At the grand competition of Sanqing Realm, Suiyin claimed first place in swordsmanship, gaining the rare opportunity to choose her mentor.... more>>

Selecting a worthy teacher meant becoming their closed-door disciple - obtaining sect treasures and inheriting an elder's lifelong knowledge. This privilege held immeasurable value.

Under the approving gazes of elders and envious stares of fellow disciples, Suiyin extended her finger toward the last woman at the elders' platform.

"I wish to study under Elder Wuwei."

Murmurs rippled through the crowd. Suiyin overheard peers whispering:

"She's insane! Choosing Elder Wuwei with such a prime opportunity?"

"Truly! She's throwing away her future!"

"Xia Wuwei merely holds an elder title. Even other elders' disciples surpass her skills. That fool must be enchanted by her beauty."

The sect leader urged repeatedly, "Reconsider your choice."

Standing straight at the competition ground's center, Suiyin declared with firm resolve:

"I choose Wentiang Peak."

The champion thus became Sanqing Realm's favorite joke - everyone claimed Suiyin had chosen lust over wisdom, blinded by Xia Wuwei's beauty.

Only Suiyin knew the truth: Xia Wuwei remained the true best in sword techniques. A lost sword heart mattered not - her mastery never depended on any blade.

Years later, Suiyin became the most envied disciple.

Though lacking power, Xia Wuwei overflowed with devotion!

Which master personally accompanies their disciple on every mission? Who cooks daily meals for their apprentice? Whose master comforts sorrows with warm embraces?

Suiyin grinned till her cheeks ached: "Mine does."

*

Xia Wuwei once dazzled Nine Realms with her Heartless Sword, vowing to challenge Heavenly Dao through blade mastery.

Heaven's envy struck - her sword heart shattered, her spirit broken. The Heartless Sword abandoned her, becoming mere dead steel.

Transformed into Nine Realms' cautionary tale, she drowned in self-doubt and perpetual gloom.

Until someone declared: "Your true strength never lay in that sword."

She remained the undisputed best in sword techniques - eternal and unrivaled.

Self-doubting master vs. fiercely protective disciple

Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Lighthearted, Master-Disciple, Happy Ending, Redemption

Main Characters: Xia Shi (Xia Wuwei), Suiyin

One-Line Summary: Through Nine Realms they journeyed - one woman and her sword.

Theme: Conquer inner demons, stay true to your heart. <<less

The villain forced relations with the tender young male protagonist who saved his life. He raised the male protagonist while carrying a bun (child).... more>>

Su Wenliang who had survived for three years in the Apocalypse, transmigrated into a cultivation novel 《Three Thousand Great Wildersness》, becoming the early stage villain BOSS Liang Wensu. Not only he had to face large numbers of savage enemies, but also deal with the Love Snake Parasite in his body. In order to change the ending of being tortured to death and dying without an intact corpse, Su Wenliang took the initiative to change the plot. However, it was to no avail as the plot was too powerful. When he was forced to flee with severe injuries, he plucked tender young savior in passing. The reality was he unable to overwhelm him and was rather the one being pushed down.

Ten years later, he found out that the beautiful young boy during that time was the shining male protagonist, and that he carried the male protagonist’s child in his stomach. Every month, the parents needed to do the Dual Cultivation to urge his growth. <<less

A man who was once called the world’s strongest agent ended up becoming a teacher after his retirement, to train a new generation of agents. After many years of training his disciples, he was killed at the age of 60 by a secret organization’s ruse and was reincarnated in another world with his memories intact. Though he was surprised by the existence of magic and the strange species in that world, he quickly adapted to his condition as a newborn and took advantage of it. He acquired special magic and gained a massive amount of strength thanks to his rigorous discipline, in order to reach his goal: Resume his career as a teacher which he... more>> left halfway through in his previous life.

