The Female Supporting Role Shows Out

This is a gem! Just the first arc is so solid that I even forgot it was a qt novel! The pacing is just right; it wasn’t shortened like other qt novels. Each arc made me forget it was just an arc and could really stand on its own as a novel. The details aren’t too boring to skip; you’ll be compelled to read every word because it’s just that good.

The MC, oh my, where to begin? She’s amazing—a great character whose development is superb! I just can’t believe I just found this!

Thank you, translator-san!!

I wrapped this up via MTL after reading all the translated chapters available. I really enjoyed it. The worlds are incredibly unique, ranging from modeling and biochemistry to design, alongside the more conventional themes like cooking and cultivation. While I still have a soft spot for a story where someone’s last regret is not winning the chili cook-off, I appreciated how Lin Dan's journey through the various worlds focuses on her personal growth. The strong female friendships that developed later on were a particularly welcome addition. I also really liked the ending and felt it was set up nicely.

Wow! Reading this, high five to the MC. She’s so amazing. She embodies INDEPENDENCE AND DECISIVENESS. A fantastic female character. Just so impressive!

Romance isn’t the focus here. It’s all about the MC’s GROWTH as a person—learning to love oneself first. It’s incredibly refreshing. Her principles are:

- When it comes to a romantic partner: "With or without you, I can survive and be successful."
- When it comes to living: "To live and achieve my goals, I’ll do it with my own strength. I can do it, so I will."

So yeah... It’s SO GREAT!

This novel begins when Lin Dan, our main character, decides to let go of her unrequited love and start anew. However, due to an unspecified accident, she finds herself reincarnated into the body of another girl named Lin Dan, who has no memory of her original self. All she knows is that she has a mission to fulfill the regrets of the girl whose body she now inhabits.

As she works to complete the host’s dreams, Lin Dan also lives the life she has always wanted, guided by what feels like instinct since she has lost her original memories. She is on a quest to fill the void in her heart. When she encounters a passionate lover with genuine feelings, she embraces the relationship with courage, care, and compassion, which helps to heal her inner emptiness. In each world she inhabits, she leads a free and fulfilling life.

Lin Dan is exceptionally intelligent, talented, and brave, allowing her to turn around any unfortunate circumstances she faces at the beginning of her journey in each new world.

The story is rich with romance, family love, intricate schemes, dramatic confrontations, and much more. It is a deeply satisfying read, and once you dive into the first arc, you’ll find it hard to put the book down.

Although technically a quick transmigration, this novel stands out because the main character (MC) experiences various worlds after a glitch causes her to lose her memory each time. She primarily relies on her instincts and practical personality to improve the lives of the bodies she inhabits, but she retains an instinctual knowledge of all the skills she accumulates across different worlds. For instance, in the first world, she spends years mastering the art of cooking, a skill she retains in subsequent worlds.

I wouldn’t claim this novel is flawless; like most quick transmigration (QT) novels, it has its highs and lows. There are a few exceptional arcs that I revisit frequently, but there are also some terrible arcs that I only read once and never wish to return to. As the arcs progress, she achieves an absurd level of mastery with certain skills more quickly. She’s always the best at everything she learns, which can sometimes feel over-the-top.

However, overall, the positives outweigh the negatives in this novel. Due to her "amnesia" with each arc, there is no consistent 1v1 romance. She sometimes forms relationships but often doesn’t, which I find more intriguing. The overarching theme that you need to love and respect yourself before entering a romantic relationship is refreshing.

Here are my individual ratings on each arc, with some spoilers:

**Arc 1:** Ancient world foodie. This serves as the starting point where she learns to be a master chef, a skill she frequently uses later. The arc shifts abruptly from a cooking competition to a war and political upheaval in the last two chapters, making it a bit awkward. No pairing.  3/5.

**Arc 2:** Cultivation type world. Shorter than the first arc but better, with fewer unnecessary details. This arc helps us understand her personality better. No pairing. 4/5.

**Arc 3:** Another ancient world, but this one is fantastic. It begins as a typical story of a noble daughter being framed but quickly evolves into a Mulan-like narrative where she becomes a formidable general. No pairing, just pure awesomeness. 5/5.

**Arc 4:** Yet another ancient world, this time focusing on embroidery. She becomes an embroidery master, which feels a bit unrealistic given the short time frame. This is the first world where she gets married, but the romance is one-sided. 3/5.

