The Unremarkable Second Senior Brother

After joining the Moon-Gathering Sect, Xie Jin learns that he has transmigrated into a cultivation novel and become a refined but wicked villain.

The good news is that he arrived eighty years early, so he can still fix things!

In the original story, the Moon-Gathering Sect’s villainous second senior brother is a gentle-looking beauty with honeyed words and a venomous heart, who takes revenge over the smallest slight.

So Xie Jin hides his peerless good looks and sets his sights on becoming the honest senior brother unanimously recognized by all the sect’s inner disciples!

In the original story, he envies the protagonist senior brother, constantly tries to outdo him, steals his opportunities and fortunes, and is sinister and cruel.

Xie Jin stays home to grow flowers, raise birds, and brew wine, striving to blend into the crowd!

In the original story, he schemes for the sect leader’s position, driving the protagonist couple to the brink of death and madness. He also thoroughly offends the other protagonists in related novels set in the same world, and is ultimately reduced to ashes, never to be reborn.

Xie Jin only wants to cultivate in peace, maintain his image as an utterly ordinary second senior brother, and resolutely avoid becoming a villain or courting death!

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Xie Jin keeps a low profile for eighty years, finally waiting for the story to begin. But he never expects things to take such a bizarre turn

The universally hated junior brother, who was forced to jump into the Immortal-Slaying Formation in the original story, declares his resolve with sword in hand: The spirit sword I wield will carve a path for Senior Brother!

The young Dragon Lord, who was supposed to kill his wife to prove his Dao, falls out with the heartless Dao Lord: Xie Jin is My Lord’s only close friend!

The substitute disciple, about to have his golden core dug out, breaks with his Sword Venerable master in public: I wish to take Brother Xie as my master and repay him with my life!

The saintly beauty, the real young master who was framed by his friend in his past life, denounced by everyone, and driven to take his own life in despair: The only one who understands me is Fellow Daoist Xie!

Because someone’s inner thoughts have been exposed, the protagonist tops from the original story, who once abused their lovers and then had to chase after them, find it much harder to win them back: We heard every time you called us crazy tops in your thoughts!

Xie Jin: ??? Master, save me!!!

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Before becoming his disciple, Xie Jin’s idea of the Forget-Worries Immortal: a cold and aloof master, delicate and frail, fiercely protective of his own. In the original story, he steadfastly protects his kind-faced, wicked-hearted disciple Xie Jin, with no regrets even in death.

After becoming his disciple, Xie Jin discovers the real Master Forget-Worries, peak lord of Red Moon Peak: a handsome man in red with long, wavy hair who drinks, plays with birds, and soaks in hot springs. In private, he tries his hand at everything, stands 1.9 meters tall, and has an eight-pack.

He claims his cultivation is only at the Deity Transformation stage, yet he has slain a great demon with his sword and once accidentally made a Sword Pavilion bigwig cry after beating him up.

His master has quite a personality and thinks looking after a disciple is a hassle. All day long, he is either slacking off somewhere Xie Jin can’t find him or fast asleep.

But later, Xie Jin accidentally gets promoted to master’s wife, and only manages to walk out of the hall with a sore back after being held there by his master for half a month.

Xie Jin, blushing furiously: What happened to the frail, sickly master from those Jinjiang novels? I couldn’t handle ten of this master!

Nonhuman bigwig master, top x fake-refined, stunning disciple, bottom

(Do-as-he-pleases, nonhuman, domineering top x overthinking, snarky bottom)

Reader’s guide:

A fairly ordinary, long-form cultivation-and-leveling story about transmigration, with an older master-disciple romance, inner thoughts, lots of daily life, many side couples, and plenty of melodrama.

1. One-on-one, mutually doting, two beautiful and powerful leads, and a master-disciple romance after transmigration into a cultivation world. The bottom keeps his head down and quietly builds strength in the early chapters, then his golden finger takes off later.

2. The bottom has a busy inner monologue, loves gossip, and is always making sarcastic comments. His thoughts appear frequently alongside the side couples, and there are many side couples. The table of contents gives a rough guide to where they appear.

3. The plot and romance get roughly equal attention. The logic may occasionally be softened to accommodate the golden finger. The protagonists aren’t perfect, and some supporting characters may not be likable.

4. My take on cultivation, not a pure wish-fulfillment story. I can’t guarantee every plot point will make sense while writing on a deadline, but I’ll revise things when I have time.

Please don’t bother me about pirated copies. This is an exclusive, official Jinjiang publication. Happy reading!

Theme: People can triumph over fate.