After Failing to Ascend, I’m Broke (Interstellar)

[Male Lead POV] [Cautious, Pure-Hearted Cultivation Master Top x Intuitive, Genius, Tsundere Bottom]

Their feelings for each other are crystal clear and impossibly strong! Come on in~

Gu Qiannian cultivated the Dao from ancient times all the way into the modern era.

As spiritual energy grew ever scarcer, he held on through sheer determination until the day he could ascend.

But after the Heavenly Dao struck him with eighty bolts of lightning, he fell short on spiritual energy just before the final strike and failed.

At the last moment, he caught a sliver of hope. When he opened his eyes, he had arrived in the interstellar age.

What's more, he had transmigrated into a book.

And become a nameless passerby.

Bonus scene

Watching the starships fly across the sky before him, Gu Qiannian thought, These aren't as useful as my flying sword.

But...

His sword didn't respond.

Oh no, he'd forgotten he didn't have enough spiritual energy.

Yet spiritual energy kept coming from the people around him. Could everyone here be fellow cultivators?

No, he looked closely and saw that the energy was coming from the objects in their hands.

Later, he learned that they were energy credits, the legal currency here.

Gu Qiannian, who was deeply obsessed with spiritual energy, began a frantic money-making spree...

[Couple: Mu Xingchen]

There's no top you can't win over with money. And if there is, just offer more!

Looking for readers for my upcoming story, The Female Zerg Major General Makes Her Top-Tier Star Debut on Earth,

I'll start it as soon as I finish this one. If you're interested, give it a kick, don't be shy!

[Bottom POV] [Goofy, Overthinking CEO Top x Former Major General, Now Top-Tier Star Female Zerg Bottom]

One-line blurb: A high-quality human CEO is so much better than a male zerg!

Female zerg major general Mu Xi was the dream lover of the entire zerg planet, but after resisting a marriage where one male zerg takes several female zergs, he was framed.

In a moment of crisis, he unexpectedly transmigrated through time and space to ancient Earth, where he met humans from antiquity.

Then he discovered that this place had monogamous marriage!

Determined to find a good partner, he made his top-tier star debut and became famous worldwide.

He looked and looked, but ended up choosing Chu Hanxing.

Chu Hanxing: Sign the contract. Starting today, I'm your sugar daddy.

Mu Xi looked down at the "contract" in his hand. Wasn't this... a marriage agreement?

Chu Hanxing: From now on, when I tell you to keep me company, you have to. You can't just disobey me. Of course, I won't treat you poorly. Money, connections, a house, a car, whatever you want, you'll have it. Understand?

Mu Xi: ...

You can get a deal like this? Shouldn't I be the one supporting you?

Bonus scene:

Mu Xi had been a little troubled lately because he was carrying an egg, but Chu Hanxing didn't seem to want a child.

Assistant: You could start with things he likes. That way, you'll have more in common.

Then he handed Mu Xi a stack of CEO romance novels.

To Mu Xi's surprise, he discovered that running away while pregnant was an option.

CEO Chu finally got the long-awaited chance to chase his wife after she left him.

Chu Hanxing: Doesn't "chasing your wife after she leaves" mean you put in a little effort and then get a wife who communicates openly with you, never argues, and lives harmoniously with you? But I haven't seen my wife for a month.

Assistant: (Oh no, did Mr. Mu read the one where they reunite after breaking up for five years? What are we going to do for the next four years and eleven months...)

PS: The female zerg identity is just the protagonist's character setup. The entire story takes place on Earth.

Theme: If one day a couch potato has a dream and someone to protect, they, too, can become a hero.