**Arc 5:** Ancient world, divine doctor. She learns ancient Chinese medicine and acupuncture, skills she heavily relies on later. The speed at which she masters these skills is unrealistic, but I still enjoyed it. There is a pairing, and it’s more active on her side. 4/5.

**Arc 6:** A modern world involving Gu worms and ghosts. This arc dragged on and was not enjoyable. 1/5.

**Arc 7:** Zombie apocalypse. A unique take on powers, and I enjoyed it more compared to the previous arc. There is a pairing, but it’s not very engaging. 4/5.

**Arc 8:** Modern world/entertainment industry, but with a twist. She transmigrates as a middle-aged mom whose daughter is in the industry, and they participate in a variety show. One of my favorite arcs, despite the unrealistic portrayal of her skills. There’s a hint of romance at the end, which I wished was explored more. 5/5.

**Arc 9:** Modern world, student/business-type setting. She transmigrates as a gold-digger girlfriend but isn’t one. She stays with her boyfriend out of gratitude to his mother, who helped her. She helps run their family business and eventually goes to Harvard. No pairing, even though others are interested in her. 3/5.

**Arc 10:** Modern world, modeling industry. Set in the Western world, this arc is full of exaggeration and unrealistic praise of "exotic Chinese beauty." It drags on and is not enjoyable. 0/5.

**Arc 11:** Modern world, poor village student. Her grandfather is hospitalized, and she needs to earn money. Rich kids from a variety show help her, leading to her enrollment in a better school. There’s romantic interest but no settled pairing. This arc is boring but not terrible. 3/5.

**Arc 12:** Modern world, fashion industry. She transmigrates into a woman who wants to seduce the company president. She becomes a successful fashion designer with minimal effort. She becomes roommates with a girl who rescues a snobby cat, which turns out to be the president. Both the cat and human bodies share consciousness. The president falls in love with her based on his observations as a cat. More romance-centric, and I enjoyed the change of pace. 5/5.

**Arc 13:** Ancient world, but different. The MC starts as a spirit guiding a woman who was betrayed by her husband. When the woman dies, the MC wakes up in her body, reborn in the past. Her children and husband are also reborn and plotting against her, so she cuts ties and becomes a Taoist. No pairing. 3/5.

**Arc 14:** Cultivation world, the original world before the glitch. She was a quick transmigrator with a partner who fell in love with a native from a visited world. She wanted the man before, but after her experiences, she goes her own way. The partner eventually realizes the other girl was using him and regrets losing the MC. Open ending, but hopeful. No pairing. 4/5.

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As is often the case with many quick transmigration novels, there are some truly engaging and moving arcs, some that are merely average, and others that fall well below par. The biggest drawback of this story is that it concludes with an incredibly rushed and emotionally hollow arc. This finale, which should have been the most impactful, stimulating, and cathartic part of the narrative, feels flat and unsatisfying.

The final ten chapters were largely unremarkable and ended rather abruptly. The only truly moving moment was the sacrifice, which was given only a few paragraphs.

Despite this, many other arcs were still quite interesting and emotional, so I do recommend them (my personal favorite was the post-apocalyptic arc). However, you might want to try to erase the last arc from your memory after finishing the book, to avoid spoiling the overall experience.

Pretty good for the first few arcs, but it starts dragging in the later ones. I liked the main character (MC) initially for focusing on her own skills and job. There was little to no romance at first, but towards the end, a heap of romance suddenly slapped me in the face. I get that she can't be a monk without any love, but come on. At times, she became so overpowered that nothing seemed like an obstacle, which was understandable since she retained all the knowledge and skills from her previous life, but it just made the problems she should have faced disappear like magic.

I didn’t like any of the male leads (MLs) in the story. No matter which character in the arcs, I usually go for the wolf pup, black-bellied, or even overbearing CEO types, but I felt they hindered the MC instead. The MC’s cooking was also overrated. Just by cooking, she solved half of her problems. The modeling arc was filled with half-naked, perverted, and creepy scenes, in my opinion. The pride arc was similar. The mother-child arc was great, though! If only someone could explain how someone can change so much in just two months and suddenly have all the connections? There were many more plot holes, but okay.

I truly wish to read more about the villains' redemption. The village bully arc left us with no clue about what happened to them or to her grandfather, by the way. I read the machine-translated version, so maybe some details were lost in translation. Anyway, it’s pretty good... if you’re bored... like me.

