Chapter 1 Reborn as Nalan Yanran?
"Thirty years east of the river! Thirty years west of the river! Never underestimate a young person's potential!!!"
"Today, it is not you, Nalan Yanran, who are breaking off the engagement, but I, Xiao Yan, who am divorcing my wife!"
"From this day forward, you, Nalan Yanran, will have absolutely no connection with my Xiao family!"
Looking at the young Xiao Yan in front of him, who was clenching his fists in anger, his eyes red as if he had been humiliated...
Su Yanran's inner thoughts: ...
This is truly a damn dog's rebirth.
Welcome to the fan fiction world of "Battle Through the Heavens".
Your mission is to successfully navigate the tragic female supporting character's storyline, suppress and stimulate the male lead's desire for revenge, and help him achieve a successful comeback!
The system's mechanical voice rang in her ears. In fact, Su Yanran was already very clear about the plot of "Battle Through the Heavens" without its explanation.
The world of "Battle Through the Heavens" is set on a magical continent where one can cultivate battle qi. This magical continent has a peculiar rule: if a man is jilted by his fiancé, he will be ridiculed by the entire world.
Xiao Yan, the genius young man of the Xiao family, was suddenly reduced to a useless person. His genius fiancée, Nalan Yanran, publicly broke off their engagement. Afterwards, they made a three-year agreement: if Xiao Yan successfully challenged her after three years, she could divorce him and do whatever she wanted with him; if he failed, he would only suffer the humiliation of being rejected and spend the rest of his life being rejected.
However, what no one knows is that the reason why the genius Xiao Yan became a good-for-nothing is simply because his mother's heirloom—an ancient ring—absorbed all the fighting spirit in his body, causing him to be unable to absorb fighting spirit and his cultivation to stagnate.
The ancient ring contained the soul of a powerful Dou Zun who had died. After absorbing enough Dou Qi, this powerful figure personally taught Xiao Yan how to make a comeback. Finally, three years later, Xiao Yan fought a life-or-death battle with Nalan Yanran and successfully washed away the name of a waste and the shame of being jilted.
Unexpectedly, Nalan Yanran not only fell in love with one of Xiao Yan's aliases, but also became hopelessly in love with him after learning that her beloved was the good-for-nothing fiancé she had wanted to break off their engagement with years ago. However, the humiliation of the broken engagement was unforgettable, and her sincerity was discarded by Xiao Yan like a worn-out shoe. She wasn't even qualified to enter his harem, and could only spend her life silently longing for him, loving him but never being able to have him.
Su Yanran: ...
What sins did I commit in my past life that you made me reincarnate as Nalan Yanran, and now you want me to follow the original storyline?
In fact, the reason why Nalan Yanran broke off the engagement was not because she disliked Xiao Yan Yan for being unsuitable, but because the position of the sect leader of Yunlan Sect, to which she belonged, could not be associated with the opposite sex. She had been a disciple of Yunlan Sect since childhood and greatly admired her sect leader, Yun Yun. Her lifelong wish was to inherit the position of sect leader. If she were to be engaged, she would definitely lose the qualification to inherit.
Therefore, the annulment of the engagement was inevitable.
Her only mistake was that she shouldn't have broken off the engagement in front of everyone in the Xiao family, causing Xiao Yan to suffer the humiliation of having the engagement broken off.
Now, it's clear that the story has reached the point where Nalan Yanran has finished announcing the annulment of the engagement.
The system ruthlessly shouted: [Please set a three-year agreement and let the male lead experience your utter humiliation!!!]
Su Yanran: ...
Thinking about the plot, the male lead has a childhood sweetheart protecting him, a sect leader master who admires him, a Medusa-like figure offering herself to him, and a mature woman at the auction secretly adoring him, and so on and so forth...
Su Yanran, oh no, now it's Nalan Yanran, cleared her throat and roared back at the red-rimmed young man, "What a twist of fate! Don't underestimate a young man's potential! Since I want to annul the engagement, and you insist on divorcing me, then let's make a thirty-year pact! If you can defeat me at the Yunlan Sect in thirty years, I will be at your disposal, whether you divorce me or do whatever you want!"
After the girl finished speaking, the Xiao family hall fell silent.
a long time.
Xiao Yan: ? ? ?
system:[? ? ? ]
[It's three years!!! Not thirty years! What are you doing?!] The system roared in exasperation, [Thirty years is too late!]
Nalan Yanran: I want you to be widowed.
Xiao Yan's delicate, youthful face twitched slightly, and he finally couldn't help but ask, "Are you serious?"
"Of course it's fake." Nalan Yanran gave him a disdainful look. "Three years. I'll give you three years. After three years, come to Yunlan Sect to challenge me. If you lose, I will break off the engagement, and our marriage will be called off!"
"If I win, I'll be at your mercy!"
"Niece Nalan, you know Yan'er's situation. What do you expect him to use to challenge you? Is it meaningful to insult him like this?" Xiao Yan's father, Xiao Zhan, the head of the Xiao family, slammed his hand on the table and stood up angrily.
He was naturally indignant on behalf of his son. For the past three years, Yan'er had already suffered the disparity of being a genius turned into a waste, and was ridiculed by his clansmen every day. Now, he had been humiliated by the annulment of his engagement. If things continued like this, where would his pride be?
How could he, as a father, not feel heartbroken?
