[Older, bold-and-direct martial arts heroine × younger, dark-minded schemer hero]
If you were transported into a vast martial arts game world, and the System told you that you had to eliminate a powerful villain before you could clear the game, what would you do?
Jiang Yaoguang: I know this one.
First, get close to him. Learn about his past, feel for his suffering, accept his personality, remember his ideals, and help him build his tower high. Then... push him off it!
System: Excellent. You have completely grasped the key points. I'm sure you'll clear the game successfully.
A very, very long time later.
Jiang Yaoguang: Mr. System, I've eliminated him. Can I clear the game now?
System: ? But he's still alive?
Jiang Yaoguang: Thanks to my excellent teaching, he no longer poses a threat to this game world. He thinks he's a dog, or maybe a fox.
System: ...What did you do to him?
The villainous boss, Lian Huaijin, is the classic beautiful, powerful, and tragic type.
At seven, his country was destroyed, his family massacred, and he was hunted down. He ran.
At twelve, he was forced to do menial labor in a Northern Frontier military camp. The soldiers took an interest in his handsome face, so he ran.
At thirteen, he was captured at Ghost Gate's Stone Ritual Grounds and used for poison testing, becoming a
