After Faking My Death, I Ascended Through the Path of Ruthlessness

Promoting upcoming works: "After Faking My Death Three Times, the Dragon Protagonist Turned Dark" and "AAA Lin, Professional Heartbreak Hotel Wholesaler (Quick Transmigration)" Wen Qingchuan was born a divine son, revered and feared by all. As a result, he was loveless and uncaring, indifferent to everyone around him. Until he met Yan Bie as a youth. When Wen Qingchuan suffered a qi deviation and fell into demonic cultivation, everyone avoided him. Only a pair of bloodstained hands reached out and pulled him from chaos back into the human world. From then on, Wen Qingchuan gave his heart to Yan Bie. The warmth melted the frost on the surface of his cold-jade exterior, leaving only a sincere heart that would never turn back. After a century of knowing each other, they became Dao companions. It all seemed to follow naturally. But during their wedding ceremony, Yan Bie was wreathed in demonic energy. He pointed his sword at Wen Qingchuan's heart. "Wen Qingchuan, I'm here to take your life." After that, Yan Bie defected. Wen Qingchuan pursued him into the demonic realm, believing in him and thinking his mind had merely been bewitched. Wen Qingchuan searched the Ten Thousand Ghost Path for medicine, broke into a forbidden zone, and narrowly escaped death, only to be impaled with soul-locking nails and reduced to a prisoner anyone could bully. He returned to the heavens to purge poison, traded away his heavenly eyes, and tested the poison on himself, only to lose all five senses and watch Yan Bie pledge himself to someone else. He sought a way to survive in a world of illusory flowers and reflections, dug out his spiritual root, and endured a tribulation of lightning, only to be falsely accused and humiliated, becoming a chained beast. "My qi deviation was just part of my plan. Only he would believe it." Wen Qingchuan finally realized that, despite his pride as a divine son who could see through the secrets of heaven, he had never seen through the person at his side. During the war between the heavenly and demonic realms, Wen Qingchuan fed himself to the demons. Looking at Yan Bie, stunned and motionless, he gave a soft laugh. "From now on, neither of us owes the other anything." The once ruthless and heartless Demon Lord fell to his knees, clutching the cold corpse in his arms like a madman, his eyes bloodshot. A century later, the Divine Realm held its cultivation trial. The Zhezhou Sword appeared once more. Dressed in white, Wen Qingchuan reemerged in the human world, driving his sword through the heart of a demonic spy on the martial arts field. Yan Bie stumbled down from the high platform despite everyone trying to stop him. He reached out to touch the transcendent immortal, but Wen Qingchuan stepped away. He looked up again and met Wen Qingchuan's puzzled, searching gaze. "Immortal Venerable, have we met before?" [Reading Guide] 1. This story has all kinds of classic tropes: pregnancy, exploitation, misunderstandings, amnesia, faking death, and more. 2. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are each other's one and only, and the top never changes. 3. It really is melodramatic. After the bottom fakes his death and returns, he becomes something of a heartthrob, with scenes of romantic rivalry. 4. The top has his reasons, but he genuinely hurts the bottom, so the groveling will be intense. The bottom also suffers badly in the early chapters. Upcoming: "After Faking My Death Three Times, the Dragon Protagonist Turned Dark" 1. Lin Qinghan transmigrated into a novel about a dragon protagonist as one of the cannon-fodder villains: one of three unlucky fools who worked themselves ragged to pave the way for the protagonist, only to be killed in revenge after the protagonist awakened. Looking at the one tragic ending after another in the book, Lin Qinghan tossed the script aside. If he was a villain, he might as well act like one. The first time, Lin Qinghan was the dragon protagonist's trusted servant. When the protagonist was hunted to the brink of death, Lin Qinghan stood in front of him, then raised his knife to the pursuer's throat and forced him to his knees to await execution. The second time, Lin Qinghan was the dragon protagonist's senior fellow disciple. In a secret realm, he kicked the wounded, poisoned protagonist aside and snatched the realm's treasure for himself. The third time, Lin Qinghan was the dragon protagonist's hypocritical master. When he failed to dig out the