The Preacher's Secret Identity

This story will go VIP on Thursday, July 14. The retroactive VIP chapters are 21-88, so please don't buy them again if you've already read them. I'll post three chapters when it goes VIP. Thank you for all your support so far, and I hope you'll keep supporting the story.

You see a world about to end.

The world asks you to come in and be a teacher.

You weigh the pros and cons.

The world is willing to let you use secret identities and have fun.

So you agree without a second thought.

Dao cultivator: Skilled in calligraphy and painting, studies music and strategy, then gives all for one final battle.

Demon cultivator: Follows his heart, sometimes crossing the line, and finds what he seeks.

Ghost cultivator: Loves wine and merriment, and finds enlightenment along the way.

Buddhist cultivator: All things in this world are predetermined. Don't judge rashly.

Coming soon:

1.

The Popular Character Is Mentally Ill

After living in a psychiatric hospital for many years and almost completely losing the ability to communicate normally, Sang Shi suddenly dies. To his surprise, he gets a System. When he learns he has to enter a comic book world and earn popularity points, Sang Shi has nothing to say.

Could you at least take a good look at me? Do I seem capable of working?

As it turns out, great works depend on great readers.

He doesn't want to talk.

Readers: He's so arrogant. I love him!

[Heart eyes]

He doesn't want to go out.

Readers: He must know everything already. So smart!

[Starry eyes]

He doesn't want to fight.

Readers: He's so calm, so charming~ [Confetti]

The System needs repairs every day. Sang Shi gives up and just goes along with the readers.

Readers: He loves world peace.

[Red heart]

Sang Shi: Right.

Readers: He's been through so much, but never says a word.

[Green heart]

Sang Shi: Right.

Readers: He's so kind, so pitiful, so cute.

[Orange heart]

Sang Shi: Do you want to hear yourselves right now?

2.

I'm Really Not Dating Myself

Leng Lizhi works in the professional background-character department. After completing a mission, he's told that he left behind an item that he must retrieve or he won't be allowed to take a vacation. So he goes back with the retrieval System.

But things aren't quite what he expected

1.

The Painter and His Muse

He moves into his own home, looking wistful and nostalgic. His friend from the past thinks: He must have lived here before. That familiar, sorrowful expression can't mean anything else.

Out of habit, he reaches for his own things and finds they're gone. His friend, who is cleaning, gives him a complicated look, finds the items, and hands them over. "How did you know these were here? Have you used them? Did you put them here? Did you live together?"

He sees the sunshine is perfect and paints the garden on the balcony. His friend sees the painting and thinks: The technique is exactly the same. Other people always show some difference in style or training, but he taught you stroke by stroke? How wonderful…

2.

The Rich Heir and His Playmate

He enters an empty villa using the passcode and plans to stay there for a while, only to run into a group of rowdy friends throwing a party. He gets furious. His friends think: When he gets mad, he's exactly like that guy. Terrifying! They must be really close!

He sits on the villa's sofa, secretly mourning, and locks eyes with a distant younger cousin who hurried over after hearing the news to try to clear out the villa. The cousin thinks: I've never seen him look this sad. Is it because the villa's peace was disturbed? If he's this upset over a house, how much must he love its owner?

When questioned, he casually makes up a story about how they met. His cousin gradually catches on: Every detail fits. No wonder he came here and wouldn't leave, even staying until he died. So he'd fallen in love?

3.

The Vampire and the Blood Hunter

He tracks down traces of his past while carrying his blood hunter license. Other blood hunters watching him think: I've never heard of a blood hunter who only kills one vampire, especially one who died long ago. Unless they had a deep grudge, could that vampire have seduced him and stolen his heart?

He hears that a vampire gathering place has something that once belonged to him. Without hesitation, he heads there, falls into a trap, and is surrounded by vampires. He releases the vampire's oppressive aura that once dwelled in his soul.

The vampires pinned to the ground stare in shock, as if they've just learned the juiciest gossip: He even gave you the aura of his soul? He must have handed you his heart, too! If you'd told us you were connected to such a powerful vampire, why would we even fight?

After retrieving his things and leaving, Leng Lizhi discovers that the rumors about him have gotten more and more bizarre: ...We were not dating, seriously…

3.

After Taking Three Jobs

Green, an employee in the Early Death Male Supporting Character Division

He works in three places at once.

Job site one: He's the life-saving friend in an infinite cosmic horror story.

He gets matched with an unassuming but talented protagonist in the same instance, spreads kindness and goodness, saves people, then dies during a choice between two options to get the protagonist out.

Job site two: He's the childhood friend who sees ghosts in a supernatural urban fantasy.

He and the protagonist are classmates. He calls the protagonist to ask for help, hoping to follow him out of the haunted domain. He is badly injured while protecting the protagonist from danger, then disappears without a trace.

Job site three: He's a wealthy young master who loves good food.

He shares a dorm room with the protagonist, who makes dark cuisine. He gives the protagonist money and medicine, taste-tests his food, and drives him around. He gets hit by a car, hopes the protagonist will survive, leaves all his wealth to the protagonist in his will, and dies again while trying to fulfill his obsession with bringing the protagonist back to life.

Before the work is even finished, the job sites merge!

Friend one: I didn't let you down.

[Bitten handkerchief]

Friend two: I've finally found you...

[Sobbing]

Friend three: I'm so glad you're alive. [Pleading eyes]

Theme: A master can show you the way, but the practice is up to you