After an Extra Became the Master of Four Protagonists

Ming He had lived for more than seven hundred years, and this was the first time he learned that he was just a side character.

Ming He was bound to a System. The System said that chaos was about to engulf the world, and that the cultivation world had four protagonists. He needed to save these four protagonists after they strayed down the wrong paths, then help them grow strong enough to defeat the final boss.

[Protagonist One: Lan Guanfu]

Though Lan Guanfu was the stand-in for a sister adored by everyone, she herself was universally despised. After her sister, the beloved white moonlight, followed an immortal away, the emperor and the others began treating Lan Guanfu as her replacement.

In the end, Lan Guanfu became a casualty of the struggle for power and died a miserable death in the imperial palace. The emperor and the others welcomed their true white moonlight back into their lives.

[Protagonist Two: A You]

Because of the merfolk blood in his veins, A You was sent off as a cultivation vessel when he was young, given to Zhou Jingyan, the eldest son of the Zhou family, the foremost clan in the cultivation world. Zhou Jingyan used him like a tool, then passed him on to other prominent cultivation families. After enduring humiliation and torment, A You ultimately fell into demonic cultivation, consumed by his obsession with revenge, and was doomed beyond redemption.

[Protagonist Three: Xu Guiyi]

Xu Guiyi wanted to repay Tang Luo, who had saved him when he was young. When Tang Luo was imprisoned by the son of a powerful cultivation family, Xu Guiyi received a plea for help from him, and the two worked from within and without to devise an escape plan.

Unexpectedly, driven by greed and vanity, Tang Luo exposed the plan at a crucial moment. This led to the destruction of Xu Guiyi's family. Xu Guiyi became an evil spirit to take revenge, and perished along with the young master.

[Protagonist Four: Yuan He]

Yuan He possessed a spiritual bone capable of healing all things. Su Yunyun, the woman he loved, treated him as a tool to save her white moonlight. After pretending to get close to Yuan He, Su Yunyun dug out his spiritual bone and successfully saved her beloved.

Yuan He died after losing his spiritual bone. To keep their secret from getting out, the white moonlight killed Su Yunyun. By chance, Su Yunyun was reborn. After changing her appearance and starting over, she took on the redemption-romance and universally-adored heroine roles, successfully winning over her white moonlight and many cultivators. In the end, she and her beloved got together.

Ming He was stunned. Have the younger generation in the cultivation world really become like this?

For certain reasons, Ming He agreed to the System's conditions. He carried out missions while also standing up for his disciples. But as he continued doing the missions, many major figures from hundreds of years ago suddenly became involved, and even the Heavenly Dao appeared.

Ming He glanced at the four still somewhat green disciples behind him and gave an inscrutable smile. "When we get back, extra training."

[Since we're cultivating immortality, of course we're aiming to become immortals.]

[This is not a fast-paced power fantasy. If it's not for you, please feel free to leave instead of forcing yourself to keep reading. Specific content warnings are in the author's note at the end of Chapter One.]

Reader's Guide:

1. The male lead has no romantic pairing, and the story centers on him. He is both mentor and friend to his disciples, and their beloved white moonlight. His thought process can be a little odd at times. He isn't a traditional good guy, and is probably neutral, leaning toward good.

2. The male lead will eventually become the strongest. He will lead his disciples out of unhealthy relationships and onto the path of cultivation, then grow stronger step by step. The disciples won't have romantic pairings either.

3. The eldest disciple really was used as a cultivation vessel. His suffering is real, and the people who hurt him won't die that quickly because their identities are tied to the story's hidden main antagonist. This is not a fast-paced power fantasy. There are satisfying moments, but the story is slow to warm up, so if you're only looking for a fast-paced read, feel free to leave.

4. The central theme is a story about family and friendship healing old wounds.

5. This story uses traditional cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Out-of-Body, Spirit Transformation, Body Integration, Void Refinement, Great Ascension, and Tribulation Transcendence.

6. All the villains will get what they deserve.

7. There will be some BL and BG elements, but they are only part of the background. Please don't read if that bothers you.

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"A Story About Twins in an Infinite-Flow World"

"The male lead, Li Yi, is the top player in the infinite-flow world. He used to be Yise, the most powerful boss in that world. As a monster, he endured endless torment. Then, after an accident, he became human and lost his memories. When he was sent out of the instance, he had nothing and no one."

"The female lead found him and brought him into a player organization, where he gained companions and a family. Later, he became the top player, and the female lead healed his old wounds. They went through countless instances and fell in love. They should have lived happily ever after, but..."

"The Labyrinth, an entity in the infinite-flow world, has a boss named Mei'er. She is Yise's other half, but has committed countless atrocities and killed countless people. This evil female antagonist resents the female lead for taking her other half away, and repeatedly tries to kill her. Just as the male lead is about to kill Mei'er, he regains his memories. Mei'er thinks he will make up with her, but he kills her anyway."

"In the end, the male and female leads kill the master of the Labyrinth. The Labyrinth disappears, and the two get their happy ending."

Mei'er finished reading the last line with an indescribable look on her face.

"Ugh, what a tacky story." Mei'er stared at the synopsis displayed by the System. The more she thought about it, the more goosebumps she got. "You don't actually believe it, do you? Yise falling in love? Just imagining him dating makes me want to throw up. Sure, I sent him out of the Labyrinth and erased his memories, but he only lost his memory. He wasn't possessed by someone else."

"Wait, is he going to enter an instance later and fight me...?"

When Li Yi first arrived in the human world, he had no memories. A woman brought him to an organization, and before long he became the top player.

Later, he entered an S-rank instance. There was a strange NPC inside who kept sneaking glances at him, so he started secretly watching that NPC too.

The more he observed, the stranger things seemed. He realized that this NPC might have some history with him...?

Reader's Guide:

1. This is a no-romance story about siblings. They're simply "the hardest-to-kill twins in the infinite-flow world." Sibling bonds are the best!

2. Li Yi has no connection whatsoever to the "female lead" in the System's synopsis.

3. His younger sister is a defiant wild wolf who lives for "simple insults, maximum enjoyment."

Theme: Let the strong lead the way for the weak.