I Transmigrated into the Male Lead, and the Villain Was Reborn

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A protective, skeptical bottom vs. a seemingly gentle, obsessive top

1v1, HE, Chu Zong is the bottom, Yu Xuan is the top

Chu Zong transmigrated into a book, and the villain in it was reborn.

His role was the overpowered hero, while the villain had the tragic beauty routine.

He was born with a rare spiritual constitution, and resources and connections came pouring in.

The villain... was one of them?

And he fell in love with the villain at first sight?

System: Can we still use the original plot?

Chu Zong had never believed in fate.

Now that he'd transmigrated as the protagonist, why should he work for the System?

Chu Zong tentatively tried changing the plot.

And then...

The unreliable System disappeared without a trace...

The mysteries around him steadily multiplied...

Conspiracies began quietly emerging from the shadows...

Knowing that nothing in life comes for free, Chu Zong reluctantly took up the overpowered hero's role and decided to see his cultivation journey through to the end.

Whatever the overpowered hero was supposed to do, he did.

Whatever the overpowered hero had left unfinished, he did.

Even what the overpowered hero couldn't do, he did.

Yu Xuan was reborn.

In his previous life, he had immense spiritual power, dazzling beauty, and a fearsome reputation, yet in the end he still suffered a crushing defeat.

When he got another chance, he seemed to hear fate whispering that every ending had already been written, and he was not the chosen one.

After much soul-searching, Yu Xuan decided to turn over a new leaf and cling to the protagonist's coattails... then take his place.

He had made up his mind and gone to great lengths to get close to the so-called protagonist.

But his plan to kill his enemy and steal his destiny never got off the ground.

They were supposed to be enemies, so why was this person so friendly, so gentle, and so... tempting to claim as his own?

When they first met, Chu Zong saw Yu Xuan appear before him and instinctively felt that fate had brought them together. He insisted on keeping him by his side, making him the only junior fellow disciple he cared about.

From then on, Chu Zong went further and further down the road of double standards.

His junior fellow disciple needed help? He helped.

His junior fellow disciple got into trouble? He protected him.

His junior fellow disciple did something wrong... How could his junior fellow disciple do anything wrong? This had to be a misunderstanding.

With a smile, Chu Zong cleaned up the mess. "My junior fellow disciple must be a good person."

When they first met, Yu Xuan saw the familiar chosen one and had already worked out how he would kill him and take his place. But this man was too gentle and indulgent, making Yu Xuan stumble time and time again.

From then on, Yu Xuan inexplicably set out on the path of going straight.

He listened to what his senior fellow disciple said.

He helped with what his senior fellow disciple did.

He accompanied his senior fellow disciple wherever he went.

In the end, Yu Xuan looked back and realized, to his bewilderment: Am I actually a good person?

A guide before you dive in:

Everything in this novel might be fake, but the melodrama is definitely real.

My next novel will be On Whether an Overpowered Hero Can Kick a Villain Habit, a xianxia transmigration-into-a-book story. Please add it to your want-to-read list!

Blurb:

A do-as-I-please villain bottom vs. a tragic, powerful overpowered-hero top

1v1, HE, Xie Qing is the bottom, Xiao Ci is the top

When the most diligent Host in the transmigration-into-a-book business meets the most persistent and stubborn overpowered hero in the script.

Xie Qing arrived with a purpose: complete his ultimate mission and leave once it was done. When the System unilaterally raised the difficulty, he dealt with it decisively. When the plot dragged on, he wielded the axe and raced toward a one-click speedrun.

Xie Qing thought nothing could stop him from completing his ultimate mission and returning to his original world.

But when he personally cut out the male lead's spiritual roots and met those trusting eyes looking up at him, Xie Qing lost focus in an instant.

The emotions one least wants always arrive at the most unexpected times.

Living in an absurd script deliberately written for him, Xiao Ci had a bleak and twisted childhood. He watched his father flatter others and sleep with them time and again to climb the social ladder. His elders' desires and entanglements were etched in his memories, becoming nightmares that Xiao Ci could never escape.

Xiao Ci despised the ruthless lengths people would go to in order to rise in the world, willingly giving themselves away. He swore that he would rather live an ordinary, difficult life than ever debase himself by currying favor.

Yet night after night, Xie Qing's figure kept appearing in his dreams. That ambiguous, intimate atmosphere became a nightmare that jolted him awake again and again. He hated his own weakness. He had witnessed Xie Qing's power firsthand, yet what had taken root in his heart was not admiration or a determination to improve himself, but a base, lustful desire.

The feelings one most wants to avoid always arrive uninvited when one is least on guard.

As his spiritual roots were being removed, Xiao Ci gazed at Xie Qing's focused expression and felt pain that cut to the bone. Yet he found himself wishing that time would stop right then.

Xie Qing's gaze was entirely fixed on him. He didn't have to think about anything, or wonder what would become of the trust he had given without reservation, or contemplate the arduous road ahead.

But Xie Qing gently covered his eyes and said with unprecedented tenderness, "Rest for a while."

Then he heard Xie Qing say, "The road ahead will be hard."

When he and Xiao Ci were trapped in an enchantment that stirred desire, Xie Qing felt relieved. Fortunately, he and Xiao Ci were the ones caught in it. He already knew how Xiao Ci felt, and if it was Xiao Ci, he didn't mind being intimate with him to get out.

The solution was right there: just a kiss. Neither of them would be troubled by it, yet Xiao Ci stubbornly refused.

Xiao Ci looked furious. "You know how I feel about you, and you're still making me do something like this?"

The moment Xie Qing pinned him down and kissed him, Xiao Ci's mind went blank. He knew Xie Qing would stop at nothing to get out, and that he shouldn't give in. But... but at this point, he couldn't control his instincts.

Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to keep entangling with him in a different way. Xiao Ci's eyes darkened as he pulled Xie Qing, who had been planning to leave after completing his mission, back to him.

Now that he had struggled his way to the top and could stand as Xie Qing's equal, even if he was trapped in this moment, who could say which of them was using the other?

Theme: A plot can collapse over the smallest details, while the wise and brave often stumble over what they love