I Never Meant to Use the Protagonist as a Cultivation Cauldron

Mu Chenzhou transmigrates into a xianxia novel about revenge against scum. The protagonist, Xie Qingchi, was orphaned as a child and barely managed to survive. The sect he joins and his master both have ulterior motives, and because of his innate furnace physique, cultivators from the demon and monster realms, as well as the crooked sects of the cultivation world, all want to capture him and use him as a cultivation furnace. Xie Qingchi endures humiliation after humiliation but never gives in, even at the risk of death. In the end, he dismembers everyone who ever wronged him, and gets a happy ending with the male lead.

Mu Chenzhou is a cannon fodder character on the protagonist's path to revenge. His role is to abduct the protagonist, humiliate him, force him to dual cultivate, and then get killed by the protagonist in Chapter One.

In the original novel, Mu Chenzhou is lecherous and depraved, a Palace Master of Changle Palace who has committed every evil imaginable. Across the three realms, he is more feared than the demon clan. His favorite pastime is kidnapping talented and handsome disciples from the cultivation world to drain their yin and replenish his yang. Anyone he sets his sights on meets a grisly end.

Mu Chenzhou laments the original character's behavior as he looks toward the beautiful protagonist, abducted by the original character and now dressed in wedding robes, tossed onto a bed in the luxurious, festive palace, ready to be forced into the bridal chamber.

The protagonist is not only beautiful and strong but tragic, and he never lets a grudge go unanswered. He shows no mercy. In the story, the original character will be stabbed to death by the protagonist tonight.

Though extremely reluctant, Mu Chenzhou imitates the original character, walking over to lift the beauty's chin and giving him a leering smile. "Take it off yourself."

The protagonist, who should have been resisting in humiliation, tears welling in his eyes, lets them fall. Then... he raises trembling hands and obediently takes off every piece of clothing, one by one, until he is down to his underpants.

Mu Chenzhou's smile freezes. What?

Wasn't he supposed to resist to the death?

Will forcing the protagonist to undress make his crime even worse? Can he still get himself killed quickly tonight?

Later, the protagonist doesn't kill him, and Mu Chenzhou deliberately gives him a chance to escape. Unexpectedly, before long, they meet again, and the protagonist has once more been captured, this time by people from the demon realm.

Mu Chenzhou, who still hasn't managed to die, happens to pass by. The protagonist looks at him again with tearful eyes and begs for help. "Brother, save me."

Mu Chenzhou: ???

Does he look like a good person?

Some time later, Mu Chenzhou, a supporting villain who should have died long ago according to the plot, is still alive. And somehow, he has ended up with the protagonist.

The protagonist gets his revenge. Everyone who destroyed the Xie family dies horribly, and the sects that tried to profit from him get what they deserve. No one in the three realms of immortals, demons, and monsters dares covet the protagonist anymore.

The genius of the immortal sect, the male lead who was supposed to end up with the protagonist, comes looking for Mu Chenzhou at his palace. But the protagonist draws his sword and coldly drives him out, then turns around, embraces Mu Chenzhou, and pouts with reddened eyes. "If I haven't treated you well enough, I can change. Brother, please be kind to me."

Mu Chenzhou: ???

Can someone tell him how the plot got so messed up?

And why is he the one getting pinned down?

Watching the beautiful, strong, tragic protagonist grow more and more unhinged, Mu Chenzhou can't take it anymore. He summons the System in the middle of the night and demands an explanation.

Damn it, he really did his best to follow the plot and play the villain! He's done with this. He wants to die! He wants to clock out!

The System quickly offers a solution to soothe the furious Mu Chenzhou: [Dear user, we have secured you one chance to die. You may now go ahead and die.]

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From childhood, Xie Qingchi has had an ability no one else possesses: he can hear people's thoughts.

The family that mistreated him has been wiped out. Xie Qingchi feels nothing. He plays along with his master and sect, who intend to use him. He watches coldly as filth and wrongdoing spread through the three realms, and kills anyone who dares lay their dirty hands on him.

Xie Qingchi knows only how to kill, protect himself, and grow stronger. Yet his heart is always empty, and he wanders through the world like a ghost, with no idea why he is alive.

Then one day, their lips meet, their bodies pressed together with no space between them, and Xie Qingchi thinks he understands.

But Mu Chenzhou doesn't love him. He would rather die than stay with him.

From then on, Xie Qingchi is alone again, with no idea what to live for. He searches every corner of the heavens and earth, from the highest reaches of the sky to the depths of the underworld, but cannot find even a trace of Mu Chenzhou's soul.

A god of slaughter, whom no one dares provoke, emerges in the three realms.

Mu Chenzhou, who not only failed to die but was sent back to Xie Qingchi by the treacherous System: …

Villain protagonist x yandere, scheming male lead

Both are virgins. Protagonist's POV, Mu Chenzhou is the one being pursued.

Theme: Cherish what you have