Nalan Yanran chuckled lightly, showing no fear of Xiao Zhan's provocation. "Uncle Xiao, as Xiao Yan's father, is this how you view and belittle your son? As his fiancée, I still have expectations for him and trust that he will have enough strength to fight me at Yunlan Sect in three years. Why do you have so little confidence in your son?"
These words left Xiao Zhan speechless. In the original story, Xiao Yan also believed that Nalan Yanran broke off the engagement because he, a good-for-nothing, was not worthy of a proud woman. Therefore, he harbored resentment and worked hard for three years to wash away the humiliation of the broken engagement.
Seeing her say she believed him, Xiao Yan had no choice but to take Nalan Yanran seriously again. "Are you serious?"
Nalan Yanran assumed he was referring to the three-year agreement and nodded very seriously, "Of course."
"Alright!" Xiao Yan clenched his fists, his round eyes filled with stubbornness. "Three years from now, I will definitely go to the Yunlan Sect!"
Nalan Yanran smiled and put away the three Qi Gathering Powders that the original owner had taken out earlier. They were meant as compensation for Xiao Yan's annulment of the engagement, but she guessed that Xiao Yan would not accept them. She directly waved her sleeve and pushed the green jade box to a beautiful young girl present. That girl was none other than Xiao Xun'er, the only daughter of the Ancient Clan, one of the eight ancient clans, who was the male lead's childhood sweetheart.
Xiao Xun'er's original name was Gu Xun'er. She now lives in the Xiao family. During the male lead's period of being a good-for-nothing, she always encouraged him not to give up. She is one of the female leads who never looked down on the male lead.
"Here you go, Miss Xiao." Nalan Yanran pushed the green jade box towards her, glanced at Xiao Yan who was still enduring the humiliation, and chuckled softly, "Oh, by the way."
A hint of sarcasm appeared on her face. "You don't need to hate me so much."
"Don't you also have a girl you love? You're probably determined to marry her in the future, aren't you? If she were to marry me, she would probably have no choice but to submit to me. If you can't bear to see your beloved suffer, it's only a matter of time before you break off the engagement with me."
"And I was just one step ahead of you."
You have your leading lady, and I have my career. We'll part ways sooner or later, so there's no need for this hatred, as if it's all my fault.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Yan stared straight at her, his heart filled with the frustration of being wronged.
What makes her think she would also call off the engagement?
Xiao Yan considered himself a gentleman and believed in the principle of one love for life. If he knew he had a fiancée, how could he possibly like another girl?
The boy clenched his fists, unable to resist wanting to defend himself, "I don't have a girl I love, and I would never break off an engagement because of this! The reason you've humiliated me today is simply because my cultivation has been completely destroyed, thus disgracing your reputation!"
"I started practicing Qi at the age of 4, reached the ninth level of Dou Qi at the age of 10, and became a genius Dou Zhe at the age of 12. And what about you back then? What level of Dou Qi did you reach?" The usually silent boy suddenly burst out, his arrogant and angry gaze shocking people, and they couldn't help but recall how spirited that proud son of heaven had been three years ago.
He pressed closer, his stubborn gaze fixed on Nalan Yanran. "Tell me, if I were still that genius boy, would you still publicly break off our engagement?"
In the end, she just looked down on herself!
If she were still that genius, how could she dare to humiliate her like this under the guise of the sect?
Nalan Yanran smirked speechlessly upon hearing his words.
Why does he always manage to bring up the topic of her not liking him? She clearly stated that she came to annul the engagement because the position of the Yunlan Sect Master prohibits her from having any entanglements with men.
If she really disliked him for being a good-for-nothing, she probably would have broken off the engagement three years ago.
"Forget it, he's still just a boy, he should have some self-respect. But Nalan Yanran is still a young girl, why should she put up with this?" Ignoring the system's desperate attempts to stop her, she retorted, "You're really something else. Let me ask you, if I, Nalan Yanran, were the one who was useless today, if I, Nalan Yanran, were the one whose appearance was ruined, would you, Xiao Yan, the pride of heaven, the proud son of heaven, marry a useless ugly woman like me?"
Given his flamboyant personality before his downfall, he probably would have proposed annulment long ago, leaving the position of the main wife to Gu Xun'er.
Xiao Yan was speechless for a moment. He couldn't help but wonder if he would have broken off the engagement if he had been the same confident and proud person he used to be.
"Put yourself in others' shoes, Xiao Yan. In the Dou Qi Continent, it's true that a man who gets his engagement broken off will be ridiculed, but why should a human being care about other people's opinions? If you get furious just because the world laughs at you, as if you're the only one who's miserable, then your heart is nothing more than that. All those three years of forbearance and hardship have probably been for nothing!"
The girl's clear voice grew even stronger and more resonant, "The more you care about other people's opinions and your own reputation, the more constrained you become. If you become trapped by inner demons because of this, it's your own problem. Don't blame it on me, Nalan Yanran!"
After being forcefully fed a bowl of toxic chicken soup with a barrage of words, Nalan Yanran angrily flung her sleeves and prepared to say goodbye.
The Xiao family has indeed fallen on hard times! The reception hall is so shabby, and it smells musty when it rains. She really didn't want to stay any longer.
However, at that moment, a light and melodious voice suddenly rang out.
"I don't want this Qi-gathering powder."
End of this chapter...