

Summary of the The Black Beast's Useless Concubine
For fifteen years, her whole world was just Banruo Village – this place soaked in mystical arts, buzzing with restless spirits and home to some seriously powerful beasts. She grew up there, mostly just hanging out with her grandfather, finding comfort in his steady presence alone. Life felt… okay, manageable.
That all changed when he died violently. His murder shattered everything she thought she knew about the world. But it wasn't just any ending; it came from the person she'd trusted since she was little. That final betrayal left her feeling numb, like there was nowhere left to go except down into the darkness… and maybe that *was* the only way out.
Yet even then, something else happened. This weird, dormant power inside her started stirring – a force tied to her bloodline, just waiting in the wings. Before she could really make sense of it all, another mysterious figure stepped out from somewhere, offering a different kind of path: "How about we talk about those Erudition Trials in the Imperial City?" It was like an unexpected lifeline.
With danger closing ranks around Banruo and her former fiancé starting to press his advantage, she didn't have much choice. Forced into this new situation by grief and fear, Bai Ye had to bite the bullet – *literally*, maybe – and step out into the unknown world beyond her village in "The Black Beast's Useless Concubine".