What?! Even Villains Must Take the Imperial Exams!

Cross-dressed for a decade, Jiang Hongnan discovers the shocking truth: she's trapped in a male-lead cultivation novel as doomed cannon fodder. While the protagonist breezes through imperial exams with heaven-defying talent, she's handed an impossible mission by her system—outshine the golden boy and rewrite history itself. Plot armor versus villain determination: who will claim the top scholar title? In a world where destiny favors heroes, one woman refuses to accept her tragic fate.