The Protagonist Shouldn’t Read Fanfiction

Jiang Hanya is a prodigy from one of the top clans, a future emperor-level powerhouse on whom his family has placed great hopes. One day, he comes across a book called The Supreme Black Tortoise. It tells the story of how a man named Yin Qichi uses something called a “Plane Trading Device” to rise from an ordinary nobody with mediocre talent to become the Great Emperor of the Black Tortoise. Jiang Hanya appears in the book, too. Near the end, there is only one chance to become an emperor, and both Jiang Hanya and Yin Qichi are determined to claim it. Yet despite his family’s support, Jiang Hanya still loses to Yin Qichi, dying by his sword by the narrowest of margins. As a prodigy, Jiang Hanya is immensely proud. If he had simply lost because he was less skilled, he would have accepted his defeat. But the book goes on. After becoming a Great Emperor, Yin Qichi uses his supreme power to plunge the entire world into misery and devastation. His exact words are: “This is so much fun.” After finishing the book, Jiang Hanya sets off for the place where the story begins, expressionless, sword in hand, intending to nip this menace in the bud. · Just after transmigrating to another world, Yin Qichi obtains a book called The Supreme Black Tortoise: Limited Edition. He himself is the protagonist. The book is dull, describing how he gradually becomes an emperor-level powerhouse, the likes of whom haven’t appeared in tens of thousands of years, and stands at the pinnacle of the world. He licks the blood from his fingertips and keeps reading. […The only pseudo-emperor-level powerhouse capable of contending with him is now kneeling in a cold dungeon. As time passes, his ability to resist grows weaker. His once-sharp phoenix eyes droop helplessly, and he has completely lost the proud, aloof air he once had…] […The young man who once fought Yin Qichi can no longer even walk on his own. He has become nothing more than a plaything in Yin Qichi’s hands…] Yin Qichi: ??? This is weird. Better take another look: [“Get lost! Why are you humiliating me like this?” The young man swayed as he braced himself against the table, his long, narrow phoenix eyes filled with disgust and hatred. Yin Qichi prodded the right side of his jaw with his tongue, where he’d just been slapped, and smiled cheerfully. “Why are you acting coy all of a sudden?” He gripped the young man by the throat and forced him close to his ear, speaking softly. “I bought you a dress. I happened to see it, and thought it would suit you.”] This actually seems… kind of interesting? · “Yin Qichi! You villain!” Jiang Hanya pointed his sword at him. “You actually dared to do that in the end! You’re worse than an animal!” He said coldly, “I won’t use my cultivation to overpower you. We’ll have a fair duel. If you survive, it means this is fate. If you lose, you die!” Yin Qichi studied him. Phoenix eyes, red lips, a murderous expression. Oh, wow, he was even prettier in person than in the book. “Well, well. You found out?” “Who said I’d duel you?” Yin Qichi said with a smile. “See you later, wife. Wait for your husband to buy you a dress.” Jiang Hanya had been prepared to fight to the death: “…?” Has he gone mad? A little plug for my upcoming novel, Transmigrating into a Book and Meeting an Old-School Dragon-Arrogant Hero. If you’re interested, please add it to your favorites! Blurb: The first time Ye Xichan met Chu Tian, the protagonist of The God King of Another World, he didn’t yet know he’d transmigrated into a book. Chu Tian: “Don’t look down on a young man just because he’s poor!” Ye Xichan, instinctively picking up the line: “Don’t look down on a middle-aged man just because he’s poor! Don’t look down on an old man just because he’s poor! Respect the dead!” Chu Tian: “…You!” Ye Xichan transmigrated halfway through the story. His memories told him that the girl who had just broken off her engagement with Mr. “Don’t Look Down on Me” was his younger sister, and that the two of them had sneaked out of their sect specifically to break off the engagement. …This plot feels awfully familiar. Maybe I should try to fix things. Then he accidentally heard Chu Tian muttering sadly to himself, “Other transmigrators all build a career and make a name for themselves. But me, ha…” Ye Xichan: “…!” He rushed over and asked, under Chu Tian’s wary, guarded gaze, “A fellow countryman?” Chu Tian: “?” After a hectic flurry of events, the two transmigrators successfully met. The only downside was that although they were both university students, one was from 2005 and the other from 2025. The generation gap made conversation a little difficult. Ye Xichan recalled the plot: First you’ll have this fortuitous encounter, then that amazing martial art, then that other treasure. You’ll keep winning and winning until you become the ultimate dragon-arrogant hero, Pro Max edition. Woohoo! Chu Tian: …? Chu Tian kept leveling up and enduring hardship, while Ye Xichan was a lazy fish who considered passing good enough. Chu Tian couldn’t stand his companion’s laziness. “Get up and practice!” “I don’t want to practice. Why don’t I just be your underling and live off you?” Chu Tian: … “Come on, feed me, for old times’ sake. Please?” Chu Tian: …You, how can you do this… His face turned red. Ye Xichan discovered Chu Tian’s weakness! Whenever Chu Tian disapproved of something he did, Ye Xichan would exploit that weakness: “Please?” “Won’t you?” “You’re the best, big brother.” And then Chu Tian would back down. Finally, one day, the trick stopped working. Ye Xichan choked up and tried to climb out of bed. “Big brother, please…” But Chu Tian grabbed him by the ankle and slowly pulled him back. “Not this time.” Theme: Actively pursue a brighter future.