! Did you not say you wanted to cheer for Senior Sister?”

A crisp, melodious voice woke Qin Yu from her sweet sleep.

Opening her eyes, she looked at the slightly familiar ceiling and let out a long breath of turbid air. “I will be right there.”

She got up and hurriedly dressed, only to find that the more rushed she was, the more mistakes she made.

Damn it. She had been here for almost seven days, yet she still could not adapt to this world that was completely different from her original one.

When Qin Yu woke up seven days ago, she found herself in a neat, clean room. She had transmigrated into a book, specifically, a male-oriented web novel titled Breaking the Heavens.

The novel told the story of how the male protagonist, Cheng Jian, stepped out of a dilapidated little village and step by step became the savior of the world.

Breaking the Heavens was a novel Qin Yu had been particularly fond of lately. The reason was simple: she deeply adored Yu Qingya, one of the female leads in the book.

As a male-oriented fantasy cultivation novel, how could the male protagonist possibly have only one woman?

However, this book was somewhat different from other harem novels in that it only had two main heroines.

One was as ethereal as a goddess descending from the Jade Palace, standing proudly aloof; the other was like a lively, quirky girl next door.

To be precise, one was pursued by the male protagonist, and the other pursued the male protagonist.

And the one who pursued the male protagonist shared the exact same name as Qin Yu.

Although there were two heroines, they met different fates. In the final ending, this Qin Yu sacrificed herself for the male protagonist, helping him ascend to the supreme divine throne.

Upon reading the ending, Qin Yu had fainted from anger.

Who would want to lose their life just to help a playboy-like male protagonist? He talked about responsibility on his lips, but in reality, he loved everyone.

And this supporting female lead who shared her very name actually fought with the goddess for the male protagonist.

Who would have thought that upon waking up again, Qin Yu would find herself inside this very book?

This was a world of cultivation. Sure enough, she had transmigrated into the Qin Yu with the same name.

The original body was the youngest daughter of the leader of the Ancient Tree Sect, but she was also a rare talent. After all, as a character capable of competing with the other heroine for the male protagonist, how could her talent be poor? Above the original owner was an elder sister named Qin Huan, who was three years older than Qin Yu.

And Yu Qingya was the person Qin Huan had always regarded as her primary rival.

Learning about the Sect Grand Assembly seven days later and thinking she would finally get a chance to see the goddess, she had strongly requested to participate in this grand assembly.

Who knew that because her soul was still that of a modern person unaccustomed to the cultivation lifestyle where sleep was not necessary, she had overslept again.

“Father, is it Sister’s turn yet?”

Qin Yu rushed over without stopping, only to find that the matches had already begun.

As a Sect Grand Assembly held every three years, disciples from various sects would compete against each other.

The sects were then ranked based on their competition results to determine the order in which they could select new disciples.

The triennial Sect Grand Assembly could be described as an opportunity for all sects to absorb new blood and select talented individuals.

As the Senior Sister of the Ancient Tree Sect, Qin Huan would naturally make an appearance, and her opponent was Yu Qingya from the Azure Lotus Pavilion.

Qin Yuanshan lovingly stroked Qin Yu’s head. “Not yet. You rash and hurried girl all day long, sit down properly.”

Only then did Qin Yu let out a sigh of relief. She made a funny face and sat down beside Qin Yuanshan.

“Next, Qin Huan of the Ancient Tree Sect versus Yu Qingya of the Azure Lotus Pavilion.”

Qin Yu watched as Qin Huan walked toward the center of the arena. Qin Huan had a slender figure and a beautiful appearance. In the modern world, she would have been a rare beauty, but compared to the person opposite her, she was still far from enough.

Yu Qingya wore a pure white robe, her skin as white as snow, adorned with a slender jade belt.

She looked like a celestial fairy descending from the nine heavens, yet her icy gaze made people too intimidated to look directly at her.

“Senior Sister always loses to Yu Qingya. I wonder how she is doing after a year of closed-door cultivation?”

“I heard the Sect Master searched for a celestial herb last time, thinking she would win. But what happened? Did she not still lose? I feel like there is not much hope this time either.”

“Hey, can you not stop boosting others’ morale while destroying your own prestige?”

“I am just speaking the truth. That is Yu Qingya we are talking about.”

Hearing the disciples arguing nearby, Qin Yu glanced at her expressionless father beside her.

Though she did not want to admit what these people were saying, as someone familiar with the original plot, Qin Yu knew they were speaking the truth.

Even though Qin Huan had broken through to the early Nascent Soul stage during this closed-door cultivation, she would still lose to Yu Qingya.

Yu Qingya had already reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage long ago, stepping half a foot into the late stage.

“Yu Qingya, this time I have been in closed-door cultivation for a year and have already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. Who claims final victory this time is still uncertain.”

Qin Huan smiled. Before her closed-door cultivation, she knew Yu Qingya had already stepped half a foot into the Nascent Soul stage, so Yu Qingya’s current strength should be similar to her own. Therefore, she had this confidence.

Yu Qingya maintained her aloof and refined expression. “Then let us wait and see.”

Qin Yu covered her forehead, listening to her sister’s dialogue that sounded just like a villain provoking the protagonist, feeling a secret wave of worry in her heart.

After all, her sister had put a tremendous amount of effort into this. If she still lost to Yu Qingya, would she not suffer a devastating blow?

