Playing the Villain [Livestream]

After a thousand years of chaos in the cultivation world, a peerless genius appeared. He reached Foundation Establishment in three years despite having a mixed spiritual root. He was invincible among his peers and won first place in the sect tournament. He even mastered countless disciplines, excelling in alchemy, artifact crafting, divine abilities, and Daoist arts... Many demonic cultivators refused to believe it and resorted to underhanded tricks to give him trouble. To their shock, even they couldn’t outdo him at his own game! The kid seemed innocent on the surface, but had all sorts of tricks up his sleeve. He was terrifyingly devious! Before long, they were all deeply wary of Xilou: This kid is no ordinary person! He must be some old monster who’s taken over a body to cultivate anew! He’s probably that fallen giant of the demonic path, the Venerable Pei Qian! Meanwhile, Xilou, the object of everyone’s suspicion, simply rubbed his sleepy eyes as usual and activated his cross-world livestream System. With guidance from Earth’s most brilliant think tank, enthusiastic banter from people across the globe, and the collective wisdom of thousands of Jia Xus, Zhuge Liangs, and ordinary folks this cultivation novice, burdened with the hope of saving the world, began another brand-new day pretending to be a demonic-path overlord. Xilou × Pei Qian. Still a powerhouse pairing: a wicked bottom who lacks every virtue × a menace to the world as a top. Secret identities + a livestream comedy where everyone mistakes the truth for something else. The top is a native demonic cultivator. Next up: Saving the World’s Hero Decides to Die Alone. Please add it to your favorites~ Wu Yu was widely regarded as the “useless” leader of the Reincarnation Space. Even though he’d led humanity to clear the apocalypse game. Awakened an ability? An S-rank teammate carried him. Tactical command? A genius strategist had his back. It seemed he couldn’t do anything at all. He was just lucky, and happened to be... very good at enduring pain, and impossible to kill. So when the game ended and he returned to a devastated reality in a battered body, the price of “a small sacrifice,” his first instinct was to hide. To stay away from those dazzling teammates who made him feel so inadequate. And to avoid that powerful, cold monster who’d defeated him time and again, then “deigned” to sleep with him. He Chizhi, once the strongest leader in the Reincarnation Space. Wu Yu had always felt like a herbivore that had wandered into a pack of monsters. Just as He Chizhi had said when they first met, his heart was too weak. Perhaps he should have left with some dignity long ago, of his own accord. So the former savior got a job hauling bricks at a construction site. He used his ability to help citizens rebuild their homes and adopted a few orphans along the way. Until one day, He Chizhi came to inspect the site and spotted him in the crowd. His eyes instantly reddened. Wu Yu instinctively lowered his head, ducked into the crowd, and hurried away. But he had no idea that the famously aloof powerhouse had lost control the moment he turned his back. Nor did he know that his former teammates were on the verge of madness. They searched the whole world for a single message: “Tell the captain we can’t do this without him!” #TheSociallyAnxiousSaviorIsTryingToStayInvisibleAgainToday# #StopLookingForMeImJustAnOrdinaryConstructionWorker# #AreYouSureThisGodYouKeepTalkingAboutIsntAMisunderstanding# [Reading Guide] 1. Gentle, world-weary savior bottom × aloof, obsessive believer top. One-on-one, happy ending. 2. A healing story mixing sweetness, catharsis, and angst. The bottom is at the top of the power scale but has terribly low self-esteem. The top loves him deeply but can’t express it early on, and the bottom spends the first part thinking they’re just friends with benefits. 3. A light ensemble cast. The former teammates and rivals all have deep feelings for the bottom, though he hasn’t noticed. Their friendship is mutually devoted, even if they don’t realize it. Theme: Many hands make light work.