Reborn: I, the Emperor, Will Be a Scumbag Top

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Huo Qi, the fifth emperor of the Dayan Dynasty.

During his fourteen years on the throne, under the harsh rule of his powerful ex-boyfriend, he worked hard to govern and care for his people, stubbornly becoming the only 996 emperor in the entire Dayan Dynasty.

As the saying goes, 996 is no good.

After his powerful ex-boyfriend died of illness, Huo Qi finally snapped!

He didn't want to work 996 anymore!

He wanted fine wine, beautiful people, a life of luxury and endless revelry.

Amid drinking and dancing, Huo Qi remembered the days of his youth when he was in love with his powerful ex-boyfriend.

Only then did he realize he couldn't even remember what Shen Ying had looked like back then.

Power always changes people beyond recognition.

It had changed him, and it had changed Shen Ying too.

If he could live another life, he would never get entangled with Shen Ying again.

Whoever wanted to work 996 could have at it. If he could start over, he would be the most incompetent ruler in the Dayan Dynasty!

Then the blessings of 996 came his way.

Huo Qi is drinking when suddenly everything goes black.

When he comes to, he sees the young Shen Ying angrily raising his fist to punch him in the face.

Huo Qi: !!! Weren't you dead?!

Shen Ying: Of course you wanted me dead so you could carouse in peace!

Only then does Huo Qi realize he's been reborn at the point when he and Shen Ying were giving each other the silent treatment after he ascended the throne.

This is their turning point.

They aren't a pair of bitter enemies yet, and there's still room to change things, so Huo Qi decides...

He's going to be a scumbag top!

He'll mistreat Shen Ying, toy with him, and abandon him.

He'll make Shen Ying understand who's emperor and who's in charge!

Friend No. 1 watches Huo Qi sobbing as he clings to a tree at the hunting grounds and asks the person beside him, "What's wrong with His Majesty?"

Friend No. 2 sighs at the sky. "Leave him alone. He got dumped and is having a breakdown."

Warnings:

1. Both the top and bottom are reborn, but the bottom has amnesia at first and only remembers his past life later.

2. Alternate history, entirely made up.

Coming soon: Debt Repayment Guide

The playboy heir Duan Ye of Yancheng is dead.

The King of Hell says he died in someone else's place, so he can't be reincarnated. Instead, he's sent back to the mortal world as a wandering ghost.

The City God says he has a debt of love to settle, and can't be reincarnated until he pays it off.

To settle his debt, he latches onto his childhood friend, Zhou Zhongqing.

He forces the unfortunate Zhou Zhongqing to help him find the person he owes among the many wonderful people he's wronged.

After searching high and low and witnessing several earthly tales of love and hate, Duan Ye finally realizes the truth.

His creditor has been right beside him all along.

Looking at Zhou Zhongqing, whose features are clear and gentle,

he finally remembers that when they were young, he'd sworn his love to him, only to forget it all in the blink of an eye.

He wants to repay his debt, but Zhou Zhongqing no longer cares.

Now Zhou Zhongqing only wants to settle their karmic entanglement and devote himself to cultivating the Dao.

"You died for me, so today I'll repay you with my life. Once we've settled this grudge between us, I'll be able to ascend to immortality."

Duan Ye: "..."

Honey, it's not that I have anything against your charlatan of a master, but setting yourself on fire to attain the Dao seems...

A little too unreliable.

A playboy who dies from the start and turns over a new leaf as the top x a virtuous, martial-arts-savvy bottom who puts every rascal in their place

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