The Villain Runs Wild

[See the author’s collection for the free extra stories. The cover features Lin Sui.]

Lin Sui transmigrated into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder character with a furnace constitution, destined to be at the bottom of the pecking order. How could he accept that? So he seduced the Child of Destiny. When he cut out the other man’s Dao bone and transferred it into himself, the Heavenly Dao struck him down.

The Dao bone inside him became a System that held him in check and issued an order: You must find all of his scattered souls. In every world, serve him as your master, devote yourself to him completely, and keep going until your dying breath!

Lin Sui smiled and agreed, but he had always hated being told what to do.

So...

In the first world, he was an arrogant, domineering young master from a wealthy family, while the other man was a pitiful, lowly illegitimate son.

He humiliated the other man, saying he was only fit to carry his shoes, then whispered words of love in his ear amid a crowd of people.

System: Your mom xxxxx [Bleep,]

Lin Sui, looking innocent: But I did make him my master.

In the second world, he was a newly risen top-tier star, while the other man was an actor whose career had fallen silent after an accident.

He mocked and bullied him, saying that an has-been had no business making a comeback, then kissed the scars on his body at night and left behind career opportunities before departing with effortless grace.

System: [Bleep,]

Lin Sui shrugged. Was that not devoting myself to him completely?

In the third world, he was an S-rank Alpha, while the other man was a former SSS-rank Alpha with damaged mental faculties.

He sneered that a useless wreck had no business going to war, yet when they were alone, he said, “Since you can’t smell pheromones, I’ll be your omega,” and nearly died offering himself to the other man.

System: ...

Lin Sui smiled. Is that enough to keep going until my dying breath?

Though he was eventually kept hidden away in luxury by a newly wealthy heir, claimed as the property of a three-time award-winning actor, and tightly embraced by the empire’s marshal, he was still happy.

The System wept bitterly. Big brother, please, I’ll never tell you what to do again!

[Interruption: The third world mentioned above is actually the fourth world, because Yan Si was interrupted by Yan San.]

[The pursuer’s perspective would contain spoilers, so it isn’t included. Each small world is connected to the romance between the pursuer and the pursued, and the style shifts with the protagonist’s state of mind.]

*Black-hearted, calculating, and no pushover, the pursued x a devoted puppy-like pursuer

*All chapter labels refer to the pursued x the pursuer

*The wasteland setting in World Seven is based on This Game Is Too Realistic, by Chenxing LL

[Important content warnings]

1. An unconventional, angsty-sweet romance, queen x loyal dog. The blurb can only convey so much. This is not Stockholm syndrome or PUA; they are mutually devoted. Don’t define the story based on the blurb alone without reading the actual text.

2. The pursued is not an innocent character. He is a self-interested villain. Please don’t ignore his experiences and take the moral high ground to offer baseless lectures and criticism. Cutting out the Dao bone is an act of forcibly taking a treasure and defying fate, and he was struck down before he even succeeded.

3. If this type of story isn’t for you, please leave. There are a thousand kinds of love, and everyone is different. The characters’ types in this story are clear and distinct.

4. Please don’t nitpick minor details. Details give way to the plot, and this is my own fictional setting.

5. His cultivation falls after taking the Dao bone, so he has to cultivate again. There is no damage to body or soul. Please don’t compare it to a woman’s miscarriage and worry over fictional characters.

6. Everything that needs to be said is above. Please read carefully and don’t make assumptions.

Coming soon: Absolute Leading Role [Quick Transmigration]

[I want to be seen. As long as I can be seen, I’ll do anything.]

Xue Qing is a wandering spirit. Unlike his kind, he longs to be watched, to bask in the attention of the masses.

When he was offered a role in a cannon-fodder acting contract, he decided to add some extra scenes.

Script One: [Possessed]

Supporting Actor System: You’re a wicked school bully who teamed up with others to drive a classmate to suicide, then brazenly played a game of summoning spirits with them at the scene of the crime.

Supporting Actor System: This role is easy. Just let yourself be possessed, watch the others get tortured to death, then jump off a building and wrap up filming.

Xue Qing nodded. But when he saw the ghostly figure in the mirror, he didn’t flee in a nervous breakdown. Instead, he cut his hand with a knife and, forcing down his fear, said:

“Don’t kill me. I’ll be the best vessel.”

His added scenes worked like a charm. Although the protagonist liked to grab him by the throat, he never strangled him to death.

Script Two: [Monster’s Calamity]

Supporting Actor System: You’re “Wang Sheng,” a man in a strange-tales world who nearly had his heart and liver cut out by a fox demon. You’re timid and lecherous, and after a giant serpent saves you, you turn around and ask a Taoist priest to exorcise it.

Supporting Actor System: This role is simple. You don’t know the priest is actually the serpent demon. After doing foolish things and refusing to repent, you become besotted with a painted-skin demon and get killed, then you can exit the story.

Xue Qing nodded. But when he saw the giant serpent writhing in agony from fox poison before him, he didn’t curse and run away in terror. Instead, he fought back his disgust and moved closer.

“If you need my heart, benefactor, you can take it too.”

His added scenes had a striking effect. Although the protagonist liked to coil around him in his true form, he never squeezed him to death.

The camera always focuses on the protagonist. Xue Qing wanted to connect with them and gain more attention, but he discovered that when the protagonist fell in love with him, he became another protagonist.

Eventually, he became the protagonist who could choose his own scripts.

You are the focus of every gaze. You are the absolute leading role., From the fans of every world to Xue Qing

*A wandering spirit who cares about his screen time as the pursued x an all-pervasive, higher-dimensional pursuer

*A slightly unhinged beauty who is scared but does it anyway x a nonhuman who’s overwhelmed by his precious darling

*The pursuer and the pursued only have each other, and the pursued only adds intimate scenes with the pursuer

Theme: Stay true to yourself through hardship