This is the story of a man, who, based on the memories and the experiences of his previous life, became a teacher who travels through the world with his students. <<less

Shocking! An innocent civil servant was reborn into the body of a swindler, only to be forced by a man to do this sort of thing…... more>>

In the feng shui community it was said that Lin Zhushui was omniscient, but now it seemed his only miscalculation was his marriage to Zhou Jiayu.

Zhou Jiayu had a warm nature, thin and tender skin, and soft and brittle bones. He never expected what he worried about the most after his rebirth was to not make a certain someone angry.

Zhou Jiayu: Before I was reborn, I always thought that I would be a staunch socialist successor, until I became a swindler and met a fortune-telling big shot.

Lin Zhushui: Are you unhappy being with me?

Zhou Jiayu: I’m happy, I’m so happy I could die, I’d be even happier if Boss could stop thinking about me being on the menu every day.

Lin Zhushui: Not possible.

Zhou Jiayu: …

Feng shui novel, blind feng shui bigshot gong x fake swindler socialist successor shou, super sweet, sweeter than first love. <<less

The absurd adventure story of Ian, a wizard in a medieval fantasy world.

Shen Liuxiang stayed up all night reading a novel about a white lotus protagonist shou and his easy road to power. Having finished it, he thumped his chest and stomped his foot in unhappiness. ... more>>

In the novel, there was a villainous shizun who shared his name.

He was as beautiful as a flower, but would rather ruin his own looks to imitate others.

He was infatuated with the Bingshan Sword Venerable, who had his heart set on the protagonist shou. Foolish and shameless, he continued to entangle with and chase after the other.

He severed his connection to his father, the Venerable Emperor, and renounced his ties to his senior brother in the Sect. He fought to the death with his blood brother, the Demon Venerable.

For the Sword Venerable, he was even willing to get rid of his toughest rival-in-love—his own disciple, who would later become number one in the cultivation world!

After going to sleep, Shen Liuxiang woke up to find himself transmigrated as the villain Shizun in the book.

"Strive to look like the protagonist shou? Wake up, this immortal is the most beautiful in the world!"

"Sword Venerable, who? Is he stronger than my father, the Venerable Emperor?! Is he more handsome than my senior brother in the Sect?! Is he fiercer than my blood brother, Demon Venerable?!”

Facing the protagonist's greatest backer in the future, Zhou Xuanlan, Shen Liuxiang decided to grab onto the opportunity, seize his good fortune, and stifle the danger in the cradle.

However, his disciple was too well-behaved.

"All spiritual treasures in heaven and on earth belong to Shizun. All ancient relics belong to Shizun. This disciple also belongs to Shizun."

Shen Liuxiang: "...Alright, I’ll give you a chance QAQ"

Initially an indifferent shizun, Shen Liuxiang slowly became fiercely protective of his disciple. His disciple, in turn, was upright, righteous, and increasingly loyal towards him. However, right at this time, Shen Liuxiang miscalculated. The Zhou Xuanlan from the original novel had returned!

"Shizun has changed so much," the man spoke with a dangerous air, hugging him from behind, the low voice resounding right beside his ear, “but I like it very much."

Shen Liuxiang cried. He wanted his obedient disciple back! <<less

On the immortal terrace grows a rare tree. Once every five hundred years, it bears a pair of twin fruits—both the reincarnated souls of immortal cultivators too obsessed, too stubborn, too damned to ever rest in peace. ... more>>

Xue Ranran, frail since birth, dragged her ghost of a life into the world of cultivation in the name of survival. Her last-ditch gamble? Apprenticing under Su Yishui—a prodigy cloaked in cold grace, lips sharp as his sword.

From the moment she stepped across the sect’s threshold, the whispers never stopped. Su Yishui’s own master had once been the infamous demoness Mu Qingge—a woman soaked in sin, feared across realms, whose crimes piled so high even the heavens turned away. Two decades ago, Su Yishui led a righteous crusade to wipe her out, slicing his way through blood and betrayal, until the demon who raised him was dust scattered to the wind.