In some storylines, the female lead (FL) ends up with her male lead (ML) counterpart, while in others, she remains independent, like a lone wolf. However, this doesn't make any arc feel lacking. Instead, there's a sense of satisfaction upon completing each arc because it includes all the key elements: the comeuppance of the antagonistic White Lotus characters, the downfall of arrogant and selfish men, and a happy ending for her family. , it's a very engaging read.

I've discovered and read numerous novels on this site, but this particular story motivated me to create an account. By July 5, 2021, I had read all the translated chapters available here and then found a reliable machine translation site to complete the story.

If you're a fan of transmigration stories like I am, then this one is definitely worth checking out. Here’s a brief spoiler:

At the start of the story, the main character (MC) completes the usual task of accumulating points and decides to part ways with her transmigration partner. This partner, in a previous world, met an ordinary soul, fell in love, and brought her along on subsequent missions—much to the MC's dismay, as she had to endure the partner's lover's manipulative behavior even in the system world. However, when the MC attempts to return to her original world, an accident leads to a new transmigration journey. In this new chapter, the MC finds herself without a system, no longer bound to play a predetermined role, and free to live her life as she pleases. Yet, she begins each new life with no memories of her past actions or loved ones, though she occasionally experiences fleeting glimpses, impressions, or feelings of those who treated her well in her previous lives.

Over time, the MC gradually builds a repertoire of skills that prove useful in her future lives. She explains these sudden abilities to those who question her as a result of "bumping her head," which somehow grants her the necessary knowledge. Through multiple lives, the MC becomes increasingly powerful (OP). Additionally, unlike other stories, there doesn't appear to be a single male lead (ML) who follows her from life to life or world to world. However, many of the MLs she falls in love with share similar traits, leading me to speculate that some of the people she encounters might be souls like hers, unconsciously traveling through different lives. It remains somewhat ambiguous whether she is reliving or redoing the lives she once played out under the system's script, choosing now to forge her own path, improve her life, and positively impact the lives of those around her and the conditions of each world.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story! My only criticism is that none of the arcs, including the final one, provide a satisfying conclusion or dénouement. While the conflicts and issues in each arc are resolved by the end, we rarely get a detailed glimpse of what happens afterward—often moving immediately to the next world. I also wished the author had provided more clarity on:
- What exactly happened at the beginning of the story that caused her to travel from world to world with amnesia.
- Whether some of the people she meets are reincarnations of characters from her past.
- If the "MLs" who betray her for a manipulative character and the manipulative characters themselves in various arcs are reincarnations of the same souls.

Essentially, I would have appreciated some additional details to tie everything together more neatly!

If you've finished this novel and are looking for something similar, I recommend either "Green Tea Specialist Male Lead" or "Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder." Both stories share similar plot elements, but they differ in key aspects:
- "Green Tea Specialist Male Lead" follows a male MC with a "system" who remembers his past lives and loves.
- "Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder" features a female MC with a "magic mirror" who also retains her memories of past lives and loves.

If you enjoyed the skill-building aspect of this story, "Green Tea Specialist Male Lead" is a perfect follow-up. On the other hand, if you were drawn to the theme of a female MC learning to love herself, "Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder" might be the better choice.

A review for my future self to look back on, completely subjective:

Unsatisfying endings. Your heart will ache for more. Just when things turn around for the main character (MC) and where other novels would continue to write about how the MC and the love interest (ML) are living happily together and end the world in love, with a neatly tied resolution, the author says "f*ck it" and moves on. Truly a novel focusing wholeheartedly on career and not romance. The male lead is actually surprisingly likable, despite his imperfections. He is usually tolerant, understanding, and devoted—although sometimes he has to taste regret and guilt before he is enlightened. He gives off strong second male lead vibes, which is probably why I like him so much.

My favorite arcs were the cooking, medicine, and the first cultivation arc (and maybe the fashion designer one). Despite the lack of resolution, the author's no-nonsense way of moving the plot forward is really satisfying for someone just looking for entertainment. Nothing is dragged out too long, no face-slapping scenes are too vulgar or overdone, and every cliché is tastefully written. The author is quick to cut ties and move on from arcs, which is both a blessing and a curse.

