After the Villain Who Transmigrated into a Book Lost His Golden Finger

Main story complete.

Next up: historical danmei, [Transmigrate into a Book as the Male Lead's Thorn in His Side, but Get a Domineering Self-Destruction System].

The Transmigration Bureau tells Lu Yuan that all he needs to do is put the plot back on track after a transmigrator derails it.

To that end, the System gives Lu Yuan an incredibly powerful golden finger: he can transmigrate into a book as Meng Wuya, the ultimate villain who can do whatever he wants and crush everyone in his path.

But when Lu Yuan opens his eyes, aching all over, he discovers that the Transmigration Bureau seems to have gotten the timeline wrong. At this point, Meng Wuya and the most gifted disciple of the Mystic Sect have already killed each other.

Lu Yuan: "FUCK!!"

Faced with Mystic Sect members who want him dead and are ready to strike at any moment, Lu Yuan promptly ropes in the amnesiac Jiang Junyao. At least he'll have someone to shove in front of a blade if it comes to that.

"We were once a loving, carefree pair of cultivators, but those old-fashioned people in the Mystic Sect think an immortal and a demon can never be together. When the immortals from the Mystic Sect come after us, you have to protect me, okay?"

Faced with Lu Yuan's innocent expression and remarkable acting skills, the righteous, sheltered Jiang Junyao nods.

Before long, though, Lu Yuan regrets the decision he once congratulated himself on making.

Every day, Lu Yuan desperately wants to refuse to lie on the bed Jiang Junyao has just made for him. But to keep the other man from getting suspicious, he has no choice but to lie down with tears in his eyes.

And having to rack his brains every day to invent stories about their supposed past leaves him utterly exhausted.

At last, one day, Lu Yuan "endures the humiliation" of repairing this body and obtains the golden finger he has dreamed of.

He plans to make his move and get even for all the crap he's put up with, but then he sees the person across from him watching with an amused smile.

"Shit, when did you get your memories back?"

Jiang Junyao: "When you were 'enduring the humiliation' and crying out in pain."

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"Just sign a contract with me, Host, and I'll make you the ruler of this world. The male lead may be powerful, but from now on, he'll have to watch you show off!"

The System offers such generous terms that it assumes nobody could resist. But Qiu Jiang is the exception.

He transmigrated from an apocalypse novel where resources had run out. He could not understand why the original character, who had unimaginable wealth at his disposal, would pick a fight with the protagonist and end up a completely twisted psychopath. So he flatly turns down the System's offer.

But to his surprise, the System takes advantage of his inattention and forcibly binds itself to him.

He goes out to wander around on a whim and ends up finding a Blood-Tears Lotus, a rare treasure in the cultivation world that's said to raise one's cultivation from Foundation Establishment to the Golden Core stage.

He casually helps the villagers get rid of a little monster and obtains an immortal sword left behind by an ancient deity.

It's just that these strange treasures seem to have all belonged to the original male lead.

"Haha! With this System around, everything good in the world belongs to you. The male lead won't get so much as a feather!"

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At the critical moment of Xu Congqing's tribulation, the young sect leader arrives with medicine and sabotages him, causing his efforts to end in failure. Using the last of his spiritual power, Xu Congqing sends himself two hundred years into the past.

In his previous life, that hypocrite, who pretended to be benevolent, nearly destroyed his soul. In this life, he swears to make him pay back every last bit, with interest. But...

"Huh? Why does he have the medicinal ingredient I need to increase my spiritual power?"

"Why has my immortal sword chosen him as its master, too?"

Not long after, in the middle of the night, Qiu Jiang arrives at the room of the lower-ranked disciples, holding the immortal sword, now gleaming anew. He stands silently beside Xu Congqing's bed.

Just as Xu Congqing thinks the other man is about to stab him, he sees him flash a smug smile.

"Junior Brother, this sword spirit was being disobedient, so your senior brother taught it a lesson!"

He's just trying to win a reputation for caring about his fellow disciples again.

After Xu Congqing suffers a backlash from practicing a forbidden Mystic Sect technique and collapses, gravely wounded, Qiu Jiang is the first to arrive at the sound.

"Junior Brother, here's a pill to restore your soul!"

Xu Congqing, who thinks it's the end for him: "..."

Theme: In adversity, follow your heart.