In an instant.
A sensation of falling overwhelmed her.
Chi Qingchi abruptly opened her eyes in her bedroom.
"Hah... hah..."
She struggled to steady her breathing, only now realizing it had all been a dream.
The vivid tension from the dream—and that... tactile sensation?
Qingchi quickly bundled herself tighter in her blanket!
Lin Yu had been so wicked in her dream!
Probably because...
She'd been sneaking too many glances at those questionable anime series in her hard drive lately.
Guess she'd have to search for the "twins" keyword tomorrow and delete some appropriately.
Chi Qingchi lay still for a minute.
Listening for any movement from her sister on the upper bunk.
After such an intense dream, she couldn’t be sure if she’d talked in her sleep.
What if she’d accidentally blurted out words like "brother-in-law" or "don’t"?
Her sister would totally hold that over her head.
Confirming her sister was still asleep,
Chi Qingchi grabbed her phone and searched online for dream interpretations:
What does it mean to dream about stealing your twin sister’s boyfriend?
Meanwhile...
Lin Yu had no time to dwell on the regrets of his last dream.
Because the multi-billion-dollar spectacle unfolding before him was just...
"Nine Heavens’ Thunder, descend as divine wrath! By the sword’s will, let heaven’s fury strike!"
As the "Lightning Summoning Technique" left his lips,
Bolts of celestial lightning crashed down, striking the dozens of black-clad figures before him.
Lin Yu glanced at his own dark attire,
Then at Chi Qingshui, radiant as an immortal fairy.
So... all those who just died were his underlings?
A battle between immortals and demons?
And it’s freaking a xianxia romance trope?!
In all his dreamwalking, this was a first.
"Lin Yu, immortals and demons are irreconcilable. We were never meant to be."
"Take one more step, and I’ll strike you down where you stand!"
Chi Qingshui stood tall, bathed in an alternating halo of red, green, and yellow light.
"Ha... hahaha!"
Lin Yu couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Was this naive girl really such a romantic?
Even her dream dialogue was dripping with "tragic love" and "doomed endings."
As a professionally trained actor, he rarely broke character.
Unless it was this ridiculous.
"Lin Yu, what... what are you laughing at?"
Wiping tears of mirth, Lin Yu shot back:
"What am I laughing at?"
"Chi Qingshui! I laugh at your cowardice! I laugh at your self-deception!"
The "traffic light" aura around Qingshui flickered uneasily.
"You—how dare you!"
"From the moment you fell into demonic ways, we were finished."
"Your only mistake was choosing the wrong path!"
They were both film academy students.
Hadn’t they all taken "Emotional Liberation 101"?
When it came to acting—or leaning into the cringe—Lin Yu feared no one.
He advanced step by step:
"Then tell me—what’s wrong with love?!"
Chi Qingshui: "..."
Lin Yu: "Just because the one I love is an immortal, I deserve death?"
Chi Qingshui: "Stop coming closer..."
Lin Yu pressed on: "Ask your heart—was there ever a moment you felt something for me?"
Chi Qingshui: "Don’t say anymore..."
Lin Yu: "Does loving me scare you? Is your heart truly so cold?"
Chi Qingshui: "Lin Yu, stay back... I’m begging you..."
The pain.
Holy hell, the pain.
Even through the "traffic light" aura, Lin Yu could feel Chi Qingshui’s anguish.
Damn.
So in her heart, their online fling had always been a doomed tragedy.
Well, since he was here...
No way was he leaving this story a tragedy.
A little blood, a few wounds...
As Lin Yu breached the glowing aura,
Lacerations instantly appeared across his body, just as he’d expected.
His sleek black robes began shredding to ribbons.
"Gah—!"
Lin Yu sucked in a sharp breath.
Did the pain have to feel so real?!
If he actually died in some dreamer’s fantasy, would his brain flatline for real?
Now the agony was really selling it...
"Qingshui... If I must die, let it be by your hand. (Big Chi, turn off the damn special effects already!)"
The moment he spoke,
All the bargain-bin CGI vanished.
Along with it, the pain evaporated.
Though barely injured,
Lin Yu staggered dramatically forward—two, three, five, eight steps—
Collapsing only when Chi Qingshui caught him in her arms.
"Lin Yu, why would you do this?"
"We could never be together—you knew that!"
"Why throw your life away?"
Her teardrops splashed onto his face like falling stars.
"Bzzzt..."
The telltale sound of a collapsing dreamworld echoed around them.
Seriously?!
That fast?
This heartbroken?
You were the one zapping him with "Divine Thunder" earlier!
Now you’re remorseful?!
Immortal Fairy, your aloof persona is crumbling—how will you keep your heroine status?
Would it be too late to sit up and say "JK, not dead"?
"Qingshui... no more words. My time is up."
"There’s a core within me—forged through decades of cultivation..."
"Before I go... let me pass it to you. My final gift."
Time for Plan B.
Chi Qingshui hesitated:
"But that’s a... demonic core..."
Still hung up on morality now?!
You hooked up with a demonic bad boy—what did you expect?!
Lin Yu gripped her shoulders and flipped her onto her back.
"Fairy Qingshui... this is the last offering from your demonic scoundrel."
Chi Qingshui: "Wai—mmph!"
Silence.
Only the faintest sound of lips meeting lingered in the air.
A whisper with no beginning, yet endlessly drawn out...
Long enough for Chi Qingshui to melt, regain her senses, then melt again—
Until she finally shoved him away:
"Y-Your core? Where is it?"
Lin Yu blinked innocently:
"Yeah... where is it?"
"Must be buried too deep. Let me try again—"
Chi Qingshui’s palm struck his chest.
Though barely a tap, the residual "traffic light" magic launched him skyward.
Lin Yu’s voice trailed after him:
"I’ll be baaaaack—!"
Back in the twins’ bedroom...
The upper bunk shook violently as Chi Qingshui bolted upright.
Disoriented, she scanned the room before realizing—
It was all a dream.
What an absurd dream...
Lin Yu!!
Still silver-tongued even in dreams—and he tricked her!
As she stewed in frustration,
A head popped up from the lower bunk:
"Big sis... nightmare?"
"I heard you saying ‘no... no, don’t’..."
Chi Qingshui: "!!!"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
u serious?" Chen Feng watched helplessly as his painstakingly trained disciple, fresh off a championship victory, publicly abandoned him. "You had your chance, but you didn’t appreciate it. Now, face the consequences of your choice!" Chen Feng possessed the "Master System," a treasure trove of supreme martial arts techniques, capable of molding ordinary individuals into peerless prodigies. "Legs like yours? A shame not to train in the Crippling Kick." "Ever heard of a palm strike that descends from the heavens?" "Auntie! I see extraordinary bone structure in you—a martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand." The once-defiant senior disciple, now watching her juniors rise to fame one after another, dominating the internet, was consumed by endless regret.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
