Shattering the Jade Pavilion

Tantai Chuyue always played the part of the jealous, screeching villainess perfectly - until a strange courier delivered a blood-soaked letter detailing her own impending execution. Realizing she is merely a stepping stone in the harem novel 'The Heavenly Consort's Ascension', Chuyue drops her obsession with the arrogant prodigy Baili Feixing. She adopts the mask of a cheerfully oblivious airhead, all while secretly and coldly dismantling the plots of her enemies to secure her ultimate revenge. Her singular obsession? Mastering the mythical Severed Heaven Sword Art. But her newfound icy competence and bafflingly sunny dismissals have an unintended side effect: the men who once despised her are now obsessively vying for her attention. Feixing seethes as she happily waves away his romantic overtures as "training advice," leaving him in the dust to go practice her forms. With her loyal best friend hiding a bittersweet, unspoken devotion, and the world's terrifying grand villain revealed to be a tragic victim trying to save them all, Chuyue must cut a new path. Can a woman who only loves her blade sever her preordained fate, or will the plot force her back into the role of the villainess?