This is a provisional blurb. The final version may change after the novel begins serialization.
A dorm-room dinner, one sudden transmigration, four bewildered faces
System: "Welcome to the world of cultivation. In X years, the Demon Lord will descend, and the world will end in a sea of flames and purgatory. Do your best to change the future and unlock the happy ending."
The college guys: "...Please let us cling to the Savior's leg!"
Confronted with a perilous world of cultivation and a baffling plot system, the college guys scattered across the land each use their own tricks. To prepare for the legendary Demon Lord's destruction of the world, each one latches onto the leg he likes best.
Leg Number One: A human-demon hybrid, bullied since childhood and destined to turn evil
[Cheng Qianlü × Jiang Huilan]
[Sunny, cheerful guy × falls in love at first sight without realizing it]
Cheng Qianlü joins the world's greatest sect in search of the Savior. One day, while slacking off in a bamboo grove, he hears a sharp, contemptuous voice:
"You freak, human-demon hybrid! You mongrel!"
Cheng Qianlü's eyes light up. "What? A human-demon hybrid? Isn't that the fated protagonist setup from one of those web novels?!"
Cheng Qianlü immediately rushes over, pushes aside his tactless fellow disciples, and rescues a slender, frail boy from the bullying. He enthusiastically pats him on the shoulder.
Cheng Qianlü: "Junior, don't mind those short-lived little pests. From now on, stick with me. I'll protect you!"
Jiang Huilan, [Demon Lord Number One], has just been reborn from the scene of the world's destruction. "...Then I'll be counting on you, Senior Brother."
Leg Number Two: A miserable young man, used as a human cultivation vessel and destined to turn evil
[He Baizheng × Ji Qingjun]
[Utterly straight guy × batting his eyelashes at a blind man]
He Baizheng, who bears the title of son of the world's richest merchant, accidentally wanders into an auction house for human cultivation vessels.
He Baizheng: "Who's that person onstage?"
Bystander: "He's the human cultivation vessel being auctioned today."
He Baizheng, a completely straight guy: "What's a human cultivation vessel?"
Bystander: "...It's someone you... cultivate with, and your cultivation will improve greatly."
He Baizheng: ! If being together can greatly improve one's cultivation, then his powers must be extraordinary. He must be the Savior!
He Baizheng: "I'll take him!"
Ji Qingjun, [Demon Lord Number Two], has just been reborn from the scene of the world's destruction. He looks at him darkly. "...Yes, Master."
Leg Number Three: A heaven-blessed prodigy, exploited by his sect, who has his bones and tendons stripped and his golden core stolen, then turns evil
[Fang Shiyi × Yan Yizhao]
[Unassuming and guileless × sweet on the outside, dark within]
Fang Shiyi bears the title of young lord of the world's greatest sword sect, and faithfully attends to his supremely talented senior brother.
Fang Shiyi: "Don't worry, Senior Brother! I'll find the Demon-Slaying Divine Sword for you and help you make a name for yourself. Just focus on your cultivation!"
Yan Yizhao, [Demon Lord Number Three], has been reborn. He looks at the young lord who stole his golden core in his previous life, and whose head he twisted off, with a sinister smile.
Yan Yizhao: "All right, Junior Brother. Let's make a name for ourselves together."
Leg Number Four: The true Savior, a sword guardian with the air of an immortal
[Zhu Wanli × Lin Yu'an]
[To be unlocked]
After searching high and low, he finds it right under his nose.
Just after Zhu Wanli transmigrates into this world, he falls and is left half-paralyzed. Luckily, an immortal-looking cultivator passes by, takes him in for treatment, and even accepts him as a disciple.
After spending a long time together, Zhu Wanli realizes that his master really is extraordinary.
He has profound cultivation, carries the legendary divine sword that alone can slay demons, and has been reborn!
Zhu Wanli: If he's not the Savior, who is?
At ease, Zhu Wanli stays by his master's side, waiting for his master to defeat the Demon Lord so they can travel around this marvelous world together.
Then one day, he accidentally learns that wielding the Demon-Slaying Divine Sword consumes the wielder's life. After his master draws the sword to save the world, there will be no chance for them to travel together.
Zhu Wanli: "...Who said he was the Savior? He's not. I am!"
From then on, Zhu Wanli burns the midnight oil, working hard at his cultivation until he reaches mastery. He steals his master's Demon-Slaying Sword and decides to fulfill his master's mission himself, facing the demons alone.
Zhu Wanli: "Come on, demons! My sword is itching for a fight!"
But when he crosses mountains and rivers to find the three wicked demons, he spots a familiar figure beside them.
Zhu Wanli: "Little Qian? Little Bai? Little Shi? Why are you holding hands with those three demons?"
Cheng Qianlü / He Baizheng / Fang Shiyi:
???
!!!
Zhu Wanli: "...Never mind, it doesn't matter. You'd better stand back."
Cheng Qianlü / He Baizheng / Fang Shiyi: "Wait!!! Brother Wan!!! Stop!!! Don't hit my partner!!!!!!"
Reader advisory:
1. The college guys are the pursuing partners. One-on-one romances, happy endings, told from the pursuing partners' perspective.
2. Lighthearted and cheerful, with a little redemption.
3. Very little cultivation, mostly romance?
4. The protagonists' personalities and names may change after the novel begins.
5. More to come...
Theme: Ease the suffering of others, then urge them to do good