protagonist's Heavenly Demon Bone, he announced in front of everyone that the protagonist was in league with the demons, then shoved him into a bottomless abyss. Each time he completed a mission, he faked his death cleanly and moved on to the next one. Lin Qinghan thought he could go home once he completed the final mission, but the System summoned him back to save the day, claiming the world was on the verge of collapse. When he opened his eyes again, he was dressed in wedding robes, his head covered by a veil, his hands and feet bound so he couldn't move. Footsteps drew nearer. Someone slowly lifted the veil, and at the same time, a sharp blade pressed against his chest. He met the man's unreadable gaze. "You've tricked me so many times. How should I punish you?" 2. Ling Yanhe learned to disguise himself from a young age. He watched everything around him with cold indifference. Until someone barged into his world again and again. The first time, after he had been unconscious for days, he finally woke to find the other person kneeling by his bed, eyes blurred with tears, holding his hand and saying with heartfelt sincerity, "Young Master, I've missed you so much." But when Ling Yanhe tried to help him escape their pursuers, the other man crushed a poison-worm's heart and died before his eyes, his own heart ruptured. The second time, when he was delirious from a love potion, the other person thrust a longsword into his shoulder to bring him back to his senses, then said with a light laugh, "Beg me, and I'll set you free." In the end, while forcing his way through a barrier and suffering a qi deviation, the man ran into Ling Yanhe's sword and fell silently. The third time, when everyone accused him of conspiring with the demons, the other person kissed him resolutely, then pushed him away to face the Immortal Sects' accusations alone, leaving only the words, "Goodbye." In the end, when Ling Yanhe stormed the Immortal Sects to rescue him, the other person cut his own throat without hesitation. Only when he saw that resolute expression did Ling Yanhe finally understand: the other person had never loved him. It had all been one-sided. Upcoming: "AAA Lin, Professional Heartbreak Hotel Wholesaler (Quick Transmigration)" Lin Jingqiu was born indifferent to romance. His friends called him "immune to playboys," but one day he woke up bound to a Heartbreak Hotel System. System: In old-school angsty novels, the protagonist gong enjoys all the protagonist shou's love while trampling it underfoot, only to come to his senses and chase after him once the shou leaves. Your task, Host, is to set the stage for this groveling chase. Lin Jingqiu: Tch. Love that comes too late is worth less than grass. World One: [The long-suffering husband, cheated on and terminally ill] A couple who had supported each other and built their lives from nothing couldn't withstand the seven-year itch. When he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, he didn't get comfort from his partner. Instead, he saw him in bed with someone else. "Brother Qin, I won't be able to love you anymore." Lin Jingqiu looked at the man before him, clutching his diagnosis and sobbing as though his heart were breaking, and felt only disgust. World Two: [The playboy's stand-in for his one true love] The person he secretly loved treated him as a stand-in for his one true love. He erased every trace of himself to imitate someone else, yet couldn't make the playboy mend his ways. "Sir, do we know each other?" Lin Jingqiu sat in a private room, holding a glass of wine. He looked at the man in front of him, who was begging to get back together, with an expressionless face. World Three: [The childhood friend who was ignored despite ten years of unrequited love] World Four: [The withdrawn boy pursued on a dare] World Five: [The fake young master, scorned after an arranged marriage turns to love] World Six: [The young general who was used and deceived] World Seven: [The aloof master who changed his bones and blood for his beloved] [Reading Guide] 1. One-on-one romance. The top is not split into multiple versions, appears late, and is mostly a background character. The top is not the System, and the bottom has no feelings for the scum tops in each world. 2. All kinds of melodramatic tropes, including running away while pregnant, misunderstandings, and terminal illness. 3. Some of the smaller worlds may have unhappy endings, but the main world has a happy ending. Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.