It’s Not Easy to Be a Girl in a Cultivation World

Song Yang was sitting in front of his computer screen with a depressing face.

"I'm so bored!" He exclaimed in exasperation.

Because of the Covid-19, his city was in quarantine so he couldn't go out. He already finished reading the latest chapters of his favorite web novels and had already completed one hundred percent of the last game he bought. Therefore, he had nothing else to do during the fifteen hours that were left before the end of the weekend.

Song Yang was twenty-four years old. He was working as a web designer in a big company and was living alone in a small apartment. He didn't have a girlfriend nor any real friends, and visited his parents only a few times a year.

His hobbies were playing video games and reading web novels, most of his free time was spent on these two activities.

Although he was quite satisfied with his life since his job left him with enough free time and money for his hobbies, a small part of him had always yearned for a more adventurous life. Unfortunately, he didn't have the courage to leave everything he had to live this kind of life...

While Song Yang was surfing the internet looking for a new web novel to read, a notification suddenly popped, informing him that he had received a new email. Usually, he would have just ignored it, but the subject of the email attracted his attention: "Discover the new exciting game Journey To Godhood!".

Curious, he decided to open the email and started reading it.

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Be the first to play Journey To Godhood, a unique 3D cultivation RPG!

Live the life of a young outer disciple that has just joined the famous Myriad Clouds Sect and increase your rank in the sect. Explore a vast open-world, meet powerful allies and peerless beauties, and spread your name everywhere. Ascend to Heaven, conquer it, and become a God!

>> Buy the Ultimate Founder Pack and start to play right now! <<

Content of the pack:

- <Divine Talent Upgrading Pill>: Instantly upgrade your cultivation talent to the legendary S-grade!

- <Divine-grade Martial Art ticket>: receive a random Divine-grade Martial Art.

- <Divine-grade Cultivation Manual ticket>: receive a random Divine-grade Cultivation Manual.

- 50000 Spirit Stones.

- 5000 Diamonds that can be spent in the shop.

Price: $199.99 only!

Exclusive offer that will expire in 30 minutes [BUY NOW].

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After he finished reading the email, Song Yang was dumbfounded. He was a big fan of xianxia web novels so it was the kind of game he had always dreamed of playing! But he was not an idiot, he knew that it was too good to be true.

To be sure that it was not a scam, he started searching for some information about this game on Baidu, the equivalent of Google in China.

After a few minutes, a large smile could be seen on his face. The game was real! Apparently, it was just released a few hours ago and he found many videos and posts on forums about it. According to the players' critics, it was an excellent game!

Song Yang discovered that there was even a free-to-play version of the game but he didn't care about this version. He wanted to enjoy this game to its fullest and only by buying the Ultimate Founder Pack, he would be satisfied.

Although two hundred dollars was a big sum, he had a lot of spare money since he was living alone. So, it was not a problem for him.

Without any more hesitation, he clicked on the [BUY NOW] button and a new window opened, asking him to type his personal and credit card information.

He entered all the necessary information and after confirming his payment, a message appeared on his computer screen.

[Thank you for your purchase. Enjoy your new life.]

'New life?' It was Song Yang's last thought before everything turned black and he lost consciousness.

After that, the email he received vanished without leaving a trace.

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When Song Yang regained consciousness and opened his eyes, the first thing that greeted him was an unfamiliar ceiling.

Instead of the white ceiling that he was used to seeing for years, the one above him was dark brown and made of wood.

Not understanding how it was possible that his ceiling had mysteriously changed, Song Yang started to blink several times to be sure that he wasn't hallucinating.

'Wait, wait, wait, something is wrong!' He suddenly thought, panicked.

What made Song Yang suddenly panic was not that unfamiliar ceiling but rather the fact that he realized that he was currently lying on a bed, which made no sense! The last thing he remembered was that he was sitting in front of his computer screen, buying a game.

'Why am I lying on a bed?' He thought, wondering how he could have gotten into this situation.

Song Yang took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. Then, he immediately sat up and quickly scanned his surroundings. He found out that he was in a small bedroom inside a wooden house. The room he was in was almost empty: besides a small table not far from him, there was only the bed on which he was currently sitting.

'This is not my house! Where am I?' He wondered.

As he tried to stand up, Song Yang stopped abruptly, noticing that the clothes he was wearing were not the same as the ones he wore before. Instead of his black T-shirt and jeans, he was currently wearing a traditional grey robe!

Having a bad feeling about this, he immediately examined his own body and a shocked expression appeared on his face.

His previous big, rough hands were now clearly smaller and slender. His previous matte, hairy skin was now as white as jade, flawless and smooth. His previous short hair was now very long and silky. His extra pounds had disappeared to the point that there was no trace of fat and even his previous flat chest had become more plump!

'Wait, plump? What the hell?! Why do I have boobs?! What's going on?!' He thought, panicked.

Doubting what he was seeing, he pressed on his own chest with clawed hands.

Big, soft, and fluffy... No doubt, they were really boobs!

