Has the Heart Demon Blown Their Cover Today? [Honghuang]

[The novel After Smashing the Simulator, I Became Pangu is now available] Blurb One: Taishang Laozi once had a clever, beloved pet, but it was unlucky and was killed by people from the Demon Realm. Heartbroken, Laozi decided to exterminate evil and demons to avenge his pet. During this time, he also met a friend with whom he got along wonderfully, only for that friend to suffer the same fate at the hands of the demon clan. He swore he would never make peace with the Demon Realm. Later, he happened upon a familiar yet strange human, who asked to become his disciple. After taking him in, Laozi grew close to him while remaining suspicious, until he discovered that this disciple was actually a Heart Demon in disguise. Fury surged through him, and he decided to sacrifice the disciple’s blood to his friend and beloved pet! Chu Xun, beloved pet, friend, disciple, Heart Demon: How come I don’t remember ever being killed by the demon clan? Wearing a secret identity was never my choice, but the demonic thoughts in my heart will follow me wherever I go. Just turn to the demonic path, and you can have whichever you want: a beloved pet, a close friend, or a disciple. Blurb Two: Other people work for money. He works for his life. Being given another chance at life was supposed to be Chu Xu’s good fortune, but not when his boss was named Luo Hou. As the Demon Realm’s foremost Heart Demon, Chu Xu makes it his duty to develop the Demon Realm and strengthen the demon clan, so his boss doesn’t have to lift a finger and can just watch the numbers soar. But the boss doesn’t act like a person, and the underling’s tears are endless. When a new assignment lands on his desk, Chu Xu finally runs into a roadblock on the job. “Since you’re the foremost Heart Demon under my command, lure his eldest disciple onto the demonic path.” Chu Xu: “??” By the time he learned that “his” referred to Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the eldest disciple was Taishang Laozi, he was already aboard the pirate ship. He could either row or go down with it; there was no other choice. Under the threat of heavenly lightning, the Demon Realm’s first Heart Demon diligently set about stirring things up. He worked hard to develop the Demon Realm’s entertainment industry, making sure visitors never wanted to leave, and invited famous figures from the Primordial World to serve as CEOs of Demon City. Unfortunately, the most difficult one still refused to budge. Chu Xu: “Do I have to drag my boss off his seat and put you in his place?!” Laozi: “That won’t be necessary.” He thought he was at the end of his rope, but it turned out to be a chance to survive against all odds. Still, was sacrificing himself to meet his performance targets a loss or a win? The Heart Demon Ancestor is still confused today. Blurb for After Smashing the Simulator, I Became Pangu: Xie Junlai received a world-creation game simulator called The Primordial World from a stranger. He stayed up all night grinding at it for seven whole days, getting countless bad endings. The first time, the protagonist Pangu he controlled was surrounded by monsters and died because of his clumsy play. He didn’t even finish the prologue. The second time, the world he had just created was battered to pieces by a bunch of unfilial children, ending in an apocalypse. The third time, because he showed a little favoritism to the humans who looked like him, his other jealous children slaughtered them, leaving rivers of blood. The game ended with him destroying the world in a fit of rage. The fourth time... The fifth time... After countless attempts, Xie Junlai finally understood. This wasn’t a world-creation simulator at all! It was a simulator for trying to keep everyone happy! He angrily smashed the game disc. His vision went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he was surrounded by an endless expanse, with a gigantic azure lotus swaying nearby. Xie Junlai looked down at the familiar axe in his hand, as an irritating electronic voice rang in his ear. “Dear player, we’ve detected that you’re dissatisfied with the game’s ending, so we’ve specially let you transmigrate into the game and achieve the perfect ending yourself!” What the heck?! Thinking of those troublesome, unfilial children, Xie Junlai grinned ferociously. Let’s see if I don’t split their skulls open! Also known as Everyone Loves the Creator, Filial Children Are Forged Beneath the Giant Axe, I Try to Keep Everyone Happy Every Day to Save the World, and Just Put This Unfilial Brat Back Where He Came From, He’s a Lost Cause. Theme: Nothing is impossible for someone who is determined.