After the Universally Hated One Became the Demon King’s Sacrifice

[The found-family novel next door is now available: The Only Omega Toddler in the Post-ABO Era. Synopsis below~ Please add it to your reading list~]

Fifteen hundred years ago, the Seraph Shaluofei'er pulled off something incredible: he smacked the newly crowned Demon King into the ground with one wing and sealed him away.

After achieving victory through sheer force, Shaluofei'er lost all his power, died peacefully, and was reborn in the human world as an unlucky bit player in the entertainment industry.

He does his best to act, and people smear his name. Other people cause trouble, and he takes the blame.

His agent of ten years secretly betrays him, swears allegiance to a new patron, and teams up with his rival to beat him into the ground.

He sits on a rooftop eating ice cream, while a crowd below shouts, "Three, two, one, jump!"

Qiu Yunan (Shaluofei'er on the inside): You think I'll jump just because you say so? Are you my dad or something? I'm not jumping. I'll die before I let you have the satisfaction.

While Qiu Yunan is still up on the roof, enjoying the breeze, all the giant screens across the CBD suddenly switch from entertainment news smearing his name to an emergency disaster broadcast.

The footage shows a huge shadow beneath the waters off the west coast. A moment later, enormous waves surge, and something breaks through the water.

A monster.

All the screens abruptly go offline. Disaster strikes, and the apocalypse arrives ahead of schedule.

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The angels in Heaven receive good news!

The missing Shaluofei'er, the greatest, most pure, most revered angel of all, has finally been found after 1,500 years. He's in the human world!

The demons in the Demon Realm receive good news, too!

Those stinking angels are planning to tear open a passage between the Three Realms. This is our chance to make an outrageous demand of the human world: a beautiful offering to break the Demon King's seal!

Hooray!

A few days later, Heaven and the Demon Realm each get their holy child and their sacrifice.

The angels charge forward, shouting about justice, virtue, and Lord Shaluofei'er, but... why does this "Lord Shaluofei'er" smell so bad?

The demons tie up the sacrifice, ready for a blood offering, but then they realize... why is this sacrifice overflowing with enough holy light to blind them all??? Could he really be an angel? And the most detestable kind, at that!!

Qiu Yunan, who somehow became the Demon Realm's sacrifice: ?

Qiu Yunan's rival, who went to great lengths to become Heaven's holy child: ...P-please, hear me out...

Later, two mirror lakes appear in the human world.

One reflects Heaven: the angels see their beloved idol, the one they all adore, behaving disgracefully.

The other reflects the Demon Realm: ...they see Qiu Yunan eating and drinking to his heart's content, pampered by everyone in the Demon Realm from top to bottom like a baby in the womb. Even the Demon King willingly bows before him.

How is this even remotely reasonable???

And where are the angels? The demons? Won't somebody come save us???? TAT

[Bonus scene]:

They say the Demon King was sealed 1,500 years ago by a despicable angel, and still hasn't woken up.

Qiu Yunan joins the demons in their righteous indignation: "That angel was absolutely deranged!"

When the smoke clears and the seal is undone, a black tail covered in hard scales coils around Qiu Yunan's waist.

The slit pupils of a black demon dragon stare fixedly at him, its gaze unreadable.

Qiu Yunan: "Y-You are...?"

"I am... the last evil dragon in the Demon Realm, and the Demon King officially crowned by the will of the Demon Realm 1,500 years ago, Ka'ao'si."

Also the poor soul you kept sealed away for 1,500 years.

Qiu Yunan looks at Ka'ao'si: Not bad. He survived being sealed for so long and is still full of energy. He's healthy as a horse, practically a dragon made of iron!