Ranran? She played dumb, kept her head low, and stuffed her belly high. Life was already hell—why chase immortality when a warm meal and a cold drink hit harder?

The sect teemed with beautiful senior brothers, dazzling enough to make her eyes sore. Her master, Su Yishui, may look like a fallen deity—but he wore frost like a second skin.

Beautiful? Yes. Safe? Not at all.

She had half a mind to run before he melted her spine into splinters.

Rumor had it the demoness, Mu Qingge, had spent her twisted life pining for him. Wanted him. Couldn’t have him. But now she’s back—reborn, rebranded, practically dripping virtue—and ready to rekindle that forbidden flame.

Ranran was charmed. Who wouldn’t be? This kind of twisted fairytale love was the stuff of legends. She even prepared a generous red envelope, planning to bless their messy reunion with silver and sarcasm.

Until Su Yishui shoved her against a wall, close enough for his breath to fog up her bones.

She stiffened, heart hammering, but bit back the tremble. “Immortal Master,” she said, voice low but defiant, “please, be loyal. Don’t let your lover down—again.”

But Su Yishui only stared at her like he’d fallen into a dream he couldn’t claw out of. His voice was a broken whisper, soaked in obsession:

“Qingge… how much longer are you going to lie to me?” <<less

Where there is death, there are always crows.... more>>

Those called crows, who find and assemble corpses.

Among those crows, Kang Dong-jae, the foremost crow, meets and receives teachings from the ghost of Jo Yang-seung, the former best martial artist under heaven.

“You foolish boy. You shouldn’t be doing this kind of work. You should enter the Martial Alliance and become a hero.”

“Ah, what skills do I have to become a hero of the 'jianghu'?”

The crow's wings unfold to become the best martial artist under heaven! <<less

Qin Ran just wanted to cultivate immortality, refine pills, and live a carefree life as an immortal world slacker. But a genius female disciple just... more>> had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life... <<less

I, a tentacled monster, am currently disguised as a human, deeply in love with my master—though it’s entirely one-sided.... more>>

Everyone who’s in love with their master knows the classic tale of tragic love between master and disciple: heart-wrenching betrayal, leaps from the Immortal Execution Platform, fatal stabbings to the heart, today’s fall into demonhood, tomorrow’s kneeling on the long staircase. Each one has a beautifully bleak ending.

But my master is different. He doesn’t put me through that kind of tragic romance. He kisses me, praises me, and has never let me go hungry. He even looks at me with a smile and calls me softly, “Zhi Zhi.”

He is the kindest human to me.

I like him.

For a monster, expressing affection is simple: liking someone means staying close, from wrapping them in tent**les to keeping our bodies close.

Using the spell my master taught me, I locked him in place and tried to stay close to him, hoping he’d start liking me back. But my master no longer kissed me. His eyes grew misty as if he might cry.

My master doesn’t seem to like me.

That’s okay. I extended more tent**les, clinging harder, day and night, diligently. Surely, he’ll be moved one day.

After I locked up my master, the sect grew suspicious. They broke into the dark room and pierced my monstrous body with a thousand swords. In my final moments, my master didn’t look at me. I suppose he really never loved me.

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back at the moment I’d first joined the sect.

My master looked at me, with a slightly strange expression, then nodded at me like in my previous life and said,

“This one, then.”

But he added a new line:

“He will cultivate the Path of Emotionlessness with me.”

Me: …?

My countless tent**les: …QAQ?

Aren’t humans supposed to be together if they’re partners…

Master telling me to cultivate the Path of Emotionlessness = Master not letting me be his partner = Master doesn’t love me at all.

