I Brought 5G Coverage to the Entire Cultivation World

Overworked corporate drone Jiang Xixue dies suddenly and wakes up in a book as a disposable side character tasked with imprisoning and tormenting the villain.

She's also bound to a System, newly on the job and brutally succinct.

“You. Disposable character. Abuse the villain until he wishes he were dead. Got it?”

When Jiang Xixue finds the villain, Shen Liuquan, in the demon realm, the young man is unconscious and gravely injured, his white clothes stained with blood. In the original story, he would grow into the invincible villain who would cut down the Three Realms with his sword. Right now, he looks like a piece of cold jade soaked by the rain.

Jiang Xixue takes him home and nurses him back to health. Then she tells him:

“I, Jiang Xixue, am here to enslave you. I order you to invent cola, Wi-Fi, cell phones, games, the internet, short videos, and forums. Make it possible for me to live a lazy, decadent life!”

“You'll work around the clock, seven days a week. Whenever I call, you come running. You get paid once every three years!”

Jiang Xixue thinks: These impossible assignments and endless overtime are sure to destroy his physical and mental health, until he wishes he were dead!

Shen Liuquan: ?

Fine.

*

Three years later.

The demon realm has achieved full 5G coverage, and cultivators across the cultivation world are hooked on “Demon Realm Pinduoduo: Slash the Price.”

Disciples of cultivation sects post on the demon realm's forums every day: “Have some shame, you named your sword ‘After Sneaking a Peek at My Master in the Bath’?”

“The Hehuan Sect has successfully rebranded. The sect leader makes tens of thousands of spirit stones a day livestreaming sales.”

“The latest hot side gig for sword cultivators: flying your sword to deliver takeout. Always on time, with a 100% satisfaction rating!”

And Jiang Xixue finally gets the idle, carefree life she's always dreamed of.

Then one day, she suddenly remembers: Wait, three years are up. It's time to send him away!

So she puts on an indignant act and says to Shen Liuquan, “I've treated you terribly for these three years, haven't I? You must hate me for ruining your physical and mental health. I'm letting you leave the demon realm now and go do what you're supposed to do.”

But instead of leaving, Shen Liuquan leans closer, his long fingers resting against her waist.

“Young Mistress, I haven't finished everything yet.”

Jiang Xixue: Come on, aren't you the troublemaking villain who cultivates the Heartless Dao? And what do you mean you haven't finished? You've already given the entire cultivation world 5G coverage.

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A clueless, workaholic little slacker x a cold-faced, adorable pretty boy who cultivates the Heartless Dao

The protagonists' names come from the line: “Moonlight falls on a flowing spring, turning it into a stream of snow.”

Content notes: Slice-of-life leaning; the pacing isn't too fast; a silly, wish-fulfillment story, so don't go looking for logic.

Blurb written on July 8, 2025. Screenshot saved.

---Next up: Coming Soon, The Villain's Wife Builds a Life in Exile

Food blogger Song Zhihao wakes up inside the tragic historical romance she was reading before bed, as the newlywed wife of the villain, Xie Yunyin.

In the book, the Xie family is about to be dispossessed and sent into exile. The once-spoiled young master of the Duke's estate watches his loved ones die one after another from hunger, cold, and illness on the frigid frontier.

Later, he becomes a blade forged by illness, fights his way back to the capital, and turns into a villain feared by all.

But that's all in the future.

The moment Song Zhihao opens her eyes, she finds the wedding hall has become the scene of a confiscation. Her mother-in-law is crying so hard she's nearly fainted, her sister-in-law is trembling with fear, and her frail husband is coughing like he could die at any moment.

Song Zhihao: “...”

She looks down at the gold melon seeds she's secretly hidden in her sleeve. After a moment's silence, she decides that surviving comes first!

The place of exile is short on food and clothing, and nothing grows in the bitter cold. Everyone says the Xie family's power is gone for good and they'll never rise again.

Song Zhihao rolls up her sleeves and sets up a stall. With no rare delicacies to work with, she'll use whatever the land provides.

Braised frozen tofu with pickled cabbage, meat-stuffed multigrain pancakes, hot lunch boxes with meat and vegetables, rich and savory stews, and ginger-and-jujube tea to warm the stomach and ward off the cold.

Her little culinary venture gradually grows into a small eatery, and eventually one branch after another opens!

*

Xie Yunyin was once the most pampered young master in the Duke's household. Born frail, he grew up surrounded by luxuries and protected by his father and brothers.

In one night, the great house collapsed. His father and brothers were imprisoned, and the entire family was exiled.

He hated his weak body and his inability to protect his loved ones. Boundless fury grew inside him, waiting for the day he could drag everyone into the abyss with him.

But he never expected that the wife he got from a hurried wedding wouldn't run away with the money or curse the heavens and earth.

While he was confined to bed, sick and costly medicine to buy, she got up before dawn to set up her stall. When he sank into self-loathing, she gently took his cold hand.

At last, life took root in Xie Yunyin's desolate heart. He wanted more than simply to survive.

He wanted to truly be her husband.

*

The crown prince, Shen Qingyue, has been reborn.

In his previous life, he and Xie Yunyin fought each other to the death, and neither came to a good end.

Knowing what drove Xie Yunyin to become a villain, he races to the border town after the Xie family is exiled.

This time, he must bring this troublemaker into his own faction before Xie Yunyin goes mad.

But when he arrives, windblown and dusty, and pushes open the door to a fragrant little courtyard, he sees something that overturns everything he believed in both his lives.

The cold, ruthless, decisive demon king from his memories is now leaning forward slightly, holding the hand of a bright-eyed young woman with utmost care and murmuring softly to her.

Shen Qingyue's expression turns extremely strange. How could this deadpan man's face possibly show such tender affection?

Suppressing his shock, he immediately makes an enticing offer and invites Xie Yunyin back to the capital to join him in his grand plans.

But Xie Yunyin remains calm and doesn't even lift his eyes. “My wife says rents in the capital are too expensive, so we're not considering opening a branch there for now.”

Shen Qingyue, who rode two horses to death getting here: “...Come on, man?”

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