The High-Risk Job of Being a Senior Brother in a Xianxia Novel

[Blurb]

One day, Xue Zhujun was meditating in seclusion when a strange book suddenly hit him.

The book said that before long, his master would bring back a junior fellow disciple from the mortal world. The junior would have an exceptionally gifted spiritual root and be a genius, destined to become the light of the righteous path.

Not only that, the junior fellow disciple would have the legendary "all-men-are-enamored-with-him constitution," making him the object of every man's desire.

His aloof master would fall for him, willing to abandon his commitment to the Great Way for his sake.

His childhood friend and senior fellow disciple would fall for him, willing to sever ties with "him" for his sake.

Even his fated cultivation partner would fall for him, willing to defy his entire family and break off his engagement to "him" for his sake.

And the "him" in the book, jealous that the newcomer had stolen all the attention that should have been his, would grow resentful and persecute the "light of the righteous path" at every turn. He would even secretly ally himself with the demonic sect, and in the end be expelled from the sect.

The book was only the first volume. The story came to an abrupt end with his expulsion from the sect.

Xue Zhujun tossed the book aside with disdain.

What utter nonsense.

But before long, his master really did bring back a little dumpling from the mortal world. And with the sect's missions piling up, he even wanted Xue Zhujun to raise the little dumpling...

Xue Zhujun looked at the little dumpling clinging tightly to his skirt and refusing to let go, lost in thought...

If he ran now, would he still make it in time?

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Li Yue and Xue Zhujun had spent their lives "loving and fighting each other." He never expected that, upon being reborn, he would return to the past.

Looking at the hypocritical senior fellow disciple in front of him, he sneered inwardly.

In his previous life, this man had tormented him in every way and put him through endless suffering. This time, he would find evidence of the other's secret alliance with the demonic sect ahead of time, expose his true face in front of everyone, and stop the war between the immortals and demons!

[Bonus Scene]

One day, after both of their true identities had been exposed, the two decided to swap scripts. After reading each other's, they were both utterly bewildered.

Junior fellow disciple: Screw that all-men-are-enamored-with-me, doted-on-by-everyone story. I'm the male lead of a classic power-progression fantasy!

Xue Zhujun: Damn, why does he get a hot-blooded hero's script, while I get stuck as a vicious supporting character in a face-slapping power fantasy?

Is there something wrong with this script?

[Important content warnings]

1. Zhuzhu and all the male supporting characters mentioned in the blurb, the junior fellow disciple, master, senior fellow disciple, and cultivation partner, have romantic storylines to varying degrees. Please don't read if you have strict preferences about romantic purity.

4. The seme is a truly goofy, supposedly aloof senior fellow disciple. Everyone spoils him.

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Theme: Keep fighting even in adversity