Good News, I Transmigrated, But What the Heck is a Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character? - Chapter 1

“Hoo… hoo…”

Gu Yang woke abruptly from a nightmare, cold sweat drenching his silk inner garments.

He gasped for air, as if he could still feel the chilly long sword piercing his heart in the dream.

The pair of mocking eyes in the dream belonged to none other than Chu Lingyun, the male lead of Supreme Overlord of the Heavens.

“Darn, you scared the crap out of me. That dream felt too real.”

Gu Yang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his fingertips brushing a wisp of soft, dark hair. “This texture…”

His voice stopped abruptly. He stiffly looked around, his pupils suddenly constricting.

This wasn’t his rented room, piled high with instant noodle boxes.

Amidst the swirling sandalwood incense, a delicate and elegant boudoir greeted his eyes.

Morning light filtered through the carved window lattices, casting dappled shadows on the jade floor tiles. Beneath him was a priceless huanghuali four-poster bed. The meticulously carved ‘Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix’ pattern on the bed frame gleamed with a warm luster in the morning light.

Pale pink sheer curtains danced gently in the breeze. A gilded phoenix mirror on the dressing table reflected a stunning, unfamiliar face.

“What the heck is going on? Where is this?”

When he spoke, his voice turned into a clear, melodious female one. Gu Yang trembled all over and instinctively threw back the brocade quilt.

The heavy weight on his chest struck him like lightning.

A pair of slender, jade-white hands, with fingertips stained with pale pink nail polish.

Following the delicate hands downwards, he saw a graceful, curvaceous figure, with a moon-white sash embroidered with subtle patterns tied around the waist.

“Creak…”

The door was gently pushed open, and a green-clad maid of about fourteen, with her hair styled in twin buns, entered carrying a gilded bronze basin.

Seeing Gu Yang awake, the maid’s almond eyes lit up: “Miss, you’re finally awake!”

She hurried forward, a few drops of warm water sloshing out of the bronze basin in her hands. “Yuzhu will wash and dress you right away.”

“Wait!”

Gu Yang quickly stopped her, his voice trembling slightly from panic. “What did you call me?”

Yuzhu tilted her head in confusion, the pearl hairpins at her temples gently swaying. “Miss? Did you hit your head?”

She put down the bronze basin and carefully leaned closer. “Miss, do you still recognize me? I’m Yuzhu, your personal maid, who has served you since childhood.”

In an instant, a flood of memories surged into his mind like a broken dam.

The Yu family… Qingyang City… Cultivation family… Yu Wanwan…

“Ah!”

Gu Yang clutched his head, curling up in pain.

Countless scenes flashed through his mind: the sympathetic gazes of the clansmen when his parents’ coffins were carried into the ancestral hall at the age of five.

At eight, on the Spirit Testing Platform, his younger sister Yu Wange’s body surrounded by dazzling spiritual light versus the dim glimmer in his own palm. The agonizing pain of falling off a cliff while picking herbs alone on his tenth birthday…

“Miss!” Yuzhu frantically supported her swaying body. “I’ll go get the doctor right away!”

“No need.” Gu Yang weakly waved his hand, his fingers unconsciously clutching the twin lotus embroidery on the brocade quilt. “I want to be alone for a bit.”

After Yuzhu closed the door with a worried expression, Gu Yang collapsed spread-eagled on the bed, his dark hair scattered across the pillow, digesting the memories of this body.

He had transmigrated.

He had transmigrated into the world of Supreme Overlord of the Heavens, the male-centric cultivation power-fantasy novel he had stayed up all night to finish last night, becoming the cannon fodder female supporting character in the book.

The Eldest Miss of the Yu family, Yu Wanwan.

In the original novel, the male lead Chu Lingyun was a once-in-a-thousand-years genius on the Canglan Continent, and the female lead was Yu Wange, her body’s clan sister.

Yu Wange was born with fire and wood dual spirit roots. Later, she even evolved into a Heavenly Spirit Root through Yu Wanwan’s Phoenix Jade Pendant, eventually flying off into the sunset with Chu Lingyun, who became the Supreme Overlord.

But what about the original Yu Wanwan?

She was jointly deceived by Yu Wange and Chu Lingyun, watching helplessly as the immortal treasure left by her mother was taken away. Her heart was gradually swallowed by darkness, eventually becoming completely corrupted.

From then on, she harbored deep resentment towards Yu Wange. Whenever and wherever there was an opportunity, she would try her best to oppose Yu Wange.

Finally, during a sect trial, she tried to kill Yu Wange amidst the chaos, but was mercilessly struck down by Chu Lingyun with a sword, and then thrown into the Ten Thousand Snake Cave.

