I Became an Immortal Venerable and Raised a Child, but It Went Wrong

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Blurb:

1. Immortal Lord Qizhou of Qinghe is captured by accident and reduced to the Demon Lord's plaything.

Rumor has it that indescribable sounds ring out from the Demon Palace every night.

The Demon Lord is insatiable, and Qizhou tries to escape again and again, only to fail. When he learns that the Demon Lord has been treating him as a substitute, he decides to find a chance to kill him.

2.

The Demon Lord Minhe has a cherished first love. That person gave him the warmest days of his childhood, when he was injured and alone. But after he rose to the Demon Lord's throne, he could never find them again.

Someone sent him a substitute: Qizhou.

After that first night when he lost control, he began to desire that face, and thought it was sacrilege. Little by little, he fell in love with his substitute and thought it was betrayal. He was consumed with anguish over his change of heart.

In the midst of all that pain, Qizhou stabbed him. His injuries were so severe that he reverted to his original form.

He thought he was as good as dead, but Qizhou dropped his sword and looked at him with a complicated expression.

3.

Qizhou transmigrated into this world. To avoid the plot, he ran away right from the start. Along the way, he found a fluffy little beast, and the two of them lived together from then on.

Only later did he learn that the little beast was a young member of the demon clan.

Just before the little beast could take human form, cultivators came hunting for it. Qizhou did everything he could and managed only to send it into the Demon Realm. A hundred years passed before they met again.

A century later, he had regained his lofty position and was about to find his little one when he was captured and made the Demon Lord's substitute lover. He planned to kill the great demon and then find his little one, only to discover that his little one was the great demon himself.

Qizhou: Where's my sweet, well-behaved little one? Who raised him into this mess?!

One-on-one, both leads have only each other. Angsty dog-blood romance, and I became my own substitute.

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1.

Rumor has it that Shen Fangchu changes sugar daddies even more often than sugar daddies change their young lovers.

Even more incredibly, big shots line up to shower him with resources, as if they've all fallen under a fox spirit's spell.

Lin Qingyu has heard the story, but assumes it's just a publicity stunt.

But the moment he meets Shen Fang, he turns and tells his assistant, "Tell Shen Fangchu's agent I've bought out his contract."

2.

Shen Fangchu has only one secret to his endless supply of work: he can catch monsters.

Many big shots feel unwell or have bad luck because they're being plagued by monsters.

All Shen Fangchu has to do is stand nearby, and everything suddenly goes right for them.

So the big shots who want him to catch monsters have to take a number.

He acts and hunts monsters, moving from one client to the next as soon as he finishes.

When he gets to Lin Qingyu, Shen Fangchu is taken aback. There aren't any monsters around him! Is my level too low to see them?

3.

As everyone knows, a celestial master is expensive and hard to book.

Shen Fangchu charges so little, it's practically charity.

Still, some people envy his success and mock him mercilessly.

A popular star: "You change sugar daddies so often. That must be exhausting. Aren't you worried it'll take a toll on your health?"

Shen Fangchu takes it as a sincere compliment. "It's no trouble at all. I'm happy to serve the people."

The popular star: ...Unable to vent his frustration.

An abstinent, aloof big shot who's "under a monster's spell" x a powerful, flirtatious, oblivious natural

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Coming soon: The Villain Doesn't Want to Save Anyone, also known as Saving Everyone Will Only Get You Hurt. Please add it to your reading list!

1.

Cen An'nan transmigrates into an upgrade-style novel as the villainous senior disciple. As soon as he arrives, the System tries to assign him a mission. He waves it off: "This is familiar territory!"

Isn't it just a matter of following the plot, harming the protagonist, and staying in character?

System: No. Your mission is to help the young and vulnerable protagonist, and so on.

Cen An'nan looks horrified. "...I know this plot too!"

2. Before he transmigrated, Cen An'nan was forced to read a BL fanfic based on this novel.

In the fanfic, a saintly person transmigrated into the villainous senior disciple. He was devoted to helping the poor, saving the protagonist's junior, the young demon-clan heir, and the young Demon Lord in turn.

The pitiful people he saved were full of gratitude and thought about him for years. In the end, unable to win his love, they turned evil and locked him away.

Three people!

Cen An'nan: So I'm supposed to follow that plot? You're not some proper System, are you?

System: Don't worry. It's different.

So Cen An'nan counts up his mission targets: one, two, three, four, five... Five!

That's two more!

3.

Cen An'nan refuses furiously, but his refusal fails, leaving him no choice but to grit his teeth and go save people.

To be safe, he disguises himself as old and ugly when saving them, and claims to be Ancestor Yuantong.

This ancestor is mysterious and unpredictable, and can kill or save someone on a whim. Borrowing his name means no one dares think of crossing him.

Cen An'nan: I refuse to believe anyone would want to kiss this!

Years later, Cen An'nan, who has always been on guard against his five mission targets, is suddenly captured by Ancestor Yuantong.

Yuantong: Everyone now says I'm ugly. How are you going to make it up to me?

(Yuantong is the gong, and one of the five mission targets.)

Theme: Stay strong in adversity, persevere through every setback, and never give up