Chapter 1
So sleepy.
What time is it?
Am I going to be late for class?
Staying up all night to read novels really is a bad idea…
Lin Queli yawned and opened his eyes to find himself lying in an endless void.
Huh?
【Hello, Host!】
A mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
【I am your exclusive System, Da Zhuang. Congratulations on being selected by the consciousness of this small world! You will soon be heading to the world of Lord of Immortals and Demons! My mission is to assist you in completing your task and correcting the deviated plotline!】
Lin Queli’s eyes widened.
Lord of Immortals and Demons?
Isn’t that the novel he stayed up all night reading?!
It was a typical, brainless “Long Aotian” power-up romp, perfect for a college kid whose brain had been fried by final exams.
So he had… transmigrated into the book?
How did he get chosen? He was pretty sure he didn’t share a name with any of the characters!
Lin Queli scratched his head. “So what’s going on now?”
He thought he heard the System mention something about completing a task.
【It’s like this, Host. In this small world, the Long Aotian has yet to be born. Without the protagonist, this world will collapse! This is the most serious bug I have ever encountered in my career!】
Lin Queli tried to recall how the Long Aotian was born in the original novel. He remembered that the Long Aotian’s biological father—Taxue Xianzun, the leader of the righteous Immortal Sects—was actually a notorious womanizer. From courtesans to immortal beauties, he spared no one. The Long Aotian was just one of the products of his many flings.
The man spent his entire life indulging in pleasure, never caring about the Long Aotian, and allowed him and his mother to suffer endless bullying. It made the readers’ blood boil. In the end, Taxue Xianzun naturally became a stepping stone for the Long Aotian’s growth and was annihilated, his bones ground to dust.
【That’s how it was supposed to be! But for some reason, Taxue Xianzun has stopped messing around! He even renounced all love and desire, immersing himself in cultivation and forsaking the mortal world!】
Ah, so the original novel’s scumbag cleaned up his act? Went from a stallion to a celibate?
Now that was strange…
Lin Queli said confidently, “I’ve read at least a few million words of ‘plot correction’ stories, I’m a pro at this! I get it. I’ll go find all his original love interests, play matchmaker, and set them up!”
【Um… you don’t need that many. One is enough.】
There’s a deal that good?
“Which one?”
【You, Host.】
“Why are you calling me?”
【I’m saying—you just need to seduce him and win him over! As long as you reawaken his original wild nature and get him to sleep with you! Then, with the System’s help, you can give birth to the Long Aotian! And don’t worry, the System has painless, instantaneous birth technology, so the Host has nothing to worry about!】
Lin Queli: “?”
Huh?
Lin Queli took a deep breath. “First of all, men can’t give birth.”
【Rest assured, Host. The System has its ways. We could even make Zhang Fei give birth if we had to.】
(Translator’s Note: Zhang Fei is a famously burly and masculine general from the Three Kingdoms period.)
“?”
“I refuse. Send me back! I haven’t finished studying, my final exam is the day after tomorrow!”
【But Host… you can’t go back until you complete the mission and earn points! This is… a one-way ticket?】
Lin Queli: “…”
Lin Queli was incredulous. “So you just irresponsibly dragged me here like this?”
【Host, let me explain! If I hadn’t pulled you over, you would have died!】
Lin Queli: “I was sleeping perfectly fine in my dorm, how could I have died!”
【Well, the ceiling fan in your dorm fell down and landed right on your head.】
“??”
【Don’t be afraid, Host! The System provides 100 initial points, which is enough to exchange for some special aphrodisiacs, dual cultivation manuals, and other items. You can rely on them to achieve your small goals, earn more points, and take steady steps toward completing the main objective!】
【If the Host completes the mission, the points can not only be exchanged for items that will let you return and be resurrected on the spot, but there are also many other generous rewards, such as untold riches!】
Lin Queli was silent for a moment, then asked, “Untold riches… how much, specifically?”
【Enough for you to slack off for the rest of your life and never have to suffer through the life-or-death struggle of final exams again!】
“…”
Ah, this.
