I Ran Off with the System While Trying to Win Over the Demon Lord

Also known as: How to Survive in a Sect Full of Hopeless Romantics?

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Character setup: The eldest senior brother who cleans up everyone's messes, the bottom x a sunny, cheerful System, the top

In a nutshell: He tries to save his master from getting topped, only to get topped himself. (Tragic.)

Click to see how the spirit realm's number-one himbo encourages NPCs to go wildly astray.

Blurb:

1.

Feng Chang, eldest senior brother of Lingyun Sect, was born to toil. He went up the mountain at three, hauled water at five, learned to wipe doorknobs at seven, scrubbed beams at eight, formed his core at nine, and nearly got punched into a freak at ten by a genius, because he died instantly.

His junior brother fell to demonic cultivation and became a Demon Lord. His master practiced the Heartless Dao, yet his disciple coveted him. His junior sister was deeply in love with a faithless man. Everyone in the sect was hopelessly in love, but Feng Chang alone held the whole sect together. By day, he swept and mopped floors and scrubbed beams. At night, he cleaned up the messes. Every so often, he even had to pretend to be blind and turn out the lights while his master and junior brother were lost in passion. Over time, he developed a laid-back personality, like a capybara.

Then one day, while escorting his junior sister up the mountain after she had once again tried to kill herself in front of the faithless man's door, he encountered a cat that spoke to him.

The cat said, "You don't recognize me? I'm the System."

Feng Chang: "You're what?"

The cat: "I'm the flower radish."

"?"

From the cat, Feng Chang learned that he had been living inside a BL novel. The plot went like this: his junior brother, who had fallen to demonic cultivation, would painstakingly become the strongest under heaven, slaughter Lingyun Sect, tie up his master, who practiced the Heartless Dao, and have his way with him. In the end, the two would resolve their emotional hang-ups and live in peace, achieving a happy ending.

Feng Chang: "What does 'have his way with him' mean?"

The cat: "Your master gets topped."

Feng Chang: "What about my junior sister?"

The cat: "The faithless man abandons her, and she becomes a cannon-fodder character for the male lead."

Feng Chang: "What about my junior brother?"

The cat: "He tops your master."

Feng Chang: "Then who do I top?"

The System: "They already told you how you end up."

Feng Chang: "I didn't hear anything."

The System: "You get taken out in that massacre."

"..."

The System brought out the original book for Feng Chang to see, earnestly trying to persuade him:

"See? A handsome husband, world-shattering power, and a long, happy life. That's what the protagonist gets! So work hard to conquer the Demon Lord and become the protagonist, you poor cannon fodder!"

To save his sect and his master, Feng Chang decided to trust the stupid cat and seriously study how to conquer his junior brother and keep him away from their master.

His efforts really did pay off. Gradually, his junior brother stopped treating him with hatred and stopped repeatedly trying to kill him...

But why has the future Demon Lord become a family man? Tell me, tell me!

Where did my great, domineering, cool, and outrageously badass Demon Lord go?!

Still, Feng Chang was fairly happy. He could get a happy ending without having to be the bottom, so how could he not be pleased?

But he soon discovered that this was only half true.

His husband was someone else. He still ended up as the bottom.

2.

After accidentally assigning another transmigrator to the wrong world, System No. 808 got a terrible beating from headquarters and had no choice but to go into the book and clean up its mess.

But the master, Shi Jie, was stubborn and aloof; the junior sister, Yan Daoying, was lovestruck and innocent; and as for the top, Wei Chenyuo, well, he was the spirit realm's number-one handsome ghost. None of them was easy to approach directly.

Only the eldest senior brother, Feng Chang, who was fine with either living or dying, seemed like a suitable choice.

After choosing its victim, 808 faced a rather important question:

What identity should it use to arrive in this world?

808 pondered for a long time, then had a sudden realization:

I'm a System. I can change my own stats!

808 looked through dictionaries and the names of protagonists from many worlds, and decided that "Xie Changsui" sounded the most refined.

Xie Changsui had read countless novels and studied their worldbuilding and power systems. He believed the sect master was the strongest of all.

And so, the super-handsome sect master of Hamburger Sect, Xie Changsui, made his dramatic debut!!! He had gathered all the striking good looks and extraordinary bearing of anime male leads: 185 cm tall, a BMI of about 20, with a commanding presence, a dashing charm, and a gentle, elegant manner that made him imposing even when he wasn't angry!

Bonus Scene 1:

Flirting with the Demon Lord comes second. Protecting the sect comes first.

After nearly getting beaten up by the demon clan yet again, Feng Chang sat, filthy and disheveled, by the entrance, wiping down his sword.

Xie Changsui leaned over and took one look before openly mocking him:

"What era is this? You're still using such an outdated weapon?"

Feng Chang was a little annoyed. "Lingyun Sect has always been famous for its swordsmanship. How can you say that?"

"Sir, times have changed. This is what we use now."

Xie Changsui pulled a blue-glowing Gatling gun out of his pocket.

Bonus Scene 2:

Feng Chang was asked by his sect to attend an important gathering, so he asked Xie Changsui to help him pick out an outfit.

Xie Changsui: "I totally understand how you want to dazzle everyone. So here's my answer in the most direct, realistic, no-nonsense way possible: it looks ugly as sin."

Feng Chang: "...What about this outfit?"

Xie Changsui: "I totally understand how you want to dazzle everyone. So here's my answer in the most decisive, forceful, hardcore way possible: it looks ugly as sin."

Feng Chang: "...Hey, are you stuck again?!"

After someone tapped him, the sparkle returned to Xie Changsui's eyes:

"What the hell are you wearing? It's ugly as sin."

A few notes before you start:

1. Main pairing: System guy x eldest senior brother. Secondary pairing: Demon Lord x master.

2. Updates daily at 3,000 words. If I need to limit the word count, I'll let you know with a hiatus notice. The author is bound to the Never-Stop-Updating System, so I'll keep updating properly to avoid getting beaten.

3. Happy ending.

4. There's an advance preview on my profile, The Fox Demon Who Deceived Me in Love. Feel free to check it out if you're interested. This author just loves writing whatever kind of top she wants, so please forgive her.

Theme: Side characters deserve happiness too!