'What does that mean? What happened to my body? Have I become a girl? No, no, no, it's impossible!'

Worry and panic invaded him as he began to lower his hands towards his crotch. He had to check if 'it' was still here.

Nothing... There was nothing...

He patted the place again and again just to be sure, but no matter how many times he did it, he couldn't feel anything. His penis and balls weren't here anymore.

'It's gone! It's gone! My little brother is gone!' He realized in horror.

Breathing heavily, Song Yang's face became pale like a ghost and he almost fainted. The only thing that kept him sane was the hope that none of this was real and that he was only imagining it.

He pinched himself many times to be sure that he was not dreaming but he could clearly feel the pain.

'No, no, no, It has to be a dream. If it's not a dream then...'

Before he could finish his thought, screens started to appear before his eyes and he heard a mechanical voice in his head.

[Journey to Godhood's system has been activated.]

[Host has received a new item: <Divine Talent Upgrading Pill>]

[Host has received a new item: <Divine-grade Martial Art ticket>]

[Host has received a new item: <Divine-grade Cultivation Manual ticket>]

[Host has received a new item: 50000 Spirit Stones]

[Host has received a new item: 5000 Diamonds]

[All the items have been placed in Host's inventory.]

Journey to Godhood's system? After seeing these screens, Song Yang widened his eyes.

'So, if I understand correctly, after I bought this game I somehow transmigrated inside it?' He thought, dumbfounded.

'Fucking, stupid game! Why couldn't you transmigrate me in the body of a man?!' He then thought, furious.

It has always been his dream to one day wake up in a cultivation world, but not as a girl!

Song Yang was still furious and panicked but now that he had more or less a better understanding of his situation, he calmed down a little. Of course, he still needed some time to digest his new situation.

He took a deep breath and started analyzing what was happening to him as calmly as possible. For now, there were four things he was sure of:

One: he was not in his house.

Two: he was in the body of a girl.

Three: he received a cultivation system.

Four: it was not a dream.

However, after thinking about his current predicament for a few minutes, Song Yang sighed. He probably could never accept the fact that he had become a girl but he knew that lamenting his fate or trying to understand why this situation happened to him was useless. Instead, he preferred to confirm who he was now and where he was.

'Wait, since I have a system, there must be some kind of status screen. Let's try it: status.'

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Name: Song Yu Qi

Age: 14

Talent: D-grade

Bloodline: -

Cultivation level: -

Cultivation Manual: -

Martial Arts: -

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'So, this girl's name is Song Yu Qi and she's only fourteen...'

Although Song Yang was surprised to see that the body he was 'possessing' had the same last name as him, it also reassured him a little to have some information about his new body.

'I wish there was more information but I will content myself with that. Next, I must confirm my location.' He thought.

He started searching around him and spotted some items placed on the small table not far from him. He stood up from his bed, walked over to the table, and saw that there were two books, two pouches, and a wooden token placed on it.

He took the two books, one with a blue cover and the other with a white cover, and read their titles. Strangely, he could understand the writing even though it was the first time he had seen it. But since waking up in another body was even more strange than this, he didn't even try to understand how it was possible.

'Rules of the Myriad Clouds Sect' and 'Myriad Clouds Sect's Basic Cultivation Manual' were the titles of the books.

'So it's real! I really transmigrated as a disciple of this sect!' He thought.

Song Yang's heart was beating fast in his chest as he was both excited and frightened by this situation. Suddenly waking up in another world didn't make any sense and was supposed to only happen in fiction!

Sure, being in a girl's body was terrifying, but in the end, the excitement at the idea of being able to become a cultivator was stronger than his fear of the unknown.

'Wait, since I'm in a cultivation world, there is probably some magic or a pill that can turn me back to a man. Or, in the worst case, I can cultivate until I become a god and once I'm a god, I will surely be able to change my gender back to male. It's a perfect plan!' He thought, excitedly.

To prove his determination, Song Yang closed his eyes and silently mourned his previous life for a moment. Anyway, with the exception of his parents and his penis (of course) there was nothing else that he would truly miss...

'Mom, Dad, I will never forget you... Little Song Yang, wait for me. One day, I will get you back!'

Once he was done, Song Yang started to inspect the other items placed on the table.

In the first pouch, there were five little white pills that emitted a strong medicinal odor. He didn't know the purpose of these pills but he assumed that they were probably cultivation pills.

In the second pouch, there were five small transparent oval-shaped stones. Spirit Stones, he supposed.

Finally, the wooden token had an octagonal shape and the word "Outer" was written on it. Song Yang guessed that it was this token that proved his identity as a disciple of the sect so he decided to keep it close to him and put it in his pocket.

He was wearing a simple grey Taoist robe which was of good quality. Because there was no mirror, he had no idea what he looked like but he imagined that he was 'beautiful' since he had a perfect figure. The thought of being a beautiful girl now made him really uncomfortable...

Anyway, now that he was done inspecting the items, Song Yang decided to first read the book 'Rules of the Myriad Clouds Sect' to have a better understanding of his situation, and only after that, he would check the items he received with his system.