One of, if not the best, quick transmigration stories I've ever read. If you had to only read one quick transmigration story, this one should be it. I've not read a story before or since completing this novel that was quite like it. Lin Dan is an amazing protagonist. However, while I love Lin Dan, I do have some issues with the novel that prevent it from getting a full five-star rating. I quite enjoyed the ancient arcs/worlds, but when Lin Dan starts traveling to modern worlds, I feel like the quality of the storylines drops. Another thing is the romantic interests. Every romantic interest in each world is a different person, and they are not the same individual. Again, I think the romantic interests in the ancient arcs/worlds were much better than the modern ones. I also liked that Lin Dan was not perfect at the beginning of the story. For example, in the first world, she is not "beautiful," just a great chef. However, in later worlds, she becomes stronger and stronger in martial arts, cooking, medical skills, etc. She can magically fix the imperfections in her body. So yes, in the later arcs/worlds, Lin Dan is a lot like other quick transmigration protagonists who are already beautiful, smart, strong, etc.

Here is my full review of the novel, with a breakdown of each arc:

**A really good quick transmigration novel about a female protagonist who has spent lifetimes completing missions as cannon fodder, but is then disconnected from her system and transmigrates to different worlds with no memory, learning to live for herself and not others so she is no longer cannon fodder. What I love about Lin Dan is that the story is always about her focusing on her own self-growth and journey. It's because of this that in the beginning of the novel, there isn't even a guy that she gets together with. Even in the later arcs/worlds in the novel when romance is more prominent, Lin Dan only gets the guy after improving herself. I love the novel's message of living for yourself and not others.**

Despite my praise for the main character Lin Dan, overall, I give this novel an 8/10. The reason I give it a B- despite its great protagonist and plot is the love interests. While romance is not a main focus of the story, as it is always about Lin Dan, inevitably she does attract admirers. In the first half of the novel with its ancient/historical worlds and arcs, there was no romance, and if there were admirers of Lin Dan, there was usually at least one very well-characterized male lead. However, I find that the latter half of the novel set in modern worlds has comparably less good male leads. Rather, I find them lacking, if not borderline annoying. I will outline the worlds/arcs below, making note of when the novel diverges from historical worlds to modern-day era worlds.

**Arc 1: Chef**
- Cooking is described in amazing detail.
- Ending was a bit anticlimactic, with a sudden war, but the way Lin Dan resolved it was very clever.
- Male lead is a marquis, who later becomes emperor, who knew Lin Dan as a child and judged her in a cooking competition. Later, they meet as adults again when he becomes a soldier. Respects her decision to be a chef and not marry at the end of the arc. Even though he loved her, he understood what made her happy was wandering the world, going to new places to learn new recipes and to cook for others.
- The "original female lead" (a girl in each arc/world who was the original heroine of the plotline, before Lin Dan transmigrates to each world) of this arc is also a chef. In the cooking competition that Lin Dan participated in when she was younger, she was competing against the original female lead. One thing I like about the author is that they will make the original female leads, at least in early worlds, formidable opponents for Lin Dan, so Lin Dan actually has to get better at her skills in order to compete against them. The original female lead is a very good chef, as her father was also a chef. Her father and Lin Dan's father were students under the same cooking master, the original female lead's grandfather. When the master was old and dying, it was Lin Dan's father who took care of him, not even his own son. Everyone thinks that Lin Dan's father stole his recipes/technique book and tools, but he was actually gifted this by the master. So Lin Dan's family recovers the fame that should have been theirs, but was stolen by the original female lead's family and slandered.

**Arc 2: Warrior**
- Very short arc.
- Lin Dan becomes a cultivator who utilizes a cultivation method that is very painful/drives other people mad or kills them, but she masters it instead. She also gets a cool "knife sword."
- Male lead is a powerful cultivator who accompanies Lin Dan on her travels. He was ready to kill her in case she went berserk, but that never happened, and he is happy because he didn't want to kill her. No romance, just travel companions.
- The original female lead was a girl who was brought into the sect that Lin Dan was originally a part of, to marry the sect leader's son. The sect that Lin Dan was originally part of adopted her. It was because of the sect master that Lin Dan had to learn the painful cultivation method that would have killed her if she didn't master it. The sect master knew this, but still allowed Lin Dan to learn it, because Lin Dan was a sort of bodyguard for his son. His son doesn't care about Lin Dan either. Lin Dan gets her revenge on them, and then travels with the male lead around the world to kill cultivators who have been committing crimes/atrocities against non-cultivators/mortals. The original female lead got her hands on the method Lin Dan used to cultivate, but died because she couldn't handle it.

