Only after dying in his previous life did Mu Yu learn that he was merely the cannon-fodder second senior brother in a third-rate harem novel.
The new junior brother took a liking to his cave dwelling. When Mu Yu refused to give it up, his master punished him by making him kneel at the Cliff of Repentance, accusing him of failing to show affection for his junior brother.
By the time he got out, the junior brother had already taken over his cave and was using his resources. The eldest senior brother told him not to be petty.
Later, his spirit beast Tutu, whom he had treated like family, was coldly killed by his third junior brother just because the new junior brother said he was scared.
The fourth junior brother comforted the frightened newcomer, then frowned and muttered "What a nuisance" as he passed Mu Yu.
But Tutu had been given to him by that very fourth junior brother, who had carried the little creature in his own arms.
Later, when the new junior brother's cultivation went awry and he couldn't form a golden core, their master pointed at Mu Yu and coldly said, "Your second senior brother is useless. His golden core is the only thing he has of any value, so we'll use it."
Now that he has been reborn, he won't be the cannon fodder anymore, and he wants nothing more to do with this sect.
After leaving the immortal sect, Mu Yu was somehow lured into a new sect. Everything about it was great, except that it was a little poor, had very few people, and was rather strange and eccentric.
The eldest senior brother was obsessed with sword practice and cooking.
The second senior sister spent all day tinkering with poisons.
The third senior sister wielded a long zither like a greatsword.
And the fourth senior brother was gloomy, as if his head were full of schemes and tricks.
Then there was the junior uncle on the back mountain, who wore a long face and occasionally wanted to die.
Mu Yu: "..."
But after Mu Yu joined the sect and received his disciple token, he stared at the three characters "Guiyuan Sect" on it and froze.
Wasn't this the demonic sect from the later part of the novel?
The eldest senior brother, who was obsessed with sword practice and cooking, had his spinal cord ripped out. The second senior sister, who tinkered with poisons, had her flesh and blood torn away. The third senior sister, who used her zither as a sword, had her heart cut out while she was still alive. The fourth senior brother, full of schemes, had his primordial spirit shattered.
And the junior uncle on the back mountain had started a war between immortals and demons to avenge the sect, only to lose in the end to the protagonist's plot armor.
Mu Yu wondered: So who exactly is the villain?
Watching the eldest senior brother bring out the spirit food he'd made and hand him a chicken drumstick, Mu Yu lowered his eyes to the drumstick in his bowl and thought, Since you say we're villains, then we'll be villains to the bitter end.
This time, he would never let them suffer what they had in his previous life.
He would protect his sect!
Theme: Live well