The Right Way to Fill a Plot Hole

"Seeking the Sword" is a harem-style xianxia novel serialized on Jinjiang, with over ten thousand bookmarks.

According to rumors, it tells the perfect, clichéd story of a protagonist blessed with good fortune, loved and cared for by everyone, who wins the hearts of countless beauties before defeating the villain and ascending to immortality.

"According to rumors" means that this was what its author, Zuoba, originally intended.

But when the story was one-third complete, Zuoba waved a hand and abandoned it.

However, abandoning a story without finishing it brings retribution.

The all-powerful Jinjiang somehow acquired an Author Abandonment Punishment System, and the System set its sights on Zuoba.

System Q: You want to abandon your story before it's finished? Let me punish you on behalf of readers everywhere! (￣▽￣)!

And so, with a whoosh, Zuoba transmigrated into the book they'd written, becoming the protagonist's saintly senior brother.

Zuoba: ...I can deal with filling in the plot, but why the hell did I become cannon fodder?! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

But then, later on...

System Q: You have to follow the original plot! You have to keep filling in the rest of the story! Otherwise, you can forget about going home!

Duan Tianlan, who has already completed the entire plot: ...Maybe I should just forget about going home (/ω\)...

This story is also known as: "The Author Admits They Can't Handle This Plot Either," "The System Teaches You How to Get Your Bromance On," "Abandoning a Story Only to Get Trapped in One," and "Seeking Cheap Thrills Is Better Than Seeking the Sword," which is mentioned in the story.

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A guide for new readers:

1. A suicidal author as the bottom (a fake-saintly, cannon-fodder bottom) x a cunning, famous top (a truly willful villainous top)

2. Bottom's POV, one-on-one, transmigrate-into-a-book System, pseudo-xianxia, mildly angsty, mostly sweet (Are you sure?)

3. Side characters are involved in a poly relationship because of the plot's setting; feel free to ignore it...

4. I don't know much about cultivation or xianxia and just made it all up as I went, so this isn't really an advancement-focused story.

5. The author has the memory of a fish. If you spot any overlooked plot holes, please point them out. I'll do my best to fix them, as long as my brain can handle it...

6. The author's logic has been fed to the dogs. The ancient Samoyed Chenggui says it tastes pretty good...

7. First story in the Letter System series. It shares a setting with the later stories, so there may be timeline inconsistencies. Characters may also be mentioned in later stories.

The author has been trying very hard to write a high-minded, complete story with a bit of structure, so the romance may develop a little slowly...

There are countless casualties in this story. Remember not to get too attached to anyone other than the protagonist...

That's pretty much it...

Ah, it seems I messed up my previous story and was planning to abandon it...

(Actually, it's almost finished. I might consider completing it when I have some free time. Even a mess deserves a proper ending.)

But if I mess this one up too, I probably won't abandon it, since it has some connections to the later story...

After thinking it over, I've decided my next book will still be a quick transmigration story: "Don't Let Him Get Together with the Female Lead!"

This story is my unconventional experiment. Since it has two Hosts going through quick transmigration, the viewpoint switches every chapter. If you don't like it, please don't hit me (/ω\)

I've now reached the third world. There will be about five in total, and I might start updating around the middle of the year?

Sigh, anyway, I have so many unfinished stories that I might go off and write something else halfway through (?_?)

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