I Become an Immortal Emperor Thanks to My Gifted Disciples

Xiao Lian dreamed of cultivating immortality and living forever, but transmigrated into a book where the original body had a useless cauldron constitution, making ascension impossible for the rest of his life. Worse, all his disciples were future overpowered protagonists who would use him, their scumbag master, as a stepping stone. Xiao Lian, even more of a scumbag than the original: 6 He was the master of overpowered protagonists. Could a mere useless cauldron constitution really stop him from ascending? So when the young overpowered protagonist's family was destroyed and he lay in a pool of blood, Xiao Lian appeared beside him, lifting his chin with the scabbard of his sword. "I'll give you a chance to live. In exchange, you'll be my dog. How about it?" The youth stared at Xiao Lian with bloodshot eyes for a long time. The man looked gloomy, handsome but pale, like a demon. And so, Xiao Lian took all the overpowered protagonists under his wing. At the same time, he used a puppet clone to take on the identity of a junior fellow disciple, staying by their sides and winning their trust through gentle persuasion. After stealing the opportunities meant for the overpowered protagonists, he faked the junior fellow disciple's death and disappeared. But perhaps because, before faking his death, he was injured and absorbed the first unit of an unknown disciple's core yang energy, the disciples all came to see the junior fellow disciple as a heartless lover who had seduced and abandoned them. ~ After years of seclusion, Venerable Xiao Lian finally emerged. Everyone in the sect knew Venerable Xiao Lian as a kind, aloof man of few words. His three disciples were exceptional geniuses who had found a way to help him break through his cultivation bottleneck, raising him beyond the realm that had held him back for years. That night, his disciple knelt respectfully at the bedside to receive his punishment. Xiao Lian admired his humiliating predicament, unaware that the disciple's shameless gaze was constantly caressing him. When Xiao Lian told him to leave, the disciple took hold of the fingers gripping the whip. "But, Master, I want to help you 'cultivate' today." "You wouldn't want anyone else to know that the realm you reached after dual cultivating with us last time is about to fall again, would you?" Tsk. Covered in purple and blue marks, Xiao Lian clutched his waist and began to reflect. Back then, for the sake of those opportunities, he'd taken in not only the protagonist but also the villain: the protagonist's reincarnation across countless lifetimes, a world-destroying boss who only wanted to destroy the world! The villainous disciple looked him up and down. Though low in status, his possessiveness was impossible to hide. "Master, you smell a lot like Junior Brother." Xiao Lian, who had already obtained enough opportunities and planned to fake his death for a second time, replied nonchalantly, "You still miss him? Then why didn't you die for love when he died?" ~ Reader's Guide: [Universally hated, gloomy, vicious master shou x gentle on the surface, dark and obsessive male ghost of a first disciple / beautiful but tragic second disciple and villain / overpowered protagonist and career-obsessed lunatic third disciple] 1. A couple of villains. The shou is selfish and vicious, while the gong characters are obsessive lunatics, gloomy and twisted. A broken pot with its matching broken lid. 2. The shou will be even more of a scumbag than the original master's version. There's no pretending to be a scumbag while actually giving the gong resources and trying to please him. --March 12, 2025 Theme: Everything can begin again.