So I really am on the tragic romance route. I’ll never love Master again, QAQ. <<less

In his previous life, Qiao Xuan had many lovers at once, and one day, he was finally caught red-handed. Once he died, he transmigrated into a bird in a cultivation world. He swore to start anew and focus on attaining a human form. ... more>>

But as it turned out, after he worked arduously to cultivate a human form, when he was undergoing his tribulation, heavenly lightning struck him into ash. All that was left was a trace of his spirit. His master said that his fickle behavior in his previous life had tainted his spiritual root in this life, and the only way for him to achieve human form was to undergo seven lives of love tribulations. For the sake of becoming human, Qiao Xuan could only be reborn and undergo his tribulations.

In these seven lives, he was an emperor’s male pet, a devil lord’s furnace, a sword master’s cultivation partner, a demon king’s ugly s*ave…

But no matter how infatuated he was, no matter how much sincere affection he expended without regret, in the end, he never had a peaceful death.

Just when he finally finished his seventh life and returned to the cultivation world, successfully passing his tribulation and attaining a human form, he found that something wasn’t right…

In private, the calm, aloof emperor spent his tender affection on a puppet. That puppet looked exactly like him when he was a male pet in his first life…

The cold, savage devil lord had searched the three realms for a thousand years, exhausting both the heavens and the underworld, in order to find a method to gather the soul of his lover…

The sword cultivator who killed his wife in order to prove his dedication to the Dao was faced with the most beautiful woman in the cultivation world, who had come to confess her love. Yet he publicly announced that his late wife from the mortal world was the one and only love of his life…

The demon king with overwhelming strength had lived on an icy peak in the wasteland for hundreds of years. It was said that this was all for the sake of the ugly little s*ave he had lived with there in the past, and later abandoned…

All of his lovers from his love tribulations in his previous lives were here, and they all wanted to get back together with him!

Qiao Xuan: …I’m sorry to bother you, but you’ve got the wrong person.

Qiao Xuan couldn’t put up with his exes’ desperate pursuit any longer. He could only beg his unapproachable master for help. His master’s cultivation was boundless, his heart was clean of desire, and he was uninterested in the affairs of the world. No matter how you looked at him, he seemed like someone Qiao Xuan could depend on. Most importantly, his master had a detached temperament.

Qiao Xuan: “Master, can you help me?”

Master: “Yes.”

Afterwards, Qiao Xuan sat in his master’s embrace. What happened to being detached? It was all a lie. <<less

Baldo is the strongest swordsmanship that cuts enemies by converting the frictional force generated when the sword is pulled out of the scabbard into kinetic energy.... more>>

'I will accept the rebuttal only in a duel, not in words.' <<less

I died and was reincarnated into a hardcore BL novel written by a friend. I was reborn as Ishar, the Emperor of the Luchest Empire, an extra character who works tirelessly every day for ten years, only to be killed by the main character, Belroan, and have the throne taken from him.... more>>

After four years of nonstop hard work, covering for an older brother who only caused trouble and then died, I finally realized the situation and made a decision.

“The only way to achieve my retirement…!”

If I can persuade the main character, who hasn’t yet lost his mind, to take over the throne, I’ll be able to escape this work hell and enjoy a peaceful retirement. I brought Belroan, who needed help, to the palace, took him as my disciple, and looked after him carefully. But what’s going on?

“I want to stay with you, Master.”

I taught him diligently, but somehow… this guy seems a bit… off.

– – –

“I believe it’s time for you to keep the promise you made when I became your disciple.”

The promise to give Belroan the throne. Of course, of course, I should hand over the throne. Now that he’s grown so splendidly, I was ready to give up the throne as soon as we returned.

“Didn’t you say that on the day I surpass you, you would accept me as your Empress?”

Ishar, who had been nodding along, suddenly froze. In that moment, Belroan gently released the gag and continued speaking.

“I’m very happy to become your partner.”

His voice, unable to conceal his joy, trembled softly with delight. Ishar spat out what had been blocking his mouth, then looked at Belroan with a tingling expression on his face. <<less

Jiang Chen travels to a fantasy novel world and becomes the villainous senior brother.... more>>

He didn’t have any golden finger (cheat) and didn’t want to end up as villainous cannon fodder, so he repeated nine reincarnation cycles, only aiming to be an upright senior brother.