**Arc 3: Goddess of War**
- Lin Dan's family is a famous military family. Her father/grandfather/brother, all males in her family have been soldiers. After her grandfather was killed in battle, and her father captured by the enemy side, and only her younger brother left, Lin Dan joins the army to avenge her family. She proves herself time and time again, and eventually becomes the general. They defeat the enemy side, and Lin Dan spends the rest of her life as a soldier protecting her country.
- The male lead is a scholar who was married to her in his past life, mistakenly believed she was his source of trouble, but then realized the truth when he came back to life. He regrets that he misunderstood her in his past life, and can only watch her from the side in his second life.
- The original female lead is a relative of Lin Dan's. She was the one who orchestrated a scheme to get Lin Dan and the male lead married in his past life. She was the woman the male lead originally loved in his past life, and part of the reason then why he couldn't accept Lin Dan in his last life. In this life, he attempted to marry her, but then discovered her deception in both his lives, which leads him to break off the marriage.

**Arc 4: Embroiderer**
- Lin Dan becomes a skilled embroiderer.
- The male lead is a very wonderful guy who was interested in Lin Dan ever since he and his sister met her. They are the niece/nephew to the Empress, who was deposed, but later given back her position after the emperor begs for her to come back. Male lead is often at battle, but still comes back for Lin Dan. Lin Dan and his sister open a shop together.
- The original female lead of arc 4, unlike the last three, is very pitiful. She is a famous embroiderer. It is only unfortunate for her that because of her brother, she had to suffer the consequences. Her brother hates Lin Dan's family because he thought that Lin Dan's father killed their father. So the brother opens up an embroidery shop to directly compete with Lin Dan's family, steals all their wealth and resources, and leaves Lin Dan's family in ruins. The original female lead can't compete with Lin Dan when Lin Dan becomes an embroiderer better than her. This all culminates at the end of the arc, when both of them make dresses for the two empresses. Lin Dan makes a dress for the formerly deposed Empress. The original female lead makes a dress for the consort empress, the concubine who became the #1 consort of the emperor after he deposed the Empress. Obviously, Lin Dan's dress is better, so the original female lead has her fingers broken so she can never embroider again, by the consort Empress. The original female lead has her fingers healed, but she can never embroider like she used to. She takes up teaching other women to embroider, after embroidery becomes popular because of Lin Dan.

**Arc 5: Doctor**
- Lin Dan becomes an ancient doctor (i.e., Acupuncture and using needles, along with knowledge of herbs, etc.).
- Male lead is the man who the original Lin Dan, not the transmigrator, disabled. But, transmigrator Lin Dan cures him, and he and Lin Dan get together at the end of the arc. Very touching, because the male lead never blamed Lin Dan. Also, he was disabled because he saved her life.
- The original female lead is a surgeon who reincarnated in ancient times. You feel bad for her because she has none of the modern technology, so of course she has to rely on other ancient doctors to supplement her knowledge. Also, because she is a doctor, she never takes someone's life, and admits when she is wrong. She is pitiable, like the OG female lead of the embroidery arc. She has to "fake" her medical knowledge just to survive in the ancient world.

**Modern arcs, start of where I consider the novel's dip in quality, especially regarding the male leads. Also, while in previous arcs, Lin Dan had no knowledge of and had to acquire skills like cooking, embroidery, and medical knowledge, now that she has those skills, even without memories, she is overpowered and never struggles. In the first arc, the author made it clear how Lin Dan wasn't the prettiest, but in later worlds, i.e., Modern worlds, Lin Dan can just fix her appearance with her medical skills. And the green tea b*tch female antagonists/original female leads are just less interesting.**

**Arc 6: Witch**
- Lin Dan has magical powers to control and breed magical bugs/insects.
- Annoying male lead, a clingy, childish guy who Lin Dan is initially even attracted to just because his blood is delicious to supernatural beings/spirits like her. Also, there is a creepy villain in this arc, who saw her when she was naked, and is a hundreds-of-years-old spirit who eventually gets his own corporal body. Yandere, "if I can't have you, no one can" type for Lin Dan. Doesn't let her marry.
- The original female lead is a girl who is part of the supernatural world's "enforcement," kind of. That is, they protect the order between the supernatural and mundane world. She, along with her male lead (who is the actual male lead of this arc, Lin Dan's clingy male lead is technically a 2nd male lead who used to be interested in the OG female lead) have to protect Lin Dan's male lead because he attracts spirits with his body. I really hate her; she is intolerable, along with arc 2's original female lead. The original female lead of this arc actually almost caused the end of the world! Because she didn't listen to her superiors about not disturbing a grave site, so she dug it up, caused the angry spirits/corpses, etc., to reanimate and almost flood the world. If it weren't for Lin Dan's timely intervention, everyone would have died.

