The Show-Off's Survival Guide

Lin Xuandu was obsessed with saving face and lived by the tenets of the bking faith, striving for flawless perfection from his teeth to the tips of his hair. After transmigrating into an old-school, dark fantasy novel about an overpowered hero, he became the Brightmoon Sword, which the protagonist forcibly subdued early on. His overworked System tossed him into a training space. Before meeting the protagonist, he had to perfectly recreate the sword spirit's elegance, brilliance, and ethereal beauty as described in the book. His mission was to follow the entire plot and eventually be broken by the overpowered hero. Lin Xuandu threw himself into his training, working himself to the bone in the training space. His opening performance successfully replicated the effect from the book, leaving the protagonist, who was seeing only a tiny glimpse of the cultivation world for the first time, deeply shaken and setting him on the path to seeking immortality. Gu Mingyi lost his father when he was young, and his mother died not long after remarrying. Branded an ill-fated loner, he was shunned by everyone and often went hungry. After accidentally falling off a cliff, Gu Mingyi came across a sword with a spirit inside. For the first time, he saw something so beautiful: a cool, immortal being fallen into the mortal world, wreathed in mist, as flawless as jade. With just one glance, he knew he had to have him. Even if it meant being torn to pieces, he would never let go. Gu Mingyi wanted to build him a heavenly palace, pluck the moon for him, tailor clouds into clothes, gather stars into a crown, make rivers flow backward and all four seasons feel like spring, and turn the world's beauty into his backdrop. He only wanted the spirit to let him stay by his side. But the immortal already had someone in his heart. Seeing through Gu Mingyi's feelings, he treated him like grass and trees by the roadside, unworthy of notice, and avoided him whenever he tried to get close. Oblivious to everything, Lin Xuandu kept avoiding the protagonist and continued pleading with the System. "I really want to eat fried chicken and drink cola. If I stay away from him, he'll never find out." The System, unaware that the protagonist had slandered Lin Xuandu's virtue: "Honestly, I'm practically running a junk-food shop now." A few notes: 1. There are scenes where others mistake the protagonist's intentions. The bottom is a total show-off. 2. A straight bottom who keeps marveling at how handsome he is and showing off his awesomeness x a top who's a resentful husband with a vivid inner life Theme: Love is passionate and mad