Can Even a Tragic-Novel Fodder Become Everyone's Darling?

In his previous life, Lin Jiang was a cannon-fodder character, and the kind who died fastest for being "recklessly bold" enough to covet his own master.

But his master was a heartthrob, and everyone loved him.

Everyone wanted to have a tragic romance with him.

The powerful cultivators who admired his master were twisted, depraved, and perverted, with minds full of unspeakable fantasies. But in front of his master, the aloof flower on a high peak, they had no choice but to suppress their filthy thoughts and eagerly present him with all kinds of heavenly treasures.

Oh... What if his beloved master's spiritual roots are damaged? Easy!

His master's senior brother, the sect leader, catches the scent and comes after... coveting his spiritual roots.

Lin Jiang: ...Screw that guy!

With no spiritual roots, cannon fodder Lin Jiang can only diligently practice swordsmanship and try to pursue the Sword Dao. But as luck would have it, his master happens to need a handy companion artifact.

That isn't hard to arrange either.

The world's greatest artifact craftsman humbles himself and draws out his sword bones to make a unique bone zither, all to win his master's favor.

Lin Jiang is out of options.

So he's the one who gets physically tortured!

In the end, a pack of mad dogs sees their master, the bright moon hanging high above, anxiously worrying over his missing disciple. They hurry to cover up the evidence and dispose of the body.

So a promising young formation master uses the excuse of strengthening the sect's protective formation to bury him inside it.

Lin Jiang: ...I'll curse your ancestors!

His resentment is so strong that cannon-fodder Lin Jiang finally awakens to the truth of this world.

It turns out his master is a beautiful and powerful, yet utterly "tragic," career-driven man who is devoted to ascending to immortality, stepping over everyone else to become an immortal.

Oh, him? He's real cannon fodder.

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After drifting around as a ghost for years, consumed by resentment, Lin Jiang thinks this is how his life will end. But unexpectedly...

One day he opens his eyes and finds himself back in his younger body, alive.

Lin Jiang: ...Heh heh heh. Now I won't let you off even if I become a ghost.

After being reborn...

His aloof master hoards knowledge and has no intention of teaching him cultivation, so Lin Jiang has to swallow his pride and train under his master's senior brother.

This one's a pervert who likes to breathe in the scent of his master's clothes, but later gets obsessed with feeding him fish.

Never mind that for now.

When the plot reaches the point where his spiritual roots are to be dug out, Lin Jiang makes a swift escape down the mountain, only to run into the Holy Sakya Sect's saint, who loves being slapped by his master.

He's another pervert, but he's naturally blind, so he's easy to trick. Lin Jiang tricks him into taking the bottom position.

Later, as luck would have it, the rich formation master and the sharp-tongued artifact craftsman, who once fought over and showed off their wealth to win his master's favor, find themselves under the spell of Lin Jiang's carefully woven lies.

Their eyes brimming with desire, they are willing to kneel at his feet.

Lin Jiang: Don't panic, don't panic. I've got my own rhythm.

But something quite bizarre still happens.

His master, who once hung high in the sky like the bright moon, actually lays Lin Jiang's clothes beneath himself...

Lin Jiang takes his pure and innocent, secretly kept Dao companion by the hand and leaves without looking back, not forgetting to send his master a "grand gift."

What's the point of dying? He'll make them wish they were dead.

Reader's guide:

1. The top's love interest enters at about one-third of the way through the story, so he appears a little later.

2. This story describes the top's appearance in relation to other characters, just to fully establish his character. If that bothers you, please don't read.

3. The top is not a virgin.

4. The story mainly follows the top's personal growth.

5. Currently being written in advance. It won't be abandoned.

Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.