Yet fate is unjust, bestowing upon him the aura of a villain, causing him to suffer countless misunderstandings and disdain.

Until the ‘Tenth Life’!

In this life, Jiang Chen gave up. His heart grew cold, and he also finally let himself go.

Jiang Chen: “Since heaven wants me to be a villain, why should I defy it?”

……

My name is Jiang Lianyue, and I have a villainous senior brother who is despicable.

I despise him, detest him, and even wish he would die quickly!

But one day, I witnessed a flashback of nine lifetimes…

In the first life, my senior brother sacrificed his own core to help the second brother rebuild his core, damaging his own foundation in the process.

In the second life, I was afflicted with a cold poison, and my senior brother, with his modest cultivation, refined pills for a hundred days to cure me at the cost of destroying his own core.

In the third life, I finally understood everything… <<less

After the death of the former emperor, the throne was passed to Fu Wei, with the late emperor entrusting the governance of the realm to the young empress under the guidance of three key ministers: Chief Minister Yan Xiangru and two other prominent officials. Over the years, Yan Xiangru, through careful maneuvering, eliminated his political rivals, becoming the most powerful figure in court. Empress Fu Wei, having been raised under Yan Xiangru’s tutelage, initially appeared obedient and compliant. However, as she matured, she grew increasingly dissatisfied with the Chief Minister’s overwhelming control over the court and began plotting to reclaim her authority.... more>>

At sixteen, the traditional age for a royal wedding, Fu Wei planned to use the occasion of her marriage to assert her independence and force Yan Xiangru to relinquish his power. The Grand Tutor once asked the empress: “How will you handle it if the Chief Minister disrespects you, mocks you, avoids you, or despises you?”

The empress replied: “I shall endure him, intimidate him, tease him, pursue him, and seduce him. Wait a few more years, and you’ll see—he’ll marry me and even bear children for me.”

In the treacherous world of palace politics, he is her first and greatest faith. Yet in the arena of courtly power struggles, he is also her ultimate adversary. <<less

Tan Zhui originally sealed his mountain , spending his days lazily eating, drinking, and sleeping, living a retired life like an immortal.... more>>

Unbeknownst to him, someone left a child at the mountain, perhaps seeing the White Deer Immortal Lord living too comfortably.

Tan Zhui named the child Sui Chunsheng and raised him as his closed-door disciple.

He originally thought of continuing the mountain gate and having each other for company, but as the child grew up, he discovered that the child was exceptionally skilled at cooking! (Legitimate cooking)

Tan Zhui grew increasingly fond of his disciple, but unknowingly, his feelings began to change.

One day, Tan Zhui was drugged with an aphrodisiac and was thoroughly taken advantage of by his beloved disciple.

With tears in his eyes and a hazy mind, he bit his tongue to stay awake, “No… no…”

Sui Chunsheng: “Master, no to what?”

“No to such absurdity…”

“Master, you and I, we should be absurd.”

At that moment, the beloved disciple turned into a wicked one.

When the truth came to light, heavenly soldiers surrounded the place.

Tan Zhui stabbed his wicked disciple through the heart with his sword, expelling him from the mountain, watching his former beloved disciple fall to his death.

Years later, unexpectedly, the wicked disciple one day descended upon the nine heavens with his army.

“Hand over the White Deer Immortal Lord, and I will immediately withdraw my troops.”

And so, the dignified White Deer Immortal Lord was taken back to the military camp by the demon lord.

He thought the demon lord would seek revenge for the sword strike, thoroughly ravaging the former god.

But unexpectedly, the demon lord turned around and married the god to warm his bed, just changing the location of the ravaging and torment… <<less

I was taken as a prisoner of the kingdom.... more>>

Then, the hero of the kingdom showed interest in me. <<less

“Yuri, the Pringles! We’re out of Pringles!”... more>>

“Alright! I’ll trade you 8 boxes of ramen! No, make it 10 boxes!”

