A Guide to Using the Villain's Male Lead

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Yan Ling is plain-looking and of low birth.

He's a lowly sweeper at the third-rate Mingjian Sect, and hasn't even managed to draw spiritual energy into his body.

One day, he pushes his broom through the snow

and sweeps up a handsome young man named Su Ningyu.

The latter was born with five spiritual roots, yet is already at the Foundation Establishment stage,

and immediately insists that Yan Ling call him brother.

Yan Ling is deeply uneasy and doesn't dare accept so readily.

He says that Fellow Daoist Su has a bright future, while he's just a mortal.

Su Ningyu is unwavering. As someone who has transmigrated, he's got a System, and figured out long ago that Yan Ling is a hidden big shot with incredible strength.

Su Ningyu: Don't be afraid. Stick with me from now on, and you'll have the good life. I'll protect you, for sure!

Yan Ling: Then thank you, Fellow Daoist Su. Whatever I do, you'll protect me?

Su Ningyu: Hey, I know exactly how capable you are. Just come with me, and that's all there is to it.

Yan Ling: Mm... Heh.

What Su Ningyu doesn't know

is that Yan Ling does have several secret identities.

One of them is the undisputed final boss of this world,

the one he's destined to defeat.

An outwardly ordinary villain with top-tier strength x a self-important, growth-oriented protagonist

1. Couple: Yan Ling x Su Ningyu

2. There is both romance and plot. Since the original work was written for a male audience, there are some female supporting characters.

3. The gong is the strongest in terms of ability. The shou isn't weak either, but overall this isn't a power couple.

4. The cover artist is Yue Chi, Golden Autumn, Nine Heavens. The cover is for reference only; the actual details are in the story and character profiles.

5. Previously titled The Villainous Antagonist Only Wants to Keep the Protagonist

6. The cultivation levels in this story are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, and Tribulation Transcendence. However, cultivation isn't a major focus, so a character's level isn't closely tied to their actual abilities. Please bear with me.

7. The author is very sensitive about ship-splitting, reversing ships, and people insisting characters stay single. Please don't post anything that will set off my radar. I hope everyone can happily ship their favorite couples.

Upcoming [Gong POV/Anthology/Spoilers]: A Guide to the Scum Gong's Downfall

"He can be a scum gong, an idiotic nutcase who ends up on his knees in the crematorium, only to be rejected in the end."

The World Correction Department, a branch of the Department of Fate, suddenly receives a flood of complaints.

Something has gone wrong with the scum gongs in several small worlds.

To maintain stability within those worlds,

the department sends out Systems to help the scum gongs carry out their assigned roles,

but things end up going completely off the rails.

World One: A scum gong who falls for his white moonlight and looks for a substitute

System: "You're a spoiled rich second-generation heir who can't have the white moonlight you love, so you find a substitute. After ruining the substitute's promising future, you abandon him completely. But it turns out the substitute is the long-lost younger brother of your white moonlight, so in the end the two brothers will beat you up together!"

Scum Gong: "I get it, but I'm face-blind. Which one is the substitute, and which one is the white moonlight?"

World Two: A scum gong who does whatever he wants and forces a loyal subject into his bed

System: "You're a cruel, terrifying tyrant who loses his country. You covet your subject's beauty and force him into your harem. Years later, he leads his troops into the capital. Trapped in the palace, you kill yourself, and he goes on to found a new dynasty!"

Scum Gong: "That's what happened, but I've already died twice. Why does the report still say I failed to follow the course of history? What exactly is wrong?"

World Three: A scum gong who breaks up true love and insists on being the third party

System: "You're a piece of trash who assumes your compatibility with someone is high enough to break up his first love and force him to be with you. You use your pheromones to seduce him, but instead he undergoes a second differentiation and becomes a top-tier omega. In the end, you're convicted of harming an omega and thrown in prison!"

Scum Gong: "First, tell me how to release pheromones. I'm from Earth and I don't really know how to do that."

The System helplessly discovers that even though he and the scum gongs tried their best to follow the course of fate, everything still went wildly wrong, and the outcomes were completely opposite to what they were supposed to be!

For some reason, the protagonist shous who were meant to stay single all chose to give the "scum gongs" another chance.

Theme: Even people with opposing positions can be brought together by love.