Tang Xiaoyu was not someone who could stay idle. After enjoying a leisurely life for two days, he could not sit still.
"I might be able to accept the current state of affairs for a year or two, but could I accept it for fifty years? Definitely not. So what should I do?"
Tang Xiaoyu rubbed his face and scratched his head, unable to think of anything he could do.
"Tang Xiaoyu, the master has asked me to notify you that the annual Fengxi Sect competition is in a month. The first place winner will have the opportunity to serve as an Outer Elder." Liu YuXin said.
"Why does the first place get to serve as an elder?" Tang Xiaoyu curiously asked.
"The master said it's to cultivate the ability to handle issues," Liu YuXin replied.
Tang Xiaoyu understood that this was to groom future talent so that when this disciple grew up, he could be placed in a position and used immediately without encountering a clueless novice situation.
Tang Xiaoyu's mind raced swiftly as he considered the feasibility of this: [If I serve well as Outer Elder, I may have a chance at becoming Inner Elder. And if I excel as Inner Elder, can't I compete for the Sect Leader position? Won't I be able to obtain even more intel if I become Sect Leader?]
[This is quite feasible! The primary goal now is to get first place.]
Having made up his mind, Tang Xiaoyu inquired:
"How can we possibly compete with senior disciples?"
Liu YuXin explained, "Don't worry about that. New and senior disciples compete separately."
"Are there any particularly freakish people among the new disciples?"
Hearing this, Liu YuXin became interested: "There are four freakishly strong people who entered the sect with us. They already have mid Foundation Establishment cultivation."
"Just think about it. To reach early Foundation Establishment in less than a year, isn't that terrifying? Freakishly strong?"
Tang Xiaoyu was shocked. "That powerful? They must be hacking!"
But Tang Xiaoyu had forgotten that he himself had reached Foundation Establishment in just over two months.
"Tang Xiaoyu, you still shouldn't participate! After all, getting beaten up doesn't feel good," Liu YuXin advised.
"Are you participating?"
Liu YuXin confidently said, "Of course I'm participating! In this one month I can advance to the late Qi Condensation stage. With my cultivation foundation, I can absolutely get a good ranking."
"Then I'll participate too," Tang Xiaoyu said.
"You really shouldn't participate. I'm afraid you'll get beaten up so badly even your mother won't recognize you."
"It's fine. Participating is what matters! And with your help, I've also improved a lot."
Seeing that he could not dissuade Tang Xiaoyu, Liu YuXin could only give up.
"Fine! If you get injured, I'll take care of you."
"Great."
This past month, Tang Xiaoyu pretended to cultivate very hard, naturally revealing a late Qi Condensation stage boundary. This shocked Liu YuXin endlessly, who kept praising him as a genius.
"Tang Xiaoyu, if you had worked this hard from the start, who knows, you might already be at Foundation Establishment," he said with a discouraged tone. "Compared to others, the difference in talent is just so huge."
"Difference? Why compare with others? You just need to persistently work hard and leave the rest to fate," Tang Xiaoyu calmly said.
Liu YuXin smiled. "You're right. Why compare with others? As long as I've tried my best, even if I fail, I'll have no regrets."
Right now Tang Xiaoyu didn't want to waste time chatting useless things. He asked directly, "Is the sect competition tomorrow?"
"Yes, I came to notify you," Liu YuXin replied.
"Got it. Go back and get ready too!"
Liu YuXin smiled. "Work hard!"
"You too."
The next morning, Tang Xiaoyu opened his eyes right on time. "Today is the first step of the plan. Hope I don't run into someone with freakish luck."
After getting ready, he bumped into the nervous Liu YuXin as soon as he stepped out.
"What are you loitering around for?"
"I'm a little nervous and afraid of losing in the first match."
Tang Xiaoyu chuckled. "Then in aura you've already lost."
"Ah! What should I do then?"
"Straighten your back, look ahead, and take on whoever doesn't submit." Tang Xiaoyu randomly advised.
Liu YuXin straightened his back and looked ahead.
"Contemptuous gaze, disdainful mouth corners make people feel you're not to be trifled with."
"But I don't know how to do that!"
"Learn from me."
Tang Xiaoyu made an extremely irritating expression.
Liu YuXin softly said, "Why do I suddenly want to hit you?"
"That's the feeling I want. This way your aura will overwhelm your opponent." Tang Xiaoyu continued spouting nonsense.
Under Tang Xiaoyu's careful guidance, Liu YuXin basically mastered the essence of being irritating.
When Liu Xuneng and the girls came out, they saw two extremely arrogant people looking at them.
Tang Xiaoyu unhappily said, "You're really damaging Falling Leaf Peak's image. Do you know that?"
"Still better than you two!" Liu Xuneng retorted.
"This is called not losing face even when losing the fight. If you can't win, at least be able to out-curse them."
"We're too lazy to learn your antics." Liu Xuneng didn't want to bother with these two anymore.
Afterwards, Tang Xiaoyu and Liu YuXin walked ahead while Liu Xuneng's group followed far behind.
Tang Xiaoyu carried his sword over his shoulder, swaying left and right with each step. Liu YuXin copied him, but wasn't as ostentatious.
If you wanted others to remember you, then you had to stand out from the rest.
Arriving at the martial arena, Tang Xiaoyu shoved aside a person blocking the way. "Get lost! You even dare block the path of Falling Leaf Peak. Are you tired of living?"
The shoved disciple turned back, wanting to curse, but seeing Tang Xiaoyu and Liu YuXin's aggressive manner, he promptly shut his mouth. After all, he was a new disciple!
As Liu YuXin left, he even glared threateningly at that disciple and drew out his sword only to sheathe it again, making his threat crystal clear.
Following far behind, Liu Xuneng wished she could burrow into the ground. These two were even more outrageous than herself, yet she was the one who chose them so she could only acknowledge them even if she had to kneel.
Liu YuXin whispered, "Tang Xiaoyu, your method really works. I'm not nervous at all now and even a little excited."
Tang Xiaoyu deceived, "From now on just listen to me and I guarantee no losses for you."
"Sure."
Not far away, a youth arrogantly walked forward with several lackeys. People passing by all made way.
Soon, the two waves of arrogance collided.
Seeing the youth, Tang Xiaoyu was delighted. Wasn't this the brat who had wrongly directed him before?
Before the youth could explode, Tang Xiaoyu went over and put his arm around his neck.
"Didn't I tell you last time, if you dared trick me, I'd beat you every time I saw you. Don't you remember?"
The youth wasn't actually afraid at all because he now had early Foundation Establishment strength. Taking care of someone at Qi Condensation would be easy as catching a chick.
But no matter how hard he struggled, he was unable to break free of Tang Xiaoyu's arm which pressed down on him like a mountain.
The youth started panicking. Just as he wanted to beg for mercy, Tang Xiaoyu said, "Liu YuXin, this brat dared trick us last time. Teach him a lesson."
"Gladly. Hold him tight and watch me."
Saying so, Liu YuXin thrust her sword hilt towards the youth's stomach. Luckily there was a sword sheath, otherwise the youth would have been done for. Even with the sheath, the youth was poked until his eyes rolled back.
When Tang Xiaoyu felt it was about enough, he released his hand. The youth flopped to the ground like a shrimp, continuously spitting stuff from his mouth.
Liu YuXin still felt unsatisfied, "Dare to trick us? I'll beat you every time I see you," and even kicked him once.

] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"

rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”

agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)