I Became a Substitute, Then Became Everyone's Favorite by Job-Hopping

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Top student Zhuo Fengxian transmigrates into a long novel about a substitute, one with no fixed male lead, and becomes the third disciple of a sect.

According to the original story, he looks almost exactly like the long-dead beloved of the sect's three powerful figures.

As a substitute for their beloved, the three powerful men fight over him, yet make him do all sorts of things they could never bear to do to the person he resembles.

The original Zhuo tries to escape again and again, but in the end cannot escape the fate of being toyed with by the three men.

To avoid following in the original Zhuo's footsteps, Zhuo Fengxian decides to change his fate by attaching himself to someone powerful. Using knowledge from the twenty-first century, he'll transfer to another sect and leave everyone from his own far behind.

After getting rejected time and again, just as he runs out of options among the righteous sects, a tremendously powerful patron suddenly comes knocking.

Zhuo Fengxian latches on without hesitation. Only after he's grabbed hold does he realize this seems to be the Demon Lord, the one rumored to be utterly depraved and unforgivably wicked.

A person should have principles, and choose carefully whose leg to cling to. This is not a leg he should grab.

But just as Zhuo Fengxian is about to make a run for it, the Demon Lord offers him a high-paying job.

Demon Lord: Come to the Demon Realm and become the Palace Master of the Hehuan Palace.

Zhuo Fengxian: Um... are you sure you don't want to test my professional skills first?

Demon Lord: The Demon Realm's library has over ten thousand manuals of cultivation techniques from both the immortal and demonic paths. The Palace Master may read any of them at will. Accept now, and you can also enjoy personal, one-on-one cultivation guidance from me.

Zhuo Fengxian: Let me pack my bags!

But after he leaves, the whole sect falls into chaos. Everyone suspects the Demon Lord has threatened him, and they vow to rescue him at any cost.

Before he leaves

Master: With talent like yours, why bother teaching you to cultivate?

Second Senior Brother: With your talent, you want to read cultivation manuals? Spare those books.

Little Junior Brother: You'd be better off reading some popular stories. That way, you won't be completely clueless later!

After he leaves

Master: To oppose me is to oppose the entire righteous path. Demon Lord, have you thought this through?

Second Senior Brother: I'll cripple my own spiritual roots if it means my junior brother can return safely!

Little Junior Brother: If you dare hurt even one hair on my senior brother's head today, I'll make you pay a hundred, a thousand times over!

Coming soon: The Flower Thief Has Lovers Everywhere. Please add it to your collection~

Yun Han, the newly appointed leader of the Demon Cult, is thoroughly wicked and utterly depraved.

By chance, he learns the Soul-Devouring Evil Art, which lets him absorb other people's inner energy and boost his own martial arts. He decides to leave the Demon Cult and make a name for himself, repeatedly sneaking into the rooms of sect leaders, young masters, and great heroes.

Then he gets caught.

Caught again.

Caught over and over.

Yun Han: Actually... I'm a flower thief. I've coveted all you great heroes for a long time because you're so handsome.

The Cangyun Gang is the most mysterious force in the martial world. Its young master's face is rarely seen, and no one knows what he looks like.

So Yun Han gets a bright idea...

Yun Han: That's right, I'm Zishu Yan, young master of the Cangyun Gang, a shameless, lecherous, filthy flower thief!

Young Hero Gao, your pecs feel amazing! Don't look so cold, young hero. I'm complimenting you!

Sect Leader Wu, your glutes are so firm. Why don't we discuss how you got them that way?

Young Master Wan, you... Let's part on good terms. I can't handle someone as enthusiastic as you.

Then explosive rumors spread through the martial world: heroic men from every corner are coming out as gay, then heading to the Zishu family to propose marriage.

Yun Han: ...What the hell does that have to do with me?

With this identity, Yun Han becomes even more reckless, until one night his frail, chronically ill adviser sneaks into his room.

Yun Han: What are you doing? Trying to steal my job?

Delicate Adviser: How can you call it stealing your job? The whole martial world knows that I, Zishu Yan, am a gay flower thief.

Yun Han: ?!

1. Both leads are each other's first and only, one-on-one, happy ending, silly martial arts comedy.

2. Contains a small amount of mistaken-identity-and-switched-heir tropes, with a little melodrama.

3. The mischievous one is the bottom.

Theme: Let go of your obsessions and look to the future, so you can welcome a better tomorrow.