The Second Senior Brother Keeps Stumbling into Shura Fields

Novel blurb:

"Love Carved in Bone: The Tyrannical Demon Lord Holds Me Close," an xianxia romance featuring a fake heiress and a true heiress, a reborn heroine, mistaken identities between lovers, a groveling ex pursuing his wife, and a massive love-triangle showdown. It's a domineering CEO romance in an immortal cultivation setting.

In his previous life, Yu Yuan transmigrated into the book as a minor character. He happened to pass by an argument between the hero and heroine and, after making an ill-advised remark, was killed by the hero in a fit of anger.

After being reborn, he swore he would never watch the drama unfold again. But for some reason, whenever a crucial plot point in the book came around, he would automatically be transported within ten zhang of the scene, forced to watch the hero, heroine, and supporting characters get caught up in one showdown after another, and drawing plenty of hatred in the process.

To ensure that he and the countless other spectators wouldn't be casually killed in the future, Yu Yuan worked hard and cultivated diligently. In the end, relying on... his Immortal Lord master, he reached the pinnacle of cultivation and physically pinned the hero and heroine to the ground to teach them a lesson:

"Don't do unto others what you don't want done to yourself. Got it? If your romance is enough to destroy the world, then if you're really that idle, go take the ox's place and plow the fields!"

Afterward, the senior disciple of Kunshan, who did not wish to be named, remarked: "Junior Brother Yu is a great person. He's handsome and highly skilled, and all the junior disciples admire him."

"If I had to name a flaw, there's only one: he's extremely fond of gossip. He often relies on his own skill and courage to watch other people argue, clutching sunflower seeds as he does. It could be anything, from a couple bickering to a crane chasing a dog. Wherever there's a spectacle, he's there."

Yu Yuan: "I don't! I haven't! I was forced into it, believe me!"

"The Laid-Back Black Moonlight":

If the ending were already set before everything began, would you sever the ties of fate with your sword, or be content to serve as a puppet of destiny?

Song Yuqiu's first half of life was a dazzling success, but in his second half, his flowers withered and his flames burned to ash. In the end, everyone turned against him, and he was despised by all.

Only on the brink of death did he learn that he was merely the scheming, tea-drinking male supporting character in a danmei xianxia novel. All his plotting had come to nothing. Everything he worked so hard to win would eventually gravitate toward the protagonist, whether opportunities or affection.

He himself was nothing more than a pitiful foil, there to make the protagonist shine.

As he lay dying, he thought, "If I had another chance, I'd take back everything I lost."

Only after dying did he discover that he had already been reborn in this story nine times. Before each death, he'd made the same bold declaration, and each time he'd met a miserable end.

Repeated rebirth, endless torment.

On his tenth rebirth, knowing his tragic fate, Song Yuqiu decided to lie flat. Every day, he either slept in his secluded cave and pretended to be dead, or wandered the mountains with a map, looking for a burial site he liked.

Unexpectedly, once he started lying flat, the male lead, who had always avoided him like the plague, repeatedly invited him out:

"Junior Brother, didn't you used to be desperate to join me in vanquishing demons and defending the Dao? How about we fly down the mountain on our swords today? You're about to get so bored you'll grow mushrooms."

His younger brother, usually upright and rigid and disgusted by him, would occasionally pick him up and drag him off:

"Today we're going to the market to drink porridge. Tomorrow we'll train at the vegetable market. Young people should act their age."

His fair and impartial father was indulgent and fiercely protective of him:

"Qiu'er, you haven't broken a single sect rule in three days. Are you holding a grudge against your father?"

Even the most mysterious and unpredictable Demon Lord in the book was devoted to him:

"What does it matter whether you're good or evil, immortal or demon? What does that have to do with my loving you?"

Song "Slacker" Yuqiu: "???" Wake up! Your scripts are all wrong. The protagonist is watching from right there!

Bonus scene:

One day, Song Yuqiu ran into a group of demonic cultivators in the wilderness. One of them had red robes and black hair, and was exceptionally beautiful.

Song Yuqiu: "Don't kill me yet. For the record, the big boss of the demon realm has had a crush on me for years. He even clung to my leg and begged me not to leave him!"

Cen Jingchuan: "?"

The demonic cultivators: "Σ(°Д°;"

Song Yuqiu: "He loves me so much he can't live without me. He even once declared he'd die for me, and that he'd sacrifice anything for my happiness!"

Cen Jingchuan: "."

The demonic cultivators: "(?⊙ω⊙`)"

Song Yuqiu: "So if you let me go, trust me, he'll reward you even if it costs him everything!"

Cen Jingchuan: "Let..."

The demonic cultivators: This is terrifying. Why did the boss actually let him go?

The next day, the cultivation world was abuzz with rumors that the Demon Lord was a devoted simp for a disciple of an immortal sect.

Only Cen Jingchuan knew that what he'd been about to say that day wasn't "let him go," but "bullshit!"

As the rumors grew wilder, clearing things up became impossible. Cen Jingchuan simply gave in and got together with the other person involved in the rumor.

A demonic cultivator: "My lord, is it true you like Song Yuqiu?"

Cen Jingchuan: "Let me correct you: that's no rumor."

Theme: Building a harmonious and friendly cultivation world