Becoming the Portable Flower of the Dragon-Proud Protagonist

[Also known as "Flowers Across the River"]

I.

Chen Jinghua accidentally bound himself to a System. To return to the present day, he had to complete a series of assigned tasks, helping the male lead of a cultivation novel grow and eventually reach the pinnacle.

As an adult, the protagonist would be exceptionally talented and peerlessly elegant, becoming the greatest cultivator in the world in less than a hundred years. But the protagonist was still young, having just suffered a catastrophe. His family had been slaughtered, and he lay dying by the river.

[Host, your next task is to protect him and stay by his side as he grows up.]

Chen Jinghua: I wish I could!

He lowered his head and looked at his own body: a little white flower trembling in the breeze, quite literally. He fell into thought.

#Help, how do I save the male lead across the river when I've transmigrated into a little white flower? #

II.

Xie Linjiang thought he was dying. Otherwise, how could he be seeing such a strange vision: a flower across the river turning into a breathtakingly beautiful young man?

Was he an immortal, or a demon?

The young man walked across the river waves, rescued him, stayed with him as he recovered, and accompanied him as he grew up. They had huddled together as they listened to the rain in a dilapidated temple, and they had stood on a mountaintop sharing the world's praise. To Xie Linjiang, this flower was his alone, his most precious treasure.

Until the young man died once again at the hands of demonic cultivators while saving him. Nearly driven mad with grief, Xie Linjiang ventured alone into the Demon Palace, willing to trade his life for another's, all to kill the Demon Lord and avenge the young man.

Before the Demon Lord died, Xie Linjiang saw a familiar look in his eyes. In that moment, his world completely collapsed.

Later, Xie Linjiang became the immortal revered by all. He wore white robes, but often wore a damaged golden hairpin in his hair.

III.

After dying an untimely death, Chen Jinghua was bound to a System. Helping the protagonist reach the pinnacle of life was one thing, but nobody had mentioned he'd have to die twice!

The first time, he transmigrated into a little white flower and died while protecting Xie Linjiang from an attack by demonic cultivators.

When he opened his eyes again, he had become the Demon Lord, and Xie Linjiang ran him through the heart with a single sword strike.

When he woke up once more, he hadn't returned to the present day. Instead, he had arrived a hundred years in the future.

The male lead had indeed reached the pinnacle of life, but why was he nothing like the one in the book?

Chen Jinghua: System, your male lead is getting a little bent out of shape.

System: [That's right. He's bent.]

Chen Jinghua: ...

Theme: Someone will always come for you.