After Transmigrating into a Villain, I Conquered the Yandere Demon Lord by Going Crazy - Chapter 1

The last thought Xie Lin had before drawing his final breath was:

In my next life, I will absolutely never touch “caffeinated” pour-over coffee again!

In a haze of consciousness, he felt someone pouring some kind of liquid into his mouth.

The bitterness jolted him awake, and he opened his eyes to find himself staring at a face covered in exaggerated makeup.

“The Young Master has finally awakened!”

The woman with blood-red fingernails was ecstatic. “Quickly, notify the Right Emissary the Heart-Eating Lotus has successfully recognized its master!”

Xie Lin sat up abruptly, his head striking the bedpost with a dull thud.

The pain made his eyes water, but he was startled by the collective intake of breath from the people around him.

“As expected of the Young Master, to remain unmoved even in the face of such pain!”

Only then did Xie Lin notice he was in a stone room hung with skulls, where seven or eight people in black robes were looking at him with eyes full of awe, as if looking at a deity.

Looking down, he saw he was wearing black robes embroidered with dark patterns, and a dagger inlaid with rubies was tucked into his waist.

[Ding! The Villain Self-Rescue System has been successfully activated.]

A mechanical voice rang out in his mind: [Host’s current identity: Xie Lin, Young Master of the Nether Palace. In the original novel, you are a short-lived villain who was pierced through the heart by the male lead’s sword for provoking him.]

A flood of unfamiliar memories surged into his mind like a torrent.

Demon Sect, Heart-Eating Lotus, Xuantian Sect…

Xie Lin’s vision went black. This was clearly the world of the cultivation novel he had been reading before he died, Sword Piercing the Firmament!

“Young Master?”

The woman with red fingernails approached with concern: “Has your heart demon flared up again?”

Xie Lin instinctively shrank back, but suddenly realized something and forced himself to stop moving.

According to the memory provided by the system, the original body was a fickle yandere; he should be doing…

“Get out.”

He lowered his voice, sneering in imitation of the original body’s memory: “This seat needs to rest in quiet.”

When the stone room finally returned to silence, Xie Lin immediately slumped into a lazy heap.

The system in his mind continued to babble on:

[Please maintain your villain persona. Current persona alignment is 65%. If it drops below 60%, a punishment mechanism will be triggered!]

“Wait!”

Xie Lin suddenly seized on the important point: “In the original work, didn’t Xie Lin die when the Heart-Eating Lotus recognized its master?”

[Due to the butterfly effect caused by the host’s transmigration, the Heart-Eating Lotus has mutated with your modern soul.]

The system brought up a light screen: [Now, every hour you maintain your villain persona, you can delay the onset of your heart demon.]

The screen displayed: [Heart Demon Value: 32%].

There was a small line of text next to it: When it reaches 100%, a random social-death behavior will be triggered.

Xie Lin was just about to complain when the stone door was suddenly pushed open.

A man wearing a silver mask strolled in, the lotus patterns embroidered on his black robes appearing and disappearing in the candlelight.

“I heard my younger brother has awakened?”

The person’s voice was as gentle as dripping water: “Your brother has specially brought you the newly developed Heart-Eating Powder.”

Xie Lin’s hair stood on end!

This was the sworn brother from the original book who used the original body as a test subject—Xie Wuchen, Right Emissary of the Nether Palace!

Following the plot, three months from now, this guy would be the one to push the original body out to block the male lead’s sword.

“This seat needs no concern from the Right Emissary.”

Xie Lin forced himself to look directly at the other party, his fingers secretly pinching his thigh to keep himself awake: “This seat wants…”

The words stuck in his throat.

Dammit, what did the original body usually call himself?

This seat?

This young master?

This great one?

The eyebrows beneath Xie Wuchen’s mask arched slightly.

[Warning! Persona alignment dropped to 58%!]

The system’s alarm sounded in his mind.

At the critical moment, Xie Lin suddenly remembered a fragment of the original body’s memory.

He slammed his hand against the desk, and the hidden weapon in his sleeve shot out, pinning itself a third of an inch before Xie Wuchen’s feet.

