After a Night with My Archenemy

1. Wei Yanning is exceptionally gifted, blessed with an excellent spiritual root and brilliant aptitude. Born into a prestigious family, the greatest setback he's faced in his life came when someone stole his place as the first disciple on the day he was to become a disciple at the age of five. The incense and altar table used for the ceremony were secondhand, and on top of that, he had to call that person Senior Brother!?

Wei Yanning: Master, he cheated!

Master: He did not.

Ren Fengyao: Master, he was mean to me.

Master: That part is true.

Wei Yanning: ?

Wei Yanning: Ren Fengyao and I are sworn enemies!

2. Ren Fengyao knows that Wei Yanning has disliked him ever since he took the position of first disciple.

Now the two of them are trapped, and at the crucial moment, Wei Yanning uses every last bit of strength to call him a bastard.

Fine, he called him a bastard. But why does Wei Yanning cling to him after insulting him?

Ren Fengyao: Don't you hate me? Keep hating me! Please...

Wei Yanning: I hate you... But, Senior Brother, what is that smell on you? It smells so good...

3. The two of them fall for a trick: unless they cultivate together, they'll lose all their spiritual power. After reluctantly cultivating together for a while, they each realize that nothing bad happens if they don't...

Ren Fengyao: I can't tell Wei Yanning about this.

Wei Yanning: I can't tell Ren Fengyao about this.

4. At last, neither of them can keep it secret any longer.

Ren Fengyao strikes first: Do you like me?

Wei Yanning: You're imagining things. No way. Absolutely not!

Ren Fengyao: Oh, is that so? Then never mind...

In the middle of the night, Wei Yanning jolts upright in bed: Wait, what exactly is he dropping?

What was Ren Fengyao going to tell me???!!!

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Coming soon: After Raising the Future Immortal Venerable, I Turned Him into a Demon Lord

[Angst warning + imprisonment warning + faked death backfires]

Yi Zhaomian has played the villain for years, then one day he's told he's been promoted to protagonist.

Yi Zhaomian: Being a villain is great. I can do whatever I want, whenever I want...

System: Playing the protagonist pays the highest salary, up to 208...

Yi Zhaomian: I'm starting work right now!

When he meets the future Immortal Venerable:

System: Anyway, first, use love and warmth to win him over.

Yi Zhaomian: Okay.

System: Why are you taking out a whip?

Yi Zhaomian looks down at the frail boy he's just picked up and laughs. "Spare the rod, spoil the child. That's how parents in our East [beep] show their love!"

"Swing your sword thirty thousand times a day. Miss one, and I'll break your leg."

"Get a cultivation technique wrong, and you'll kneel on the gravel for three hours."

"If people bully you, it's because you're useless. Who are you crying for?"

For ten years, Yi Zhaomian trains Cheng Miqing with the methods he used to train dogs. Physical punishment hones his perfect foundation, humiliation forges his resilient character, and he must earn every half-smile with ten times the effort.

When Cheng Miqing is stabbed in the chest by Yi Zhaomian's sword, he still thinks: I must have done something wrong. That's why Master is treating me this way.

Later, Cheng Miqing locks Yi Zhaomian in a golden cage and forces him to touch the scar on his chest. "Master, these are all proof that you love me."

The System lets out a piercing shriek:

[Warning! The protagonist's corruption level has exceeded the threshold!]

Yi Zhaomian is pleased: He's graduated?

[Warning! This world is about to become unsuitable for all audiences!]

Yi Zhaomian is surprised: Isn't this a family-friendly instance?

[Host, please execute the faked death procedure immediately...]

Yi Zhaomian: Crap (a kind of plant), I want to apply for overtime pay!

Three years later, Cheng Miqing treats Yi Zhaomian as a substitute...

Yi Zhaomian: There's way too much going on. Stop cramming every popular trope into this story!!!!

Theme: Though the road is long and difficult, take one step and you'll get there.