There are people in this world whose beauty is unmatched, whose personalities are spoiled and domineering, and whose status has been exalted since birth. Yet their endings are often tragic, as they become stepping stones on the protagonists' paths to growth.
Every world has a vicious antagonist like this.
They oppress and insult the protagonist, committing every kind of evil and becoming the black moonlight the protagonist hates with all their heart.
Until one day, they all awakened.
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World One:
Amnesiac, honest farmhand gong x Frail young master of a landowning family, the white moonlight shou (ancient setting)
The young master of the landowning family had a face as beautiful as an immortal's, but was actually ruthless and loved to toy with people's feelings.
He set his sights on a simple-minded farmhand who had just arrived at the manor.
The farmhand was a fool. A few words of concern and a handkerchief supposedly left behind were enough to hook him.
After getting bored with the farmhand, who obeyed him like a dog, the young master had him driven away.
Who would have thought that the farmhand's true identity was the living devil of a general in the current dynasty?
World Two:
Unsophisticated migrant worker gong x Pretty, selfish rich second-generation shou, spoiled and pampered (modern setting)
While inspecting a company project, the rich kid took a liking to a migrant worker and used every trick to get him into bed. But he soon grew bored. The worker, however, acted as if he couldn't read the room and shamelessly clung to him, impossible to get rid of.
World Three:
Taciturn, impoverished scholar gong x Pretty, spoiled, hedonistic prince shou (ancient setting)
A spoiled prince unexpectedly took a liking to a handsome scholar with a refined air. He deliberately threatened and pressured the scholar, making him serve him.
Until one day, the hedonistic prince unexpectedly discovered that he was a fake prince, and the poor scholar was the real prince.
To keep the truth hidden, he began relentlessly bullying and humiliating the scholar, wishing he would die.
But even after the scholar was beaten by him, he didn't get angry. Instead, he lowered his eyes and asked if the prince was hurt.
World Four:
Insecure, pure-hearted coal magnate gong x Ambitious, money-hungry young star shou (modern setting)
The obscure young star had impossibly high standards, insisting on finding the very best sugar daddy.
The pure-hearted coal magnate who became his target truly believed they were in love. For the several years they were together, he indulged the young star in everything, even drafting a sugar-daddy contract at the young star's request.
After becoming a major star, he looked down on the tacky coal magnate and used the contract to stir up drama, whip his fans into a frenzy, and weed out the less devoted ones.
The coal magnate was condemned by everyone and hounded online, forced to go abroad to escape the storm.
The star had no idea how terrifying the coal magnate would become after his descent into darkness!
World Five:
Ugly, insecure superpowered monster gong x Beautiful, heartless Daoist Immortal Venerable shou (ancient xianxia setting)
The beautiful master who cultivated the heartless path wanted to see his white-moonlight senior brother who had ascended to immortality. He went so far as to take in an ugly monster disciple with whom he shared a destined connection. When the disciple fell for him, he ran his sword through the disciple's heart, killing his student to prove his Dao and ascend to the immortal realm.
He had no idea that the disciple he'd killed was a wisp of the First Divine Venerable of the immortal realm, who had descended to the mortal world to undergo tribulation.
Reader's Guide:
1. The gong is virtuous and devoted, a lovesick dog; the gong is a virgin, and he's a fragment of an obsessive being.
2. The blurb describes the original plot before the protagonists awaken.
3. The order of the arcs may change.
(Blurb written 2023.12.21, screenshot saved)
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