Xie Lin curled his lips into a sinister smile: “One more step forward, and this young master will chop off your claws to soak in wine.”

The air in the stone room instantly froze.

Xie Wuchen let out a low laugh: “It seems the Heart-Eating Lotus is indeed well-suited to the Young Master.”

He performed an elegant bow before retreating: “I hope the Young Master will make preparations for the plan to attack the Xuantian Sect in three days.”

When the stone door closed again, Xie Lin slid to the floor, his back completely soaked in cold sweat.

[Persona alignment recovered to 70%, reward: Heart Demon Value -5%]

The system said cheerfully: [Current Heart Demon Value 27%. Please continue your hard work, Host.]

“Attack the Xuantian Sect?”

Xie Lin suddenly seized the important point: “Isn’t that going to my death!”

In this plot segment of the original novel, the Nether Palace launched a sneak attack on the Xuantian Sect, resulting in the annihilation of their entire force, which directly led to the massive decline of the Demon Sect’s influence in the later stages.

Xie Lin paced the stone room anxiously, when suddenly, a flash of inspiration hit him.

“System, is there any way for me to reasonably leave the Demon Sect?”

[Host’s requirement detected. Recommended plan: Faked death to escape.]

[Requires completion of a prerequisite task: Maintain villain persona for ten minutes in front of the Xuantian Sect disciples.]

Xie Lin looked at the task reward listed by the system.

Disguise Pill × 3 and fell into thought.

Three days later, at the foot of Xuantian Mountain.

Wearing night-walking gear, Xie Lin crouched on a tree branch, watching the patrolling disciples not far away, his palms slick with sweat.

According to the plan, he was to feign a serious injury when the Nether Palace launched their attack, and then…

“Who goes there!”

A sharp shout rang out suddenly.

Before Xie Lin could react, a flash of sword light was already slashing before him.

He instinctively dodged to the side, but his foot slipped, and he tumbled straight down from the three-meter-high tree.

The expected pain did not arrive.

He fell into an embrace that smelled of fresh pine.

He looked up and met a pair of eyes like cold stars.

The person was clad in white robes whiter than snow, a cinnabar mole between his brows, and was cradling him steadily in one arm as they landed.

Xie Lin’s breathing stopped.

Isn’t this the male lead of the original novel, Xiao Jinn!

“Demonic cultivator?”

Xiao Jinn’s voice was like a mountain stream, yet his hand gripped Xie Lin’s throat without mercy.

At the critical moment of life and death, Xie Lin suddenly remembered the system task.

He endured his fear and forced a wicked smile:

“Xuantian Sect Chief… is that all the ability you have?”

As he spoke, he secretly channeled his qi to force out a mouthful of blood, deliberately spraying it on the other party’s snow-white lapel.

According to the script, Xiao Jinn would knock him unconscious and throw him into the water dungeon next…

Who knew Xiao Jinn would suddenly let go, pull a handkerchief from his sleeve to carefully wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and say earnestly:

“Internal injuries should not be aggravated by agitation; I will take you back to the sect for treatment.”

Xie Lin: ???

This isn’t the script we agreed on!

Ding! Key character detected; hidden setting triggered!

The system suddenly popped up a prompt:

Xiao Jinn (Cultivation World Edition) Special Trait: Has zero resistance to frail, beautiful young men.

Xie Lin looked at the male lead before him, who was full of righteousness but had wandering eyes, and suddenly felt that this world might be even more magical than he had imagined.

“No need…”

He had just tried to refuse when a loud explosion rang out in the distance.

The Nether Palace’s sneak attack had begun!

Xiao Jinn’s expression tightened, and he picked Xie Lin up horizontally: “Pardon me.”

Xie Lin, who was being carried in a princess carry: “…”

Where is the cold, ruthless light of the righteous path?

Did this male lead pick up the wrong script?!

Persona alignment 85%, a new historical high!

The system was jubilant:

Congratulations to the Host for receiving Disguise Pill × 3, Heart Demon Value -10% reward.

Xie Lin leaned listlessly in Xiao Jinn’s arms, watching the battlefield grow ever more distant, when he suddenly realized a serious problem:

He seemed to have… accidentally performed the escape script as the opening to a romance drama?