The Cannon Fodder Master Always Gets the Villain's Script

Lu Xingyuan transmigrates into a book and becomes the sacrificial master of a tyrant.

According to the plot, the tyrant's father doesn't love him and his mother doesn't care for him. After finally finding a master, he discovers that his master favors his older brother, beating and scolding him at every turn. To stop him from becoming an obstacle to his brother, the master cripples his cultivation and pushes him off a cliff.

A fortuitous opportunity awaits below the cliff. The tyrant turns misfortune into good luck and makes a triumphant comeback. When he returns, he goes on a killing spree, tearing his master limb from limb and grinding his bones to dust.

Lu Xingyuan doesn't want to die. The problem is, he and the tyrant are already standing at the cliff's edge. In other words, there's only one last despicable act left to do, and there's no way he can clear his name.

Lu Xingyuan: "..."

What kind of awful plot is this?

To stay alive, Lu Xingyuan throws caution to the wind and jumps off the cliff with the tyrant. He'll bet everything on this one chance, and let fate decide whether they live or die.

Years later, the tyrant has not ascended the throne. Instead, he hands the empire over to his sworn enemy. And Lu Xingyuan hasn't been ground to dust, either. He and the tyrant have become one of the Three Realms' most infamous male couples.

The tyrant struggles for a lifetime, shatters the void, and becomes the greatest in the world. He tramples everything underfoot and grinds his enemies' bones to dust, yet feels no joy at all. He reaches the summit, believing everything is within his grasp, but in truth, he is surrounded by boundless loneliness.

He ends it all with a scroll, but when he opens his eyes, he is back at the turning point of his fate. The master he loves and relies on is about to push him off the cliff.

Remembering the hardship and heartache of his previous life, the tyrant doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

But before he can react, the master who had disappointed him so deeply suddenly grabs him and jumps off the cliff.

Ding! Your cultivation partner has arrived. Please claim them.

Reader's Guide:

Two beautiful, powerful, tragic men save each other and dote on one another. [Highlight: The master's soul was once split in two. The story arc where the two halves reunite is already complete, and there are no multiple-partner scenes.]

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The Obsessive Prince's Runaway White Moonlight

Zong Yu spends his life on the battlefield, earning great military honors, only to be betrayed by a trusted aide and killed by a villain. His body is hung from the city walls.

His former drinking companions are too afraid to come forward and reclaim his remains. Instead, the princess he had neglected for years rides into the enemy camp with spear in hand and fights her way in to recover his body.

Reborn, Zong Yu returns to the day he defied the imperial order to marry. The taste of blood from his previous life has yet to fade. He accepts the emperor's decree and says, "I'll marry her!"

The previous dynasty is in turmoil, and powerful relatives of the empress dowager hold sway. To anyone with a discerning eye, the emperor's marriage arrangement is a political maneuver: using the empress dowager's family to keep the prince with military power in check.

The prime minister refuses to let his legitimate daughter suffer, so he gives Zong Yu a daughter born to a concubine and raised elsewhere. This girl is frail and sickly, gasping for breath after every few steps. She's mute and could kick the bucket at any moment.

When people hear about it, they can't help laughing, all waiting to see Zong Yu made a fool of and guessing when his princess will die.

Zong Yu doesn't care what other people think.

He knows how wonderful his princess is.

On the day he lifts her veil, he sees her delicate face, rosy as peach blossoms, and her radiant smile. All the resentment and fury he carried into this reborn life are soothed.

He silently vows to grow old with her.

In the end, outsiders don't get to laugh. Instead, the couple dazzles them all. They dote on each other and show off their love all the way from the imperial court to the Six Ministries.

The emperor invites Zong Yu to stay for a meal. Zong Yu boasts, "How did you know my princess cooked me something delicious? I'll be heading home now."

His colleagues at the Ministry of War greet him. Zong Yu beams, "How did you know my princess gave me a jade pendant? Isn't it lovely?"

The generals at the military camp spar with him. He shows off his bracers. "How did you know my princess made these for me? They fit perfectly."

The emperor, his colleagues, and the generals: "...We didn't ask. We don't want to know!"

My Sickly Senior Brother Is Out of Blood Again

Wen Sheng transmigrates into a cultivation novel and becomes the sect leader's disciple as soon as he joins the sect. He's also doted on by a powerful, mystical senior brother, making him a clear winner in life.

But there's one problem... Everyone in his sect, including Wen Sheng, is a sacrificial character. They're all doomed to die and have their souls scattered.

The reason is that the mystical senior brother tells the protagonist, "Bro, I don't think your dad is your real father."

What sect wouldn't be destroyed after that?

On his first day after transmigrating, Wen Sheng strolls up to the sect leader's room, fanning himself with a folding fan, and politely suggests that he be removed from the sect registry that very night so he can put as much distance as possible between himself and this ill-fated sect.

But he fails.

Wen Sheng leaves the sect leader's room and runs into the mystical senior brother. He's not as arrogant as he is in the book. Now he's dressed in white and wrapped in a fox-fur cloak, a sickly beauty who can barely lift a finger or tell his grains apart. He eats medicinal pills like candy.

The mystical senior brother performs a divination. "I can see from the darkness between Junior Brother's brows that you're in danger of a bloody disaster. There's only one way to resolve it. Want to give it a try?"

Wen Sheng is already annoyed and doesn't want to deal with him.

The mystical senior brother adjusts his fox-fur cloak, gazes at his handsome junior brother, and smiles gently. "Isn't the reason you want to leave the sect to avoid this bloody disaster?"

Wen Sheng thinks the protagonist really might not be his father's son. The mystical senior brother seems to know his stuff.

So he presses him. "What's the method?"

The mystical senior brother eyes Wen Sheng's handsome face again and coughs weakly a few times. "Cultivate dual cultivation with me."

Theme: Those who chase the light need not fear the dark