Lin Queli shed a shameless tear in his heart. So sleeping with the Xianzun was his ticket to an easy life.
Seeing Lin Queli waver, the System struck while the iron was hot and moved on to the next step.
【Then let’s find an identity for the Host first!】
According to the System, to avoid displacing a living soul, it would help him find someone who had just died so Lin Queli could transmigrate into their body.
【I’ve done a search, and the database shows there are only two identities available right now. A: has a very deep bond with Taxue Xianzun and a very high cultivation level. B: has an average bond with Taxue Xianzun and an average cultivation level.】
“I choose C!”
【?】
“Sorry, reflex.” Lin Queli scratched his head. “A sounds good. Is it a character from the story? Can you be more specific?”
【Apologies, we don’t have the identities of the book’s characters right now. Before loading into the world, I can’t scan for specific information. I can only give you a vague detection based on the depth of the bond with the mission target and a simple high-low cultivation level. Once you’ve chosen an identity and we load into the world, I can scan the Host’s situation and give you a detailed manual then.】
“Fine,” Lin Queli said. “Then what’s there to even ask? Any idiot would choose A.”
A deep bond, high cultivation. His mind immediately conjured images of Taxue Xianzun’s many beautiful confidantes or old friends from the original novel.
If he transmigrated into one of them, plus with the help of a hundred points, wouldn’t his dream of never taking another final exam be achieved in a single day?
【Yay!】
…
When he opened his eyes again, Lin Queli was first hit in the face by biting wind and snow. He shook his head and found himself lying in a snowfield. White snow swirled around him, blanketing everything in silver. Looking down, he saw he was dressed in flowing red robes.
“‘I’ certainly have a unique personality,” he said to the System. “To actually enjoy a luxurious, open-air, snow-view bed. Can you tell me who I am now?”
【Scanning. Please wait a moment, Host. I’m just going to watch an ad, it’ll save me 1 point.】
Before Lin Queli could praise the little System for its thriftiness, a deafening BOOM of thunder erupted. In an instant, the sky and earth changed color, and the surroundings seemed to darken.
A large tree nearby was struck by lightning and came crashing down. Lin Queli scrambled to roll aside, barely dodging the branches, but still ended up covered in snow, looking quite pathetic.
He took a closer look and saw the sky was filled with dark lightning and golden light patterns. For miles in every direction, there were gales and falling thunderbolts. He seemed to be in the middle of… a formation?
…What was going on?
Why did it feel like this formation was targeting him?
Lin Queli dodged a few more lightning bolts in a sorry state, thinking, so this isn’t my bed, huh!?
The next moment, the cold wind shuddered and spiritual energy pulsed. Lin Queli felt a bone-chilling cold.
A tall man, holding a sword, appeared not far away, standing on a teleportation array. In an instant, the dark lightning in the sky intensified.
The newcomer’s white robes were whiter than snow, and even his waist-length hair was white. Like wind rustling through a jade tree, he walked out of the snowy mist and chaotic sky. He didn’t look human, but rather like a true god, untouched by the mortal world’s dust and smoke.
Lin Queli looked up and his eyes met the man’s.
The first thing he noticed was his eyes.
Those were the golden eyes that had been described in lavish detail in the original novel. His gaze was clearly fixed on him, yet it was as if he wasn’t looking at him at all. There was no emotion in those eyes, as if they were sealed off from all worldly passions and desires.
On his brow was a distinctive, narrow red mark, like a third eye or a single red plum blossom on white snow—the only splash of color on him.
His features were sharp, his aura pure and aloof.
As this man, who was like the embodiment of the heavenly dao and frost descended upon the world, stared at him without emotion, Lin Queli felt his entire body freeze under the immense, cold pressure.
He instinctively averted his gaze. A shudder from the depths of his soul made it so that after one glance, he didn’t dare to look directly at him again.
He didn’t even need to ask the System. Lin Queli was 10,000% certain.
—This was Taxue Xianzun, Helan Xue.
No wonder the System was in such a hurry!
