Everyone knows that pushing a gravely wounded, dying Dragon-Aotian protagonist off a cliff is basically the same as sending him to graduate school.
The protagonist is bound to survive against all odds, be rescued by an expert at the bottom of the cliff, and inherit an unparalleled cultivation technique.
Xie Xiao transmigrated into a male-oriented web novel. The System assigned him the role of a mysterious expert at the bottom of the cliff, a tool character meant to teach the Dragon-Aotian male lead an unparalleled cultivation technique.
The task was easy, so after explaining it, the System went off to find another Host and left Xie Xiao to his own devices.
Xie Xiao settled down at the bottom of the cliff. Every few days, he found someone who had fallen from above, but none of them was the protagonist.
Until one day, he found a pale, beautiful young man dressed in the robes of the male lead's sect.
Xie Xiao was delighted. This is the one!
At first, the young man was cold and wary. But Xie Xiao cared for him devotedly, taught him cultivation techniques, and helped him work through his troubles. Gradually, the young man let down his guard and began calling Xie Xiao "Big Brother."
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Years later, the System remembered Xie Xiao and came back to check on him. It found him having the time of his life raising his little brother.
Only, why did the younger brother look a little... off?
The System took a closer look, then sounded the alarm: What the hell, Host? Who is this kid you've been raising?
Xie Xiao, bewildered: The male lead?
The System: ...Yan Fuyi was born with unusual bones. He's ruthless and sinister, and the biggest villain in the original novel. He's the protagonist's junior fellow disciple, the one who nearly stabbed the protagonist to death.
Xie Xiao: .
Why didn't you tell me sooner?! Can I still abandon him now?
So Xie Xiao slipped away under cover of night and fled into the Demon Realm.
Yan Fuyi clutched his jade token and stood in the cold wind at the bottom of the cliff all night before finally turning to leave.
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After that, with the opportunities and techniques Xie Xiao had given him, Yan Fuyi defeated the actual male lead and became the senior disciple of the foremost immortal sect.
But though he seemed as bright and noble as the moon, he was known throughout the Demon Realm to be a hypocrite and a ruthless schemer.
One day, Yan Fuyi led a team to suppress the demons. There he discovered that the master of the Demon Palace looked remarkably like the old friend he had thought of for years, the one who had disappeared without a word.
With the bloodstained tip of his sword, Yan Fuyi lifted Xie Xiao's veil and asked darkly, "Palace Master, have you ever been to Heartless Cliff?"
"No, I've never been there. Not in this life, not in my past life." Xie Xiao's voice trembled.
"Is that so?" In the next moment, Yan Fuyi slapped his sword down on the table, reached out to undo his own clothes, and revealed a gentle, harmless smile.
"I hear... demon cultivators are skilled at dual cultivation and absorbing others' essence."
"If you don't want to die, show me what you can do."
Switching roles in bed. A gentle, sunny, neighborly college student x a stubborn, ruthless, beautiful young villain of noble birth.
One-on-one romance, both leads have had no other partners, happy ending.
Blurb archived on December 25, 2025.
Theme: Love others and love yourself.