“Cola is definitely the devil’s creation!”

Cider, cola, snacks, ramen.

If they don’t have it, I’ll make it myself. <<less

Qi Shu, the eldest senior martial brother of the Kunlun Jian Sect, was an exceptionally talented, charismatic and handsome person. He’s the dream lover of all male and female cultivators in the cultivation world.... more>>

He had a secret.

He’s secretly in love with his Shizun.

——Gu Hanjiang, the head cultivator of the Kunlun Jian Sect, not only had a noble and benevolent temperament since young, he was also cold and strict, but he’s greatly fond of his own eldest disciple.

Qi Shu both valued his master and his teachings, so he hid his love for him for a long time.

Until one day, he learnt a secret.

His master was a rare human cauldron. To pass through tribulation and ascend, he must dual cultivate with someone, otherwise it’d rebound to him and he’ll qi deviate.

When Qi Shu returned to the sect, he found that his master had really encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation and his cultivation was severely damaged.

When he saw his master’s pale and sickly handsome face, Qi Shu felt sorry for him: Shizun, this disciple can help you.

Gu Hanjiang: …Really?

Qi Shu: This disciple does what he says!

Only later did Qi Shu become aware that in the first place, human cauldrons couldn’t only be the one in the bottom.

That’s not what it says in the book!! <<less

Bai Xiaoxi is a young fox spirit who has just reached adulthood. She binds to the system in order to go down to the mountain to look for her master.... more>>

The True Love System is happy to see that the host is a fox spirit, definitely good at seducing men!

He can already see the bright future of his promotion and pay rise to the top of his lifespan!

First Day of Binding

The system: ” Hurry, there’s a big shot sitting in that car in front of you, rush up and touch the porcelain!”

Bai Xiaoxi obediently charged forward, and then

Bang…

The big shot was knocked away together with the car by her.

System: “……”

Second day of binding

System: “This is the time, go! Tease him!”

Bai Xiaoxi stood on her tiptoes and ruffled the hair of the man across the room.

“……”

The system wanted to cry: “Aren’t you a fox spirit? Hooking up with men is a racial talent, so why can’t you do it?”

Bai Xiaoxi was very innocent: “But I was raised by a phoenix.”

The system, dead.

Notes :
1. big shot 大佬 (dàlǎo): big shot (leading some field or group)
2. touch the porcelain 碰瓷 (pèngcí): (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an “accident” in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting “expensive” porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car) <<less

I am a writer with three discontinued serial works.... more>>

I found myself possessed in a world where all my stories had merged.

“Master, how could you say it is strange for a disciple to sleep by their master’s side?”

“Master! No matter how I think about it, this goes against the path of justice! Fleeing before the enemy is cowardly!”

“Brother, I ask you to leave everything to me. I will guide your path as a ■■.”

With only a limited time left to live,

I had to raise the children I abandoned in the right direction. <<less

In the galactic era, humans have lost their emotions. These emotions have become a trading object, a complete box of emotions is a rare and priceless treasure at auction.... more>>

One day, Jiang Fu, who made a living by defrauding human emotions and auctioning them, was captured by interstellar scientists and was forced to dive into the spiritual world of the most perfect artificial human in the interstellar to carry out the secret of "making humans derive their emotions through catalysis" experiment.

Jiang Fu, who was unable to escape, agreed on the surface, but he wanted to do something bad, intending to completely destroy the cold artificial man. <<less

During her cultivation practice, Nie Yinzhi encountered a mishap and nearly fell into qi deviation. After emerging from seclusion, she discovered she could see floating subtitles above her head.... more>>

From these danmu (bullet screen comments), she learned that she was merely a substitute supporting character in a novel.

Everyone in her sect doted on and loved her only because her eyes resembled those of the beloved senior sister who had perished ten years ago.

