The Most Hated One Refuses to Become the Savior

[Synopsis for the next novel, From Big Tech Employee to the Pinnacle of the Demonic Path, at the end] [Talkative, chaotic, fun-loving heroine x scheming, deranged, dark, loyal puppy-dog hero] Just before her wedding, Jiang Ziqi suddenly realizes that she's merely the villainess in an angsty xianxia novel. She's there to make life difficult for the heroine and sacrifice herself for the protagonists' romance. Once the junior sister joins the sect, everything will change. Her single-mindedly devoted master will fall into demonic obsession over love and sever her life with a single sword stroke. Her noble and unsullied senior brother will push her corpse into an abyss for the junior sister, leaving her to suffer the corruption of demonic energy and be denied reincarnation for all eternity. Even the famed Divine Son will forsake all living beings for the junior sister, holding a magical artifact forged from her bones and saying, “If it can save Miao Miao's life, you should consider it a blessing.” Compared to the universally adored junior sister, she's just a disposable extra everyone hates. Jiang Ziqi reads the plot the System has shoved at her, along with its wailing demand that she survive to the end, reform the villain, and save the world. She frowns. What kind of bullshit is this? Now, none of it has begun yet. Jiang Ziqi smiles and placates the System, then looks at the young, still-innocent villains-- and says sincerely, “My wish in this life is world peace.” A savior? Not even a dog would do it. * Everyone says Jiang Ziqi's eldest disciple is a rabid dog no one can keep on a leash, one who could tear his master to pieces at the slightest misstep. Jiang Ziqi looks up at her “virtuous and gentle” eldest disciple, then at the three younger disciples peeking out from behind him, angry but afraid to speak. Looking at her sect, who are all overprotective of her, Jiang Ziqi doesn't understand. She went from being universally hated to becoming the villain, so how did she become everyone's unattainable ideal? * This is a world for mortals. The gods who came down to make a name for themselves-- please roll on back where you came from. Tips: #Ensemble cast, passionate, and ridiculous. Love this world with the kind of manic energy that wants to go crazy and destroy everything. #A character-driven story with a slow build #Large cast. Characters' personalities and beliefs will change as the story unfolds. #A snarky story, not a power-fantasy heroine, not a perfect protagonist, and not a standard leveling-up wish-fulfillment novel. #The protagonist has one love interest. All other relationships without an explicit label are platonic. #To be continued... [Bonus Scene] Eldest Disciple: “The world bullies and insults me. There's nowhere for me in this vast world. I'll create a perfect world!” Jiang Ziqi, with heartfelt sincerity: “My disciple, wherever your master is, that's where you belong!” Second Disciple: “Am I destined to be humiliated and coveted just because I was born with unusual bones? Is my life so worthless that it means nothing?” Jiang Ziqi, brimming with heroic spirit: “My good disciple, your fate is yours to command, not Heaven's! You get to decide who you are, man or woman!” Third Disciple: “They say they love me and want me to stay home, safe under their protection. Is that what love is?” Jiang Ziqi, furious: “That bastard is trying to steal your career. Beat him up!” Youngest Disciple: “Men aren't worth it, family isn't worth it, neither is affection nor friendship. I'm sick of it. Let's destroy everything.” Jiang Ziqi, declaring her love: “Disciple! Your master loves you! Your master loves you most of all!” As soon as the words leave her mouth, she sees the eldest disciple turn to look at her, smiling amiably. “Dear Master, who do you love most?” Jiang Ziqi: “...” * [Contest Entry Reason: The heroine, though only average in talent, overcomes countless trials through her own efforts, breaks through the limits of her potential, proves the Great Dao, transforms from a fish in a pond into a dragon, and becomes a true immortal.] Upcoming novel synopsis: From Big Tech Employee to the Pinnacle of the Demonic Path Qin Jun was an excellent employee who climbed all the way from a small-town test-taker to P10 at a major tech company. Unfortunately, after two months of working around the clock, she died suddenly at her desk just before she was about to be laid off. Then she transmigrated into a novel and became the infamous Demonic Lord. The worst part was that she was also bound to a System. It required her to maintain the persona of a cruel Demonic Lord and become the mortal enemy of this world's chosen hero, making sure she became the stepping stone that set him on the path to saving the world. At this point, the male lead was still ten years away from turning evil and destroying the world. Qin Jun looked expressionlessly over the Demonic Palace's financial reports, its unevenly skilled, undisciplined employees, and the woeful, utterly disastrous record of the past hundred years-- Under the System's watch, she stared at the Demonic Palace's staff roster for a full hour... Then decided to hold the first morning meeting in the palace's five-hundred-year history, to get everyone aligned and focused. Next, she compiled the personal information of every active employee in the Demonic Palace. Then she issued every employee a communication token to ensure they could stay in touch at all times. No taking organizational property outside without permission. Strict clock-ins for shift rotations. All field assignments required prior approval... Every employee would be ranked by cultivation and performance, with their annual bonuses assessed accordingly. Anyone who couldn't get the job done would have to turn right at the door and find a new path. The male lead, who decides to lie flat after being reborn and loses all faith in the righteous sects, plans to find a living in the Demonic Palace's territory. And then-- he climbs from a Level Four employee to Level Ten, becoming the Demonic Palace's only senior researcher with a major research and development project under his belt. He monopolizes technology and manipulates the sect investment market. Qin Jun develops the Demonic Palace's territory on a massive scale, building housing-subsidy districts and school-district housing, and starts teaching corporate culture from the cradle. From capturing the market to dominating it. After a hundred years, cultivators are horrified to discover that the Demonic Palace has become the trendsetter of the entire cultivation world. For trade and commerce, you have to use the Demonic Palace's trading house. For financial transactions, you have to use the Demonic Palace's platform. For food, clothing, housing, and transportation, it's all the Demonic Palace's technology. Even the textbooks their righteous sects use to educate their disciples are made by the Demonic Palace, come on! Qin Jun succeeds in becoming the dark cloud hanging over every righteous sect. Seeing the black aura around the chosen male lead grow heavier by the day, Qin Jun decides to give him another promotion, dangle a rosy career prospect in front of him, and get him to focus on work instead of turning evil. After all, the chosen hero really is the most overworked person among workaholics. A workaholic heroine who wants to be a demon x a chosen hero who wants to lie flat and slack off [Who says capitalists aren't demons?] Core theme: Though trapped in hardship, still yearn for boundless freedom