**Arc 7: Apocalypse**
- Zombies. Lin Dan has water powers that initially are weak, but she learns to use them in clever ways. Even though she can only control water, she learned to change their properties down to their molecular level, freezing/boiling water, etc.
- Male lead is a guy who only kept Lin Dan around as a maid basically, to wash and disinfect his things with her water powers. Genius who creates a cure to zombies, and other inventions.
- Original female lead is a reincarnator. She chose the wrong guy to protect in the apocalypse. Instead of Lin Dan's doctor, the one who actually created the zombie cure, she chose the guy who stole his work instead. So when the original female lead reincarnated, she was not aware of this and is doomed because of it.

**Arc 8: Cannon Fodder's Mom**
- This time, Lin Dan is the mother of an idol who was cannon fodder and fated to die because of her sh*ty sister-in-law and mother-in-law, and birth father. Her birth father left Lin Dan to remarry, and Lin Dan's daughter had a terrible time in their household, being neglected, only given her sister's leftovers, etc.
- I like this arc because we see Lin Dan as a mother for the first time.
- "Best of the worst" male lead. Even though the modern arcs always have the worst male leads, one or two of them are okay. Like this guy. He is the famous businessman uncle of the idol daughter's love interest, a popular actor.
- I don't like this arc because it's part of a reality TV show where idols/celebrities spend time with their family, so Lin Dan does a lot of stuff for the camera. Shows off her skills. In this arc, she uses her doctor skills to save a mother giving birth. I don't like that the author makes ancient Chinese medicine look so much better, and like Western modern medicine is inferior, when in fact, modern medicine is more sanitary, and you can do more with technology.
- The original female lead of this arc, I'm assuming, is Lin Dan's daughter's mean step-sister. In the original storyline, it was the stepsister that ruined her sister's career and life. She spread rumors that her sister took drugs, etc. And eventually her sister killed herself. Also, Lin Dan's daughter's love interest, the actor, originally believed the stepsister. If it wasn't for Lin Dan's intervention in this world, he would have gotten together with her like in the original storyline.

**Arc 9: "Gold-digger"**
- Lin Dan is the girlfriend of a rich boy whose mother is her sponsor for college. Later breaks up with him. No male lead this arc. Ex-boyfriend still loves her, even when dying. Other guy is his roommate, kind of a douchebag. Looked down on Lin Dan thinking she was a gold digger, always gets upset for the stupidest reasons. Another guy, the third guy, typical rich CEO character who uses his power to suppress others. Lin Dan does not get together with any of them. By the end of the arc, she wins the Nobel Peace Prize and has cured terminal illness/disease.
- I really respect Lin Dan in this arc. Because her ex-boyfriend's family is on the verge of bankruptcy, in order to repay her ex-boyfriend's mother for all that she has done, Lin Dan helps recover their business/company. She is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child. Her ex-boyfriend's mother has an illness, and his father would have killed himself, were it not for Lin Dan encouraging him to live for their grandchild. Luckily, she recovers their business, and no longer needs to have the child and throw her life away/be a mother at a young age.

**Arc 10: Queen of the Runway**
- Lin Dan is a famous supermodel.
- Male lead is a famous singer. He treats her well, love at first sight for him. 2nd male lead is kind of pathetic. When he first met Lin Dan, he tried to get her to replicate one of his old models. Later, he designs a wedding dress for Lin Dan and the male lead, even when he couldn't have Lin Dan for himself/he still had feelings for her.
- Original female lead was the past "model" of the 2nd male lead.

**Arc 11: Village Girl**
- Lin Dan lives in a village with her grandfather, who recently broke his leg. She becomes self-sufficient, takes care of him, etc. Because of the TV show, she becomes famous and eventually moves to the city to go to school.
- Male lead this arc is annoying. He and two of his buddies went to Lin Dan's village as part of a TV show where rich kids learn how to do work in the country. Him and his friends are teens, and yet they won't help when kids are bullied, and one kid is literally drowning. They apologize later and become "better" people, but that doesn't change the bullying they did in the past.
- The original female lead is the granddaughter of a woman who Lin Dan's grandfather was originally in love with, before finding out just how much of an awful person she is.

