The Villain's Duty

[Updates have started dropping irregularly. For now, I'm mainly updating my other novel, I Heard You Want to Punish Me, next door. Nagging won't make more chapters appear!] Fated to be a dragon vs. destined to fall Qin Xiu transmigrates into a fantasy cultivation novel. Thinking he's the chosen one, he gets ready to welcome a harem and ride his protagonist's halo all the way to the top. Then he discovers that he isn't the protagonist at all: he's the book's villainous Big Boss. This is infuriating. So, Fate cannot be defied? No. He wants all the rare treasures, divine weapons, secret manuals, beauties, harem, status, and power. The protagonist, the plot, and fate can all kindly step aside. "I want to see what the so-called fate can do to me, Qin Xiu, when I take what I want." The protagonist, reborn after failing to follow the plot in his previous life and meeting an early bad ending, finds that every treasure trove he seeks has already been emptied, and falls into deep thought. He realizes his nemesis has changed, becoming even more arrogant and tyrannical, throwing every dirty trick, ambush, and open attack at him. He's even worse than in their previous life. Absolutely asking to be beaten. Qin Xiu, the villain, and Weng Baishu, the protagonist, are fellow disciples. They act like devoted brothers in public, but have been at each other's throats since childhood, fighting from within their sect to the outside world, from the cultivation realm to the ghost realm, until both are covered in wounds and utterly exhausted. Later, when events take a turn that differs from both the original story and their previous life, the two have no choice but to team up now and then. Having crawled out of a mountain of corpses and sea of blood, they exchange a look and decide to take down the true culprit together: fate. Qin Xiu, who has always loved things that "don't belong to him," says, "I did nothing wrong. Fate is the one in the wrong." Weng Baishu, who doesn't want to start over again, says, "Dying once is enough." Of course, they still fight as usual. Heaven and earth, dark and yellow; the universe, vast and wild; the sun and moon rise and set; the stars are arrayed in the sky. All things follow their own paths. The courses of these vast stars are like the courses of fate. We could have an infinite number of paths to take, but our narrow destiny dictates that we can follow only one. So come with me and create a brand-new star map This story follows an "ambitious man" who transmigrates into a cultivation novel, striving to defy heaven and seize control of his fate, while the novel's original protagonist breaks free of the "plot's" restraints. Two powerful leads. At first, the villain fights the protagonist. Later, the protagonist and villain fight heaven. CP: The original protagonist, a true dragon among men who has plenty of dark history and gradually turns good, as the gong; versus the transmigrated villain, who does whatever he wants, is unreasonable, sharp-tongued, smug, and narcissistic, and still dreams of becoming a dragon among men, as the shou. ★ Chuunibyou, passionate, and in the style of a male-led story from Qidian. They love and fight each other. It leans toward leveling up and character growth. It really is chuunibyou, and the characters have both strengths and flaws. ★ The world is a classic Qidian-style fantasy cultivation progression story. Please give it a try only if you enjoy this kind of setting. ★ Both male leads attract women. A true harem protagonist has to take both men and women, right? (Not really.) They're both devoted to each other in this life. ★ The characters are all individuals in their own right. There is no groveling redemption arc, and neither one is anyone's lovesick pursuer. This is a story about loving and fighting each other while growing together, so it's not for extreme gong or shou fans. ★ The story has been revised, and it spans a long period, so the style changes a little from beginning to end. ★★★ Main shou: Qin Xiu is the shou, the shou, the shou. [Passionate √ Inspiring √ Slow burn √ No angst √ HE √ Enemies to lovers √ Your nemesis knows you best √ Both leads grow √ Arrogant shou √ Gong starts out dark and gradually turns good √] Thanks to Xia Xia for making the cover. I'm crying with gratitude. My Weibo account uses my pen name. I Heard You Want to Punish Me: currently filling in the plot. A scummy, crazy, obsessive, and twisted shou X a truly cold gong who fights violence with violence. Focused on romance, a sweet little love story. Rainbow Hidden from Sight: currently queued. Assassin shou X ambitious gong. A wuxia story focused on plot. Cultivation stages: Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification, Infant Transformation, Reaching the Summit, then mastering the two principles of yin and yang, illusion and reality, and ascending to heaven.