Sure enough, at the start, Qin Huan still wore a confident smile. With the celestial-grade item her father gave her to break through to Nascent Soul, she definitely would not lose to Yu Qingya again.

However, after a few moves, Qin Huan’s expression gradually grew solemn. Facing her opponent’s formidable offensive power, she was already struggling to parry.

By the fifth move, she was knocked outside the boundary lines, looking at Yu Qingya in shock.

“You are…”

Qin Huan asked in disbelief.

Yu Qingya lowered her gaze, her face still bearing that ethereal expression. “Sorry, I broke through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage a short while ago.”

Gasps of astonishment echoed through the surrounding crowd. Mid-Nascent Soul? Is this even human cultivation speed?

Qin Yu supported her forehead once more. Why had she not felt that Yu Qingya’s words were so infuriating when she read the book?

Qin Huan gave a bitter smile. “No wonder.” Then she looked somewhat resigned. After all, this was Yu Qingya; everyone knew she was a once-in-a-century genius of the cultivation world, so having this kind of cultivation speed was not surprising after all.

“Sister, are you alright?”

Qin Yu went up to greet Qin Huan as she stepped down from the arena. After all, the blow of facing such a genius was not something ordinary people could easily endure.

“I am fine. I just did not expect Yu Qingya to break through so quickly this time.”

Qin Huan had originally thought she could secure victory this time, yet she could not even last five moves. The mental blow from this could well be imagined.

It felt like touching hope right before your eyes, only to be plunged into disappointment again.

“Is there anyone else who wishes to take the stage?”

The referee announced.

The rule of the match was that each side could send out three people for a wheel battle until all players of one side were defeated, eliminating that side, while the remaining side emerged victorious.

Such a match tested the comprehensive strength of each sect, but who could have expected that because the Azure Lotus Pavilion had a Yu Qingya, every match turned into a one-on-one duel?

That was Yu Qingya! Since Qin Huan, the Senior Sister of the Ancient Tree Sect, could not last five rounds against her, how could the others dare to step forward?

“It looks like the championship prize belongs to the Azure Lotus Pavilion again this time.”

“That is Soul Jade! I heard that whoever obtains the Soul Jade in the Ancient Mystic Realm will gain a fortuitous encounter that others can never get.”

“What a pity it belongs to the Azure Lotus Pavilion once more. After all, among these people, who can possibly defeat Yu Qingya?”

Soul Jade?

Supporting Qin Huan, Qin Yu’s figure stiffened. This was a crucial turning point in the novel.

The Soul Jade was indeed a good item and could grant a fortuitous encounter, but that encounter did not belong to Yu Qingya, it belonged to the male protagonist, Cheng Jian.

In the original work, Yu Qingya entered the Ancient Mystic Realm carrying the Soul Jade, and encountered the male protagonist at a heritage seal. The Soul Jade ripened the celestial fruit and also ripened the romantic feelings between the man and woman, forcing Cheng Jian and Yu Qingya into a relationship.

That was not even the most significant part. Because of this, Cheng Jian’s cultivation skyrocketed, and the celestial fruit even enabled him to awaken his spiritual power cultivation.

Yu Qingya did not gain any benefits initially, but unexpectedly, she accidentally became pregnant as a result, causing her cultivation speed to become extremely slow because all her cultivation energy was absorbed by the child in her belly.

And because of this child, Yu Qingya became inextricably entangled with Cheng Jian.

Qin Yu turned her head to look at Yu Qingya standing tall and graceful in the arena. That peerless beauty and figure looked like an otherworldly, untainted lotus standing proudly in the center. Was she really destined to be cut off from godhood simply because of the so-called plot?

If viewed from a male-oriented perspective, this book was indeed very gratifying, with the male protagonist Cheng Jian plucking the most beautiful flower in the world.

However, from Yu Qingya’s perspective, it was perhaps a tragedy.

Endowed with supreme talent since childhood, hailed as the person most likely to transcend tribulation and achieve immortality within a century, she had dedicated herself entirely to cultivation, only to become a subsidiary appendage of the male protagonist due to a so-called fortuitous encounter.

Qin Yu admitted that as for the character of Yu Qingya in the book, she had loved her from the beginning to the end; the character was successfully sculpted.

In the real world, she herself was also inclined toward women, so Yu Qingya had always been her goddess and ideal partner.

Was she just going to watch helplessly as Yu Qingya was controlled step by step by the plot, forced to accept her own destiny?

No. Since she had come here, she would not allow such a thing to happen. Everything had to be chosen by Yu Qingya herself, with her own conscious awareness.

And what she needed to do was prevent Yu Qingya from obtaining the Soul Jade so that she would not lose her consciousness.

Qin Yu handed Qin Huan over to a fellow senior sister, turned around, and walked step by step into the center of the arena.

This was the first time she had looked at Yu Qingya from such a close distance. Even at this range, there was not a single flaw on the other’s face. That peerless face looked like Goddess Nüwa’s graduation project, making one’s heart beat uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Qin Yu cupped her hands in a salute, looked at the host with a slight smile, and said, “Untalented as I am, Qin Yu of the Ancient Tree Sect observed just now that Senior Sister Yu’s strength is peerless. I wonder if I might have the honor of sparring with Senior Sister Yu for a moment or two?”