On My First Day as the Villain, the Protagonist Died [Book Transmigration]

Ye Ning transmigrates into an abandoned cultivation novel and becomes the villainous demon king, Wei Yi.

The most successful villain in history is born. On the very first day Ye Ning becomes Wei Yi, the male lead, Zhu Shaoyu, who is only five years old, dies.

Wei Yi: What am I supposed to say? The protagonist is dead, let's toss some flowers and call it a wrap?

System: The protagonist has to complete the main storyline for you to finish filling in the novel, dear.

As the saying goes, you start with a fake protagonist, and make up the rest as you go. Wei Yi picks up a fake protagonist and raises him for fun. Once the boy is finally ready to take on the main storyline, Wei Yi suddenly realizes that the protagonist's ultimate goal is probably to send him to the afterlife.

Wei Yi: Shaoyu, can you mend your ways and stop going along with my wicked schemes?

Zhu Shaoyu: You really want me to mend my ways? Then I'll say this: the ancient books say that righteousness always triumphs over evil.

Wei Yi: Hm? Something doesn't sound quite right.

As Confucius once said: A villainous bottom gets into trouble by talking too much.

Younger man, 1v1

[Important] Reader's Guide

[Sweet overall, with twists that make sense for the plot, but never angst just for the sake of angst.]

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The Power-Hungry Tutor's Downfall

"My goal in life is to coast along until I die, land a well-paid sinecure, save enough money, and retire to my hometown early."

Jiang Xueze was quite frank when the late emperor named him top scholar. He was even franker after entering government: he stayed out of the princes' factional struggles and was late and left early every day.

After the new emperor ascended the throne and the regent fell from power, Jiang Xueze somehow became the tutor who held sway over the entire court.

...No, Your Majesty, you may have gotten the wrong idea about me.

Jiang Xueze, courtesy name Yiqing, was praised by the late emperor during the palace examination as "graceful as distant mountains, bright as a sky cleared after snow," and was named the third-place scholar. After the new emperor took the throne, Jiang Xueze was appointed tutor to the court.

By the time Luo Minggui heard the name Jiang Xueze, it was already preceded by another title: powerful minister.

That day, Luo Minggui was digging a canal alongside a group of convicts and laborers. He heard that a great official had come to supervise the work. As he focused on digging, he heard a voice as fresh as spring rain say, "I'll take him."

Luo Minggui looked up and saw a face as graceful as distant mountains, bright as a sky cleared after snow.

Over the following years, Luo Minggui witnessed the entire process of the powerful minister and tutor doing everything in his power to go from a solitary moon high in the heavens to a man dragged through the mud.

In the end, Jiang Xueze had nothing left. With an old shoulder pole across his shoulders, he still smiled with enough charm to captivate anyone.

He asked Luo Minggui, "I want to journey toward the distant mountains. Marquis, would you come with me and live in seclusion?"

Younger man, 1v1, Luo Minggui x Jiang Xueze. A discreet, masterful flirt of an undercover agent top x a powerful minister bottom who seems to lord it over everyone but has always wanted to retire.

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