The Shared Starting-Point Novel's Villain

Shen Ze was born into poverty. Thanks to a stroke of fortune, he was accepted into the inner sect of Lingyun Sect and stepped straight into the clouds.

Among his fellow disciples, all scions of noble families, Shen Ze felt like a gloomy little mouse that had wandered by mistake into an immortal sect.

He envied and hated everyone. He hated how they gobbled up precious treasures like candy, how they could raise their cultivation just by sleeping, how they effortlessly outclassed him even when he cultivated until he vomited blood, and the hypocritical pity in their voices when they patted his shoulder and said, "Junior Brother Shen, you're remarkably diligent."

He hid his hatred well.

His face was always as warm as spring, and they all thought he was noble, gentle, and refined.

1. All the tops are chaste, and feel deeply guilty, yet still lust after the bottom's body.

On the eve of the sect competition, Shen Ze finally made his move. He planned to drug his junior fellow disciple and make his spiritual energy go haywire, humiliating him in front of everyone.

But he never expected his junior to lose control and apologize through his tears, saying he had failed to suppress his inner demon and defiled his senior brother. With tears streaming down his face, he turned Shen Ze over and over and thoroughly had his way with him.

"Senior Brother... I'll take responsibility..."

Take responsibility? Who asked you to do that!

With a heart full of hatred and a belly full of essence, he got to his feet, clutching his aching waist. He had already thought up another way to kill him, but the other man got lucky and escaped once again.

Later, Shen Ze accidentally learned that his senior brother carried demonic blood. After exposing him, he was hunted down.

Instead, his senior brother fell into demonic cultivation on the spot and locked him in his cave abode for seven whole days. By the time his furious close friend broke through the formation and rescued him, Shen Ze was covered in bruises and couldn't even stand.

Shen Ze refused to give up. He set his sights on his master, who intended to pass the sect leader's position to his junior fellow disciple...

And later still...

Covered in kiss marks and trembling, Shen Ze took his seat on the sect leader's throne and ascended to immortality.

Core theme: Never give up in the face of hardship; confront adversity head-on.