NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 1: Like to Wear Villain
When Ji Rong opened her eyes, she was greeted with an unfamiliar sight.
She had transmigrated.
Just moments ago, she was dominating a virtual battlefield in an online game. But now, staring at her reflection, she realized she was dressed in the Ice Silk outfit—a costume worth 50,000 yuan in the game.
Ji Rong looked at the mirror and felt emotions she had never experienced before in her life.
The woman in the mirror was breathtakingly beautiful, draped in gauzy silk. However, to Ji Rong's dismay, this beauty was none other than a notorious villain destined for an early demise—a villain who happened to share her name and tragic fate of a short life span.
Ji Rong had experienced many epic moments during her brief gaming career, but nothing compared to the overwhelming disbelief of realizing she had transmigrated into this game after staying up late to the point of sudden death.
As she struggled to process her new reality, she thought bitterly, If only I could climb out of my coffin to curse that damn game developer one last time.
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About the Game
"Sword Deity" was a cruel MMORPG produced by a heartless company.
The game featured 38 main storylines and 123 side quests, all intricately connected to the protagonist Gu Baiyi's journey to becoming a deity.
Everyone knew that before the protagonist ascended to godhood, several shortsighted NPCs would inevitably stand in her way.
Ji Rong—the original owner of her current body—was one such memorable villain.
Not only was she stunningly beautiful, with a highborn, ice-cold demeanor, but she also came from a powerful family and was blessed with exceptional talent.
It was precisely this kind of character that made her the perfect foil for the protagonist.
Thus, Ji Rong would mock Gu Baiyi when she joined the sect, frame her with poison as she climbed the ranks, and eventually push her off a cliff just as she began to recover.
Naturally, her end was a foregone conclusion.
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In the climactic 38th storyline, on the snowy peaks of Bixue Mountain, the protagonist Gu Baiyi defeated Ji Rong, the sect leader of Wan Jian Sect.
Amid the falling snow, Gu Baiyi coldly declared, "Sect Leader Ji, you have lost."
"So what if I've lost?"
Even as blood stained her silken robes and her sword lay broken, the original Ji Rong remained proud—after all, her character was designed that way.
Gu Baiyi, showing a rare trace of mercy, said, "Ji Rong, in this life, I despise you as much as you hate me. Today, I will end this. In the next life, let us never meet again."
With that, she unsheathed her sword and plunged it into Ji Rong's heart.
The game's visuals were impressive and realistic. Ji Rong, the villain, laughed defiantly even as blood poured from her chest, soaking her pristine robes.
Her broken sword fell from her hand.
Her eyes remained wide open, filled with resentment, as she died.
As a player, Ji Rong had been elated when this scene played out in the game. She even typed "Serves her right!" and "Justice served!" in the chat.
But what puzzled her at the time was the additional narration from the system:
After defeating Ji Rong, Gu Baiyi sat on the jade steps, her sword in hand.
The hall was empty, and she gazed at Ji Rong's lifeless body in a pool of blood, recalling the day she first joined the sect.
Back then, during the initiation ceremony, a woman in gauzy silk sat beneath the four elders, idly playing with a blood jade bracelet on her wrist.
Standing below, Gu Baiyi quietly watched the snowy hem of her robes.
Sensing her gaze, the woman looked up indifferently, her eyes meeting Gu Baiyi's.
That moment, amid the falling plum blossoms, her heart wavered, as if lost in a sea of red petals.
Ji Rong, the player, had been dumbfounded.
Why does the protagonist have such deep inner thoughts about a minor villain?
She couldn't understand.
What made things worse was the system's congratulatory message that followed:
> Main Storyline 38: Wan Jian Sect Showdown Complete!
Congratulations, player, on defeating Ji Rong! Achievement unlocked: "Master of the Sword Sect." Points +999.
It was 4:30 AM.
Ji Rong stared at her computer screen, her emotions in turmoil.
She had spent two and a half years playing this game.
The protagonist had endured betrayal, humiliation, and countless hardships. As her player, Ji Rong had invested sleepless nights and an ungodly amount of money to help Gu Baiyi overcome every challenge and reach the final storyline.
She had been eagerly anticipating the protagonist's happy ending with her official love interest, Mei He, only to be blindsided by this ambiguous interaction with the villain.
Outraged, Ji Rong opened the game's official Weibo and furiously typed:
> "What the hell, developers? Are you serious with this forced romance subplot? Trash game! Never playing this garbage again!"
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And yet, here she was now, in the body of that very villain.
Her thoughts spiraled. I'm screwed.