[Douluo Dalu] Just a Bystander, Yet the Forum Made Me Tragic and Beautiful

[Chapter One takes place in a past life, the teacher appears in Chapter Three, and the forum appears in Chapter Four]

🤳 A warm-on-the-outside, cold-on-the-inside protagonist, a moonlight figure put through the wringer. Some redemption, a hint of being adored by many, and a forum that runs on black-and-red hype, with twists (the whole Douluo Dalu falls for him!!!)

[Content warnings at the end of the blurb!! Read them!!! If any of them bother you, don't force yourself to read, just leave. Don't blame me if you get blindsided. There are countless great stories on Jinjiang, so switch to another if you need to.]

[The author is sensitive and does not accept writing advice. Character art can be found on Weibo: Limomomo_]

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Eight-year-old Shan Zhi transmigrated into her favorite novel from her previous life, and her only source of entertainment, Douluo Dalu. She became a disposable character who barely appeared in the original text and was the first to die in an accident, commonly known as cannon fodder.

Hua Jun: Damn!! System, you tricked me!!!

With no other choice, to get more chances to get close to her idol, Shan Zhi had to level up and fight monsters all the way, collecting popularity points. She went from a sickly young girl to a sickly young boy...

Wait, fine, she got the gender wrong, but why were those few friends starting to look at her differently too...

[Soul Beast]

A Soul Beast roared in front of them, with life and death hanging in the balance. Her childhood friend Tang San, who was level 10, yanked him behind himself. His resolute figure showed his steady nature as he lowered his head and instructed, “I'll handle it. Just run, and don't look back.”

Shan Zhi, just one level away from becoming a Soul Master: ...

[In the Woods]

The snow from a few days ago hadn't melted yet, and the northerly wind that came with nightfall froze the remaining snow on the ground. Oscar's silver hair gleamed white in the moonlight. He leaned close and affectionately wrapped an arm around Shan Zhi's shoulders, his smile intoxicating. “Xiao Zhi, I've heard you can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. How about we have a few with these sausages?”

Shan Zhi, who gets drunk after one cup: ...

[A Misunderstanding]

The warmth in his arms slowly faded. His longtime spirit pet had accidentally fallen into a medicinal broth and transformed into a charming young man. Water trickled from his waist-length white hair, and his round cheeks still had a hint of baby fat. He cried out in despair, “You saw my body. You have to take responsibility for me!”

Shan Zhi, splashed in the face: ...

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A slender branch sways like a dancing waist in the breeze, while under the moonlight, all is quiet save for the pounding of medicine.

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The Sound Douluo appeared on the continent out of nowhere.

His delicate face was completely concealed by a white jade mask. Silver hair hung behind his ears, making his skin look all the more like jade. He held a pipa in his pale hands, surrounded by top-tier Soul Beasts.

His voice drove people mad.

His music redeemed tormented souls.

The Sound Douluo also had a mortal enemy, whom people called the Blood Douluo.

He wore a dark mask, and his slightly curled black hair had a weary air about it. The Moon-Eater Blade in his hand glinted with a piercing chill in the moonlight, and the dark red pattern on its hilt looked like fresh blood.

No one knew his name.

No one had seen his true face.

They say there was a disfigured face beneath the mask.

Die-hard Sound Douluo fan: I don't care, the Sound Douluo is the absolute best!! (shouting)

Crazy Blood Douluo fan: Your master isn't fit to compete with our Blood Douluo, ha! (scoffs)

Shan Zhi: I mean, is it possible that they're both me? '▽'

Tang San had a short-lived, sickly childhood friend, gloomy by nature but wildly flirtatious with people he knew. When the team faced a crisis, he stepped forward to hold off the enemy and died in the process, becoming a moonlight figure preserved in everyone's memories. Until one day, he was sitting in a tavern when a person in black sat down beside him. The stranger wore a dark mask, and both his bearing and tone were so like his own...

“Bloody Mary, please. Make it snappy~” he said.

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Content warnings:

1. The story won't follow the original plotline exactly. It has original characters and plotlines, along with many hints and setups. This is my own take on a second Douluo story.

2. The protagonist will interact with the main cast, then strike out on his own and build a career later on.

3. No CP, with a hint of being adored by many and a little redemption.

4. No breaking up canon couples or pairing characters at random, but the forum will ship Hua x (), and related scenes will appear.

5. The protagonist transmigrates into a male body. You can think of Hua as male or female; gender doesn't matter to the protagonist. His personality isn't perfect, but trust me, he'll grow. The writing is a slow burn, and the plot moves extremely, extremely slowly.

6. There are sad scenes, both fake-outs and real ones. A beautiful, strong, tragic character who makes everyone suffer, especially himself.

7. The System isn't a golden finger, it only assigns tasks.

8. Forums and a teacher, with secret identities appearing later. (Aiming to be the first Douluo fanfic with forums) (All the elements are here.)

9. I'll do my best to keep the characters true to form. The classics belong to the original author; any out-of-character writing is mine.

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Hua is Shan Zhi's nickname, while Tang Yi is the name Tang Hao gave him to protect Xiao Zhi.

Chapter One takes place in a past life.

The blurb was screenshotted on 2020.4.28, revised once on 2024.7.8, revised a second time on 2024.7.16, and revised a third time on 2026.5.15. The original title was Taking the System Along to Flirt with Douluo.

The author reserves the right to interpret this work.

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