**Arc 12: Pride and Prejudice**
- Another reason I don't like the author of "Female Supporting Role Shows Out" is, other than them touting China and everything Chinese as the best (for example, ancient Chinese medicine is better than Western medicine), they will also deliberately get facts wrong. Like bibimbap, a KOREAN dish, is said to be a Chinese dish instead. Like, wtf? Bibimbap was most certainly not made in China. A simple Google search will tell you as much.
- In this arc, Lin Dan becomes a fashion designer.
- I love this arc because the original female lead is not a green tea b*tch like in other arcs. She is actually a genuinely nice, sweet, and caring person, who is practically in love with Lin Dan. Not literally, but you get the point. Several times I was rooting for the novel to turn into a girls' love, but was reminded it wasn't because of the male lead.
- I hate this arc because of the male lead. The male lead in this arc is also a cat/shares minds with a black cat, etc. Hard to explain, but in short, he and the cat are basically the same person. Not literally, he does not turn into the cat, but he and the cat know what the other does. The black cat was found and adopted and nursed back to health by the original female lead, but then the cat became closer to Lin Dan. If the cat and the male lead were separate, I would have no problem with this. But they aren't. The guy uses his knowledge from the cat to get closer to Lin Dan, like ordering her favorite cake, promoting her in the company, etc. Oh yeah, Lin Dan is his former secretary, but the original host was demoted to an assistant in the design department. Anyway, I hate plots like this because I find it creepy how the male lead uses his knowledge from his cat to get close to Lin Dan, all without her knowledge. She does NOT know he is the cat. I hate similar plots like this, like Groundhog Day, where the guy in that film is a creep who uses his knowledge of his countless days to woo the woman he is infatuated with. Pop Culture Detective made a VERY good video on this.
- I hate the male lead in arc 12 SO MUCH. He is a disgusting human being who uses the cat he shares minds with to eventually coerce Lin Dan and make her give in. From making the cat get run over by a car, to making the cat fall from a tree, he knows Lin Dan can't bear to have the cat injured after having it as a pet for so long. I hate him so much!

**Arc 13: Reversal of Life**
- The second-to-last arc is a return to the ancient world. I am so relieved the author decided to go back to the ancient world, because the modern worlds had worse plots, love interests, and characters compared to the ancient arcs.
- Lin Dan becomes a Taoist, runs her own temple, etc. She has a disciple who she teaches to become a doctor like her and treat people's medical conditions and illnesses.
- Lin Dan's male lead in this arc is the uncle of the young emperor. After saving his nephew's life, he had an incurable illness. Eventually, Lin Dan does cure him. He respects her a lot. He is similar to the male leads of the embroiderer/doctor arcs.

**Arc 14: The Last Task**
- An EPIC conclusion to this novel that ties in everything, and yet still leaves you yearning for more.
- In this arc, we meet the man aka the system agent who Lin Dan at the beginning of the novel was in love with, but couldn't be with because he cared about another woman.
- This is a cultivation world.
- Amazing callback to arc 2, when, after Lin Dan awakens her cultivation again, she wields the sword she did in arc 2.
- The female antagonist is a woman who deceived the male system agent over several lifetimes, pretending to lose her memory in each life in this world, so he would take care of her and make her stronger and protect her. She knew that he was a system agent, or at least that he had access to special system items. She was going to use one of these in this arc, her last life, to leave the world.
- Lin Dan is disconnected from her system, so she can't leave the world. She decided to save the world when it was ending, sacrificing her life. Several other cultivators, and hundreds of other people in the world gave their lives to save it.
- The male agent discovers the female antagonist's deception, and curses her to remain on the world forever/be forever in pain. When he finishes his task/leaves the world, he unbinds from the system and is no longer an agent. He discovers that Lin Dan at the last moment chose to bind with his system like he offered.
- The novel ends with Lin Dan running away, presumably to go to more worlds/more adventures to be had.

I've likely read all of the author's works, though I have a particular fondness for their BL novels. This one is equally impressive. Lin Dan is a fascinating protagonist. I also appreciate that the story has minimal romance and focuses primarily on Lin Dan's journey. However, I had to deduct 2 stars due to the poor quality of the translation starting from the third arc. It's quite bad. I hope the site owner can find a better translator or at least a proofreader. It's frustrating to see such a good novel marred by the current translation.