Junior Brother, Hear Me Out

My new novel next door, The Absurdity! My Archrival Who Just Killed Me Has Possessed Me, is now open for reading.

[Synopsis]

Lin Xiao, a shut-in otaku, transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder senior disciple who frames the male lead, the chosen one. He's stuck with a death-seeking script: steal the male lead's love interests and opportunities, and make his life so miserable that everyone turns against him.

His plans are going perfectly. “I've followed all the plot beats. Now I can go back to the real world, right?”

The time-management expert wipes away a cold sweat. “Um, the plot went off course. The male lead's coming to kill you in a minute. You have to hold on. Whatever you do, don't die.”

Lin Xiao is so furious he nearly drops dead on the spot. Trembling, he kneels before the male lead. “Junior Brother, let me make excuses... N-no, I mean explain. You owe your success to me, your whetstone. A beautiful woman might be lovely, but she'll only slow your blade. A good opportunity is nice, but it's no match for your own strength. Don't you agree?”

The male lead snorts. “So I should thank Senior Brother?”

Lin Xiao beams. “N-no need to thank me. Just think of your senior brother as a fart and let me go, okay?”

The male lead looks at him inscrutably. “My blade isn't sharp enough yet. I'll keep you as my whetstone, Senior Brother.”

Lin Xiaoyue nervously moves into the male lead's demon palace, expecting to be tortured in every way imaginable.

And sure enough, he is “tortured in every way imaginable,” forced to hone the male lead's blade every night.

Thinking about all the stupid things he'd done back then makes him furious.

Anyone else who tells him this is a harem novel where the chosen one slaughters his way to the top is getting their head twisted off and kicked around like a ball!

The Absurdity! My Archrival Who Just Killed Me Has Possessed Me

A lofty immortal lord with the world in his heart, top x a cunning, scheming demonic cultivator, bottom

After the siege of Wufang City ended, Lan Mingjue noticed that some things were wrong.

A courtesan he'd never seen before showed up demanding payment for his services. A junior who admired him called him a murderer.

The peers he'd befriended during the battle called him shameless for trying to seduce their Sect Master's wife.

Even worse, there really was a red bellyband for women in his arms.

But he hadn't done any of those things.

That's when he learned that the demonic cultivator Hua Yueying hadn't been obliterated after all. He'd hidden inside Lan Mingjue's body.

The two schemed against each other to seize control of the body. In the end, neither gained the upper hand, and they nearly died several times.

With no other choice, they put aside their grievances for the time being, sharing life and death, adapting to each other's presence, and tolerating all of each other's little flaws until they could find Hua Yueying a suitable body.

Jueming secretly vowed that as soon as the other man was separated from his body, he'd grind his bones to dust and rid the world of this menace, for his own sake and for the sake of all living beings.

Jueming traveled across the great provinces and finally found the warm jade best suited for crafting a body.

After the soul-splitting ritual, the two fought fiercely and officially went their separate ways.

News that the demon had returned threw the entire cultivation world into turmoil.

Everyone thought the demon would once again unleash a storm of bloodshed across the cultivation world. To their surprise, this vicious, volatile demon suddenly started acting reasonably.

The demon had barely returned when Taixu Sect issued a kill order. The sect's young master even declared that Hua Yueying could only die at his hands, and anyone who dared lay a hand on him would make an enemy of the entire Taixu Sect.

The cultivators all assumed Jueming hated Hua Yueying to the core.

Later, a rumor appeared out of nowhere: Mingjue, who had always been proud and aloof, had secretly climbed into the demon palace under cover of darkness.

The cultivators didn't believe it at first, but as more witnesses came forward, they finally understood.

Looking back at Taixu Sect's kill order, it wasn't a kill order at all. It was an unmistakable show of favoritism and public affection.

Coming Soon: When a Lover of Wild History Transmigrates

Ling Qi is a die-hard fan of wild history, and he believes every melodramatic plot point in television dramas.

He once argued with researchers who claimed to study official history in an online thread that ran for over two thousand replies, thoroughly crushing them. In the end, one of them angrily shot back:

“If you lived in that world, you'd know!”

Who could have guessed that when Ling Qi opened his eyes, he'd actually transmigrated to the historically renowned Great Li Dynasty?

Watching the regent and the young emperor test each other in court,

Ling Qi slapped his thigh.

“And you still dare say I'm reading wild history! This is clearly the regent carefully testing how much he means to the young emperor. The regent's having such a hard time loving him. The young emperor will come around eventually.”

The tense atmosphere suddenly vanished.

The young emperor shuddered three times, as if struck by lightning. The regent's lips turned deathly pale, and he fainted on the spot.

Ling Qi: “The young emperor really is a clueless blockhead. Look, you've made the regent so angry he's fallen ill.”

The ministers: “...”

Theme: Work hard, and you'll have a bright future!