System, Stop Rushing Me. I'm Winning Over the Tyrant

(This has been really hard to write, and every day has been painful. I'm so sorry, but updates will be irregular from now on. I might finish it little by little, so don't wait up, darlings.)

A cruel, bloodthirsty, stone-faced tyrant × a mischievous, scheming, playful little butterfly spirit who loves to ham it up

Sunny heroine × cold-faced, secretly soft-hearted hero

After her eight-hundredth retreat, Qing Yi discovered she was still just a little butterfly flapping her wings. At her wit's end, she ate an immortal pill she found on the ground, which apparently belonged to some immortal. To her surprise, she transformed into a human.

Who could have guessed she'd end up bound to a System?

"Beep! Shen Wangan's Corruption Index System successfully activated. Please complete the ultimate mission: save all living beings!"

Save what?

All living beings?

You mean a little butterfly spirit with such poor spiritual roots that she spent seven hundred years painstakingly cultivating without even becoming human, and had to steal an immortal pill to do it, is supposed to save all beings in the Three Realms?!

You've got to be kidding!

Qing Yi gave in. "Then how am I supposed to save everyone?"

"The current emperor, Shen Wangan, has a Corruption Index of 75%. When it reaches 100%, he will ascend to immortality, plunging the Three Realms into chaos. Your mission is to move his heart and keep him from turning to slaughter."

After finally taking human form, she had to go to great lengths to enter the imperial harem and please the tyrant.

But the tyrant ignored her, wearing that stone-cold expression every day and constantly going on about killing people.

Fine, fine. I'll tell you a joke, then.

"Your Majesty, one day an orange met a mushroom on the road, and then the orange died. Do you know why?"

Shen Wangan looked up. "Why?"

"Because the mushroom said, 'The orange must die,' and the orange had no choice but to die!"

Shen Wangan: "..."

How was that not funny?!

Qing Yi was at a loss.

And on top of that, the women in the harem didn't like her either. They were always competing for favor, crying, throwing tantrums, and threatening to hang themselves.

Qing Yi: "Wait, wait. Look at Shen Wangan's stone-cold face. Does he look like the sort of man who falls in love? You'd be better off leaving the palace and starting a business. If you've got money, you can live well anywhere."

The concubines suddenly saw the light. "You know, she's got a point."

And so, everyone in the harem was converted into career-minded women, each becoming the heroine of her own life.

One day, Shen Wangan was patrolling the streets when a suicidal assassin tried to kill him. Just as he was about to go on a killing spree, a fragrant, soft young woman fell into his arms.

Could she be an enemy spy?

He brought her into the imperial harem to keep an eye on her and catch her in the act.

But after hearing Qing Yi tell her joke,

he couldn't help thinking, Could someone this stupid really be a spy?

I'm not sure. Better keep watching.

After that, Shen Wangan watched Qing Yi shower him with attention, seemingly for no reason at all.

Unable to stand it any longer, he asked, "What exactly are you after by getting close to me?"

The young woman looked up at him with reddened almond-shaped eyes, a faint blush spreading across her cheeks. Her red lips parted.

"I just want to make Your Majesty happy."

Shen Wangan's heart gave a jolt.

I'm done for. This woman knows exactly what she's doing.

Early Shen Wangan: "You think I'd want the affection of a demon?"

Later Shen Wangan: "I do. I want it so badly."

[Reading Guide]

1. Both leads are each other's one and only.

2. There are side couples, but they won't take up much space and will support the main couple's story.

3. The world has three realms: the Immortal Realm, the Human Realm, and the Demon Realm.

Theme: Clear away the clouds and see the blue sky.