Yu Wanwan was bitten by venomous snakes in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, and eventually, not even a speck of her remained.

It was simply as miserable as it could get.

Gu Yang himself was an orphan, with no family, no wife, and no children. He had always been alone, so transmigrating was just transmigrating. For him, transmigrating was just moving to a different place to live; he didn’t have many attachments.

But when he thought about the tragic fate of the original body, he couldn’t help but shiver all over.

After all, such a death was truly terrifying, beyond anyone’s imagination.

“This is too unfair!” Gu Yang gritted his teeth and pounded the bed, the jade bracelet on his wrist clinking against the bedpost.

He meticulously sorted through his memories.

The Yu family, just as described in the original novel, was a small, insignificant cultivation family in Qingyang City.

The patriarch, Yu Chengguang, possessed a cultivation base at the peak of Foundation Establishment. While he might be considered someone in a small place like Qingyang City, he was utterly insignificant in the entire Canglan Continent.

The original body’s aptitude was worrying…

“Miscellaneous spirit roots…”

Gu Yang smiled bitterly, feeling the sparse spiritual energy within his body.

This body’s spirit root aptitude was shockingly poor; it had all five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, but all were as weak as flickering candles in the wind.

In the cultivation world of the Azure Continent, five-attribute spirit roots were not the five-element spirit roots, but rather miscellaneous spirit roots.

In contrast, his cousin Yu Wange…

The memories made Yu Wanwan’s chest feel heavy.

That cousin, one year younger than her, had been a prodigy since childhood.

Her fire and wood dual spirit root aptitude allowed the family to pour all their resources into cultivating her. She entered the Qi Condensation realm at six, reached the fifth layer of Qi Condensation at ten, and was now at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage.

During the family test, Yu Wange stood high above on the Spirit Testing Platform, surrounded by intertwined red and green spiritual light, basking in the envious gazes of the crowd. While she, Yu Wanwan, cowered in a corner, only able to envy.

All of this made her become insecure and lacking in confidence, which was why she was easily manipulated by Yu Wange later on.

“Why…?” Gu Yang unconsciously clutched the corner of the quilt, his fingernails almost piercing the brocade.

This wasn’t just the original owner’s emotion; it was his current, genuine anger.

Suddenly, he felt something hard under his pillow.

He pulled it out to see an ancient phoenix pendant.

The jade pendant was entirely crimson, with the phoenix head slightly raised, wings spread wide, and tail feathers flowing like flames. Most miraculously, in the morning light, golden liquid seemed to slowly flow within the jade pendant, as if alive.

Memories surged.

This was the only relic her mother had left her.

Gu Yang’s heart pounded. Being familiar with the novel’s plot, he naturally knew the true value of this jade pendant.

The original novel subtly mentioned that this Phoenix Blood Pendant sealed a drop of ancient divine beast, the Fire Phoenix’s, essence blood. The reason Yu Wange was later able to evolve from dual spirit roots to a Heavenly Spirit Root was entirely due to deceiving the original owner out of this jade pendant.

“Phoenix essence blood…”

Gu Yang’s fingertips trembled as he carefully caressed the patterns on the jade pendant.

Legend had it that phoenix essence blood could cleanse the meridians and reshape spirit roots, a supreme treasure coveted even by cultivators at the Soul Transformation stage.

Just as he was contemplating, light footsteps approached outside the door, followed by Yuzhu’s flustered announcement: “Miss, Fourth Young Lady is here to see you!”

Gu Yang’s heart jumped.

The Fourth Young Lady was none other than his “good sister” Yu Wange!

He quickly hid the Phoenix Blood Pendant in his inner pouch. Just as he finished tidying his clothes, the door was pushed open with a shove.

“Sister’s finally awake?” a sweet voice chirped.

Gu Yang looked up to see a young girl in a goose-yellow flowing dress gracefully entering. The bells adorning her waist jingled with every step.

The girl had almond eyes, an aquiline nose, and lips like a dab of vermilion, with a small dimple at the corner of her mouth adding a touch of liveliness.

Yu Wange wore an innocent smile, but a hint of calculation flashed in her eyes, imperceptible to others.

Gu Yang quietly observed his “cheap sister” who walked in. She was truly worthy of being the future number one beauty in the cultivation world. Even without fully developing, she possessed such charm. It was not hard to imagine how stunning she would be in the future, which must be why those proud talents pursued her so madly.

Fresh and refined, she looked like she didn’t belong to the mortal world.

Yu Wange approached Yu Wanwan, took her hand, and asked with concern, “Elder Sister, are your injuries better?”