The Villainous Persona of the Frail Beauty Has Fallen Apart

Mu Chaoxue wakes up to discover he’s become a frail, sickly villain in a cultivation novel. He appears gentle and innocent, but is actually jealous that his junior brother is more popular and often targets and gives him a hard time. His ending is to be sent by his father, the sect leader, to an overseas immortal mountain far from the mainland. There, he’ll live in an empty castle, with more money than he can spend, and die alone. Mu Chaoxue rallies himself just enough to think: The castle’s bed should be huge, right? And dying alone means no one will disturb my sleep, right? Bring on the cannon-fodder ending! His junior brother takes first place in another sect competition. The sect leader praises him, and his peers admire him. Mu Chaoxue complains sadly: I’m so jealous of Junior Brother. He’s handsome and good at fighting. Unlike me, with this frail, broken body. His fellow disciples: I won’t let you talk about yourself like that! Do you have any idea how much it hurts me to hear you say that? Mu Chaoxue: ? His junior brother is surrounded by the most gifted young cultivators, who shower him with flattery and attention. Mu Chaoxue makes a snide remark: Junior Brother is so popular. It must be exhausting to have so many people pursuing you at once. Unlike me, with this frail, broken body. The gifted young cultivators: Wait! Everyone in the world knows I love you. How can you not know? Mu Chaoxue: ?? His junior brother is injured during a secret-realm trial, falls into a hidden cave, and is close to death. Mu Chaoxue stands outside the cave, far away, and taunts him triumphantly: “Go on, scream! Scream until your throat gives out, no one’s coming to save you. You’re finally in my hands now! Hahahahaha!” Halfway through his laughter, his junior brother drags him into the cave “Next, you can scream until your throat gives out, Senior Brother. No one will hear you.” Mu Chaoxue: ??? Mu Chaoxue diligently plays the part of a hated villain and cannon-fodder character, and is finally about to retire in peace after completing his mission. One day, he wakes up to find a crowd of powerful cultivators fighting outside his bedroom. The commotion is so loud it could tear the roof off… This is bad! He must have acted too well and made their hatred run too deep. Now these powerful cultivators have finally lost patience and are rushing to take his head! Mu Chaoxue trembles. “Is it too late to run for my life?” His junior brother, covered in murderous fury after beating away a crowd of romantic rivals, walks into the room. “You’ve gone and stirred up so many people, Senior Brother, and you still think you can just leave?” Coming soon: "The Mysterious Disappearance of the Legendary Hero" Lin Zhuo didn’t do very well in his previous life. He’d barely become the Demon Lord when the male lead captured him, and he eventually died of poisoning. This time, he decides to get ahead of things. While the male lead is still young and living a miserable life, Lin Zhuo will find him and spoil him rotten, raising him to be useless. Why spoil him instead of beating or abusing him? Everyone knows the more hardship the male lead faces, the stronger he becomes. Lin Zhuo won’t do anything that helps his enemy. To that end, he even takes in an unwanted street urchin to practice on first. After the boy is cleaned up, he turns out to be handsome and adorable, with a gentle personality and bright, puppy-like eyes gazing up at Lin Zhuo. Lin Zhuo feels confident: From now on, you’ll be the key partner in leading the male lead down a useless path of drinking, partying, idleness, and ignorance. And I’ll be the blind guardian who’s unreasonable, spoils you rotten, and loves you so much it does you harm. Song Hanyu: ? Lin Zhuo: Spend these ten thousand taels within three days. Three days later, Song Hanyu buys brocade worth a hundred thousand taels and secretly has clothes tailored to fit Lin Zhuo. Lin Zhuo: Spend a day out fighting crickets, walking birds, and loitering in the streets. That evening, Song Hanyu comes home with a freshly plucked chicken and starts cooking him a meal. Lin Zhuo: Learn to drink within the time it takes for one incense stick to burn. After half a jar of wine, Lin Zhuo is held tightly and won’t be let go. The handsome youth asks him again and again: “Brother, can you love only me? Can we not have anyone else?” Lin Zhuo: Oh no, my practice project seems to have developed a serious problem. Worse, when he goes out to look around, following the memories of his previous life, he discovers that the male lead has disappeared! - Song Hanyu’s biggest daily worry: How good does he have to get at cooking to cure Lin Zhuo’s picky eating? His second-biggest worry: Lin Zhuo is always trying to bring home another man. And that monster who calls itself the “Legendary Hero System” and latched onto him keeps nagging inside his head: Hey, friend, want to be the greatest under heaven? Song Hanyu is annoyed. What’s the point of being the greatest under heaven? System: Don’t you want to escape this little city? Become the greatest under heaven, and the whole world will be yours to explore. Song Hanyu: ? Why would I roam the world? A-Zhuo doesn’t even like going out. System: …Don’t you want to embark on the immortal path and become supreme? Song Hanyu: I don’t want to be supreme. I just want to cook for A-Zhuo. System: …Don’t you want beautiful wives and concubines, one on each arm? Song Hanyu: Only a man with no self-respect needs to have someone on each arm. What are you after, you monster… Could it be that you like A-Zhuo too, and want to make him hate me so you can take advantage of the situation? System: Damn it! Give me back my legendary hero! Theme: Face adversity head-on and never lose hope.