And in three days, that blind senior sister would return to the sect—

Nie Yinzhi would have her core forcibly removed by her master, her eyes gouged out by her senior brother, and ultimately die alone.

*

Armed with spoilers from the danmu, Nie Yinzhi set up a forbidden array, sacrificing her soul to summon the novel's antagonist - the great Demon Lord.

Covered in blood, amid everyone's terrified gazes, she coldly smiled and said, "If that's how it is, then none of you shall live!"

The Demon Lord appeared slowly in his dark robes, reaching out to wipe blood from the corner of her mouth: "You're so young, why harbor such deep resentment? If there are any misunderstandings, we can sit down for tea and talk things through. Why resort to violence?"

Nie Yinzhi: "???"

Is this the ruthless, evil Demon Lord everyone spoke of?!

[The Demon Lord says no with his mouth but his actions prove otherwise. Don't worry, it's not frustrating, feel free to dive in.]

Gu Jiang: Today my wife is asking me to kill again

Nie Yinzhi: Today the Demon Lord is preaching virtue to me again

Cultivation World: Being persecuted again today

Laid-back retired veteran couch potato Demon Lord male lead VS grudge-holding can't-take-any-grievance female lead

[[Warning: As you can tell from the synopsis, the female lead isn't designed to be morally good! She has character flaws! She's not a perfect victim! She won't wait until they actually remove her golden core and gouge out her eyes before fighting back! Proceed with caution if this bothers you!] ] <<less

The protagonist, Zeed, was supposed to make his adventurer debut with his childhood friend El, but it turned out to be the worst outcome. After... more>> that, Zeed’s preferences took a twisted turn and El’s feelings for Zeed also became twisted. Can the two of them, who are losing their sanity, return to the way they used to be… <<less

Wen Linyu was a timid and cowardly person. If someone slapped him, as long as they said "sorry," he would reply "it's okay."... more>>

That was until he transmigrated into a stallion urban cultivation novel and was tasked with playing the villain who tormented the protagonist the most. If he could endure it for ten years, he could return home.

From then on, Wen Linyu was forced to play the role of a sinister and arrogant demon lord.

But he was cowardly.

So, facing a subordinate who betrayed him, he stammeringly reprimanded the other party for their wrongdoing. When asked to take action, he would cry in fear while gently slapping them.

The real Demon Lord, watching his subordinate enjoying the beating, couldn't bear it any longer.

Thus, Wen Linyu gained a teacher who taught him how to be a villain step by step.

Under the teacher's guidance, he became increasingly adept at playing the villain and experienced an unprecedented sense of unrestrained arrogance.

After ten years, Wen Linyu returned to his original world. Not long after his return, the person who had slapped him tried the same trick again.

As the other party's hand was raised, Wen Linyu slammed them against the wall with a single palm.

Then, gripping the person's hair, he emotionlessly recited the apology they had prepared in advance: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. Can you forgive me?"

The person, covered in blood: "..." If I say it's okay, will you let me go?

Wen Linyu's parents recently discovered that their biological son, whom they had brought back from the countryside a few months prior, was very strange.

Their adopted son would complain of nosebleeds and headaches whenever he saw Wen Linyu and would take detours to avoid him.

Their younger daughter, who had called him unfashionable the night before, became infatuated with the accessories he casually made the next day.

The music teacher they specifically hired to cultivate his temperament praised his skills as surpassing her own and wanted to become his student.

Even more bizarrely, perfumers, swordsmen, and even metaphysics masters started inquiring about Wen Linyu.

Wen Linyu's parents: ???

One night, a week after his return, Wen Linyu's home was invaded. He prepared to use his finger as a sword, intending to leave the intruder with no chance of escape.

However, his fingertip was grasped, and his spiritual power instantly vanished.

"Who are you?" Wen Linyu asked coldly.

The intruder was the Demon Lord he had once impersonated. The man's gaze lingered meaningfully on his lips and waist: "After being me for ten years, you think you can take that cultivation for free?" <<less