Ka'ao'si looks at Qiu Yunan: ...He's forgotten me ▼_▼. I need to think of a way to make him remember. (Wags tail)

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One-on-one. A sharp-tongued, magnetic angel bottom with a maximum dose of lively charm x a Demon King top who spent 1,500 years waiting for his beloved wife

[Please note]

* A brainless feel-good story. Please don't overthink it QVQ

* An unconventional cyberpunk fantasy, with my own take on magic. Set in a fictional future where capital and entertainment rule everything, and everyone lives for entertainment

* Everyone in the human world gets a brutal comeuppance. The bottom is doted on by everyone in both Heaven and the Demon Realm

* Face-slapping, gathering followers, and finding a partner along the way. The couple is sugary sweet~

Now available: The Only Omega Toddler in the Post-ABO Era

Lin Xi was born with a defective gland and is a low-ranking Omega.

Three-year-old Xixi sucks on a finger and thinks innocently: When Xixi grows up, maybe Xixi will differentiate into a Beta or an Alpha, and then someone will like Xixi.

After going to sleep, Xixi wakes up transmigrated into a book, and even starts out as a fetus.

Xixi blinks. Above the crib is a handsome face with furrowed brows.

"Is this child the S+ ability seed the Ability Management Bureau mentioned?"

Xixi: Huh? OVO

The good news! Lin Xi transmigrated into a wealthy family and became the youngest baby~

The bad news! Everyone in this family except him is a little weird.

Letter from the Ability Management Bureau 1: "Greetings. We hope this letter finds you well. Your second son used his wind ability to sweep through the school library today. The Bureau has received a complaint from the school. Please see the attached list of damaged items. Kindly transfer payment to the following account by [X] month [X] day: ○○○□□24."

Letter from the Ability Management Bureau 2: "Greetings. We hope this letter finds you well. Your third son cheated on his exam using mind reading and ultimately achieved the excellent score of 25 points. The Bureau has received a complaint from the school. Please come to the Bureau to mediate with the school."

The top-tier star elder brother can vanish into thin air when chased by paparazzi.

With a wave of his hand, Dad No. 1 can summon thunder, lightning, and a torrential downpour. Dad No. 1 says, "I was just watering the flowers."

Dad No. 2 runs into the supernatural on a daily basis and visits the police station five times a week, helping the cops crack many cold cases.

They're all incredibly capable, but they can't stand one another, and the family is at odds.

There's only one thing they can all agree on.

Everyone: "Get away! Xixi is my one and only precious baby!"

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A hundred years ago, humanity went through a crisis that nearly brought about the end of the world, and entered the post-ABO era.

The fragile Omegas went completely extinct. Some S-rank Alphas developed abilities, and they now hold a firm grip on wealth, status, and social resources.

The Ability Management Bureau keeps the Lin family, a top-tier ability-user household, under strict surveillance.

Especially their newborn baby.

According to genetic analysis, this child named Lin Xi is at least an S+-rank super-ability user, classified as dangerous!

Then, when Xixi is two, an adorable baby photo of him goes viral across the internet.

People around the world: "Now! Right now! I need the name, hometown, and contact details of my future daughter-in-law!"

At three, Xixi toddles into kindergarten, moving his arms and legs on the same side at once, and nearly falls over.

All the children: "? What's this? My classmate smells like a strawberry cupcake?"

The days go by, but Lin Xi never displays any world-destroying ability.

The Ability Management Bureau's boss puts on a stern face: "We mustn't let our guard down. His ability may simply not have matured yet. Continue the surveillance."

Two minutes later

The Bureau's boss points at the screen: "Look, he knows how to eat. How impressive."

Everyone: ?

Later, a special genetic test report shocks the entire world.

The youngest child of the fearsome S-rank Lin family, a family of ability users, is actually an Omega???

That soft, sweet, adorable O who makes Alphas fall for him and inspires Betas' admiration, and who went extinct a hundred years ago? O!me!ga?!

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The head of the Ability Management Bureau glances at his own little menace of a son.

Good. Today, the dangerous-ability alarm has gone off because of him again.

As the alarm sounds, his beloved son disappears without a trace.

Much later, that son finally sends him a postcard like a traveling frog:

[Hello, Dad. I've decided to marry Xixi. That's that. Get your things together and prepare the betrothal gifts. Your most filial son, Qiu Luo.]

Theme: No matter when or where, truth, goodness, and beauty always come first