All he could say was… it would be a miracle if the Long Aotian could be born at all. Who would dare to have a fling with this man!
This was completely different from the charming, womanizing stud in the original novel. This version had become even stronger by immersing himself in cultivation. According to the System, he was on the cusp of the Great Ascension stage, the cultivator in this world closest to true godhood.
The pressure from a demigod was no small matter. It made people afraid to even approach, making it difficult to even breathe.
He took a deep breath.
Having just transmigrated into a cultivation world, he wasn’t yet skilled in using spiritual energy. Within a few breaths, he was shivering from the cold, shakily getting to his feet from the snow.
Helan Xue had appeared before him in the blink of an eye, but now he seemed to be in no hurry at all, slowly walking towards him.
As Taxue Xianzun drew near, the thunder in all directions suddenly ceased, and the fierce wind and snow subsided. The very world seemed to pause and make way for him.
Lin Queli could finally catch his breath from the formation’s lock-on.
Looks like this “deep bond” identity really was a good one!
He didn’t even have to worry about it himself; the cold, aloof Immortal Venerable had appeared before him on his own initiative!
He watched as Helan Xue came to a stop in front of him.
Lin Queli flashed Helan Xue a brilliant smile. “Xianzun, are you here to save—”
Swish—
The next moment, a sword was pressed against his neck. Helan Xue held the sword with a blank expression, his face as serene as a Buddha’s, but the murderous aura around him was that of an Asura.
Lin Queli: “—me?”
The thunder roared louder, and the wind and snow seemed to grow colder, the biting wind cutting mercilessly across Lin Queli’s face.
He felt the chill of the blade on his neck. The hair on his body stood on end, and his eyes widened in disbelief.
What was going on?!
Helan Xue spoke, his voice cold and flat. “They escaped. Why did they leave you behind alone?”
Huh?
They?
Who?
Lin Queli met Helan Xue’s murderous eyes and asked the System with a trembling voice, “Wait… didn’t you say we had a deep bond? Why does the Xianzun look like he doesn’t know me… no, wait, he looks like he has a grudge against me!!!”
【I-I-I-I-I just finished the ad! Host, I’m checking your identity right now!】
【…Holy shit, the Demon Lord?!】
Lin Queli: “…”
6.
(TN: 6 is internet slang meaning “slick” or “awesome,” often used sarcastically.)
In the original novel, the Demon Clan and the Righteous Path were mortal enemies. The leader of the demons, the Demon Lord, and the leader of the righteous sects, the Immortal Venerable, were arch-nemeses. The original Demon Lord committed all sorts of evil and brought disaster to the world, and was eventually killed by Taxue Xianzun, who even captured him and brought him back to the Immortal Sects to be turned into a “human swine.”
This was a “life-and-death relationship,” after all.
《Deep Bond》.
《High Cultivation》.
How was that not accurate?
Thanks for asking, but pursuing a romance in a womanizer novel and pursuing a romance in an arch-enemy novel are on completely different difficulty levels!!!
A hundred thoughts raced through his mind, but only a second had passed in front of him.
But the man holding the sword wouldn’t even wait a second. Spiritual energy instantly surged from the blade, coating it in a layer of frost. “Forget it. The Demon Clan is irredeemably evil. Death is too good for them, with no exceptions. Whether you speak or not, I will not spare your life.”
There wasn’t a single ripple in Helan Xue’s eyes. To Taxue Xianzun, killing a demon was probably no different from sweeping dust from his home.
He raised his longsword and swung it down at Lin Queli. The sword’s shadow fell across Lin Queli’s face, and he trembled all over.
“Wai—”
Before Lin Queli could even finish the word, he saw the frost and snow churned by spiritual energy, contracting and binding him like a net in the blink of an eye.
The sword energy swept out.
It’s over, it’s over, it’s o—
His vision went white, then black.
【Host’s impending death detected. System has automatically initiated a rewind for you. Based on the plot’s starting time, 200 of your points have been deducted.】
【Rewind complete.】
【Host’s current point balance: -100.】
