I Save the Villain by Slacking Off

The main story is complete. The blurb for my upcoming novel is below: Reborn as the Substitute Villainess

This story: Bai Niannian transmigrates into a book, becoming an utterly ordinary junior sister who is destined to be cannon fodder in the war that will destroy the world, not even leaving behind a scrap of bone.

Bai Niannian: The world's about to end. How stressful. I should make the most of my time and slack off.

In the cultivation world's number-one sect for relentless competition, she puts her principle of slacking off anywhere and everywhere into practice.

While the sect members practice swordsmanship day and night until they get dark circles under their eyes, she leisurely slacks off by picking flowers in the back mountains.

While the sect members study cultivation manuals until they suffer heart palpitations and drop dead, she diligently slacks off by researching 108 ways to play the clappers.

While the sect members risk life and limb in secret realms, fighting tooth and nail to kill rivals and seize treasures, she works tirelessly at slacking off, poring over walkthroughs for the Carefree Chess game.

Across the entire cultivation world, there's no fish Bai Niannian can't slack off and catch.

Later, everyone sees the little flower she picked while slacking off: "This is the Seven-Life Soulflower, which blooms only once every thousand years!"

Everyone sees the clappers she used to amuse herself: "This is a newly invented high-level musical cultivation technique!"

Everyone sees the Carefree Chess she played to pass the time: "An ancient formation can actually be this terrifying!"

But one day, while slacking off, Bai Niannian ended up at the grave of an evil god.

And they became bound by a pact, with no way to break it.

The System suddenly came online, eagerly offering its services: You're the one, Bai Niannian! Win him over! Reform him! The fate of all living beings rests in your hands!

The evil god, smiling with the compassionate pity of a Buddha but staring with the madness of a demon, grabs her by the scruff of the neck. "Trying to run?"

Bai Niannian: QwQ Let me go. I'll slack off and take care of you.

The evil god sneers. "Hmph."

The System: ??? I've never seen anyone so lacking in ambition!

Bai Niannian: Leave me alone. I just want to lie around and slack off.

But how did this evil god end up throwing himself at her while she was just trying to slack off?

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Qiu Wuwang is the last god in the cultivation world, and the only god to have fallen into demonic ways.

During the upheaval of the Three Realms, mountains crumbled and rivers shattered, and blood flowed for thousands of miles. Countless righteous cultivators died before they managed to seal him in the Boundless Abyss of Evil, barring him from reincarnation for eternity. Every day, evil spirits devoured his divine soul, while prison flames tempered his divine bones. This fallen god, loathed by the world, never imagined that one day a sliver of light would shine into the rotting filth, and that a girl as fragile as the dawn would blink at him and say, "I'll slack off and take care of you."

That day, his surging, frenzied murderous intent came to an unprecedented halt, if only for an instant.

Content warning: The male lead is genuinely unhinged early on, and when he goes mad, he even wants to kill the female lead. Happy ending.

I'll finish the story, but updates will be irregular, so enter at your own risk.

Upcoming: I Marked My Master, Then Ran Away

Ling Lai is born from the essence of heaven and earth. She grows wild in the mountains, lively and sweet, but is actually naive and cruel, guided entirely by the wildness and instincts in her bones.

One day, after failing to find food in the Valley of Myriad Demons, she comes across a man covered in blood.

The man has handsome brows and a high nose, like a patch of snow fallen into the mortal world. As soon as Ling Lai approaches, she catches the rich, sweet scent of orange blossoms.

She grabs him by the neck, leans in curiously, and gradually succumbs to the citrus fragrance. Baring her sharp little canines, she takes a bite.

Ling Lai never imagined that her free and carefree life would end just like that!

She can't beat the man, and he drags her back and forcibly takes her on as his disciple. From then on, she must follow the rules and cultivate every day.

Ling Lai finds this life dreadfully boring. She tries to run away several times, but each time he catches her and brings her back.

After lying low for a long time, Ling Lai finally learns a trick.

When her master's restless urges flare up again, she marks him decisively. Then she points a recording stone at his flushed, intoxicated face and records him from beginning to end. Baring her sharp little canines, she threatens him: "You wouldn't want a recording like this getting out, would you? Let me go quietly, or face the consequences!"

*

Shen Zhefeng is handsome and unworldly, like a piece of jade from Kunlun. Once, he defeated a hundred sects with a single sword, making the Five Sacred Mountains bow to him and honor him as the Immortal Venerable.

But he has a secret no one knows. Every full moon, his mind becomes scattered and his body weak.

Shen Zhefeng has always known how to keep it under control, sealing away the inexplicable restlessness with great care.

During a hunt for a great demon, Shen Zhefeng's seal unexpectedly loosens, and he is gravely wounded. A little-known demon takes advantage of the opportunity.

Shen Zhefeng isn't even angry. Instead, he brings this untamable little demon back to his peak, patiently teaching and guiding her so she won't go on to harm the world.

Shen Zhefeng never imagined that one day the disciple he had so devotedly taught would take advantage of him, do as she pleased, then run away without taking responsibility.

*

Using the skills she learned from her master, Ling Lai wanders from place to place and gets by quite well.

Whenever she runs into someone she can't beat, she invokes her master's name, slips away, and disappears. For years, this trick has never failed.

After getting herself into serious trouble, Ling Lai finally realizes she can't escape. She swallows a fake death pill, hoping to use it to get away.

But when she opens her eyes, she sees her long-lost master. His face is as pale as snow, his eyes rimmed in red. He looks nothing like his usual aloof, arrogant self.

Ling Lai's alarm bells ring. She turns to run, but a snake tail coils around her again and again. Her master's face presses close, tender and careful, possessive yet gentle and restrained. "Lingling, don't go."

Theme: Live life as you please