Chapter 1 This Male Lead is Really Hard to Kill (1) The System Won't Let Me Kill Him...

Contrary to popular belief, the Demon Realm is not a desolate place with dark skies and barren vegetation. Apart from the pervasive malevolent energy, it is no different from other parts of the cultivation world.

Sunlight poured down from the clouds, and a group of palaces stood amidst the rugged, deep purple foothills. Amidst the swirling aura of malevolence, a glimmer of light seemed to appear, both demonic and celestial, perfectly catching the sunlight that broke through the clouds.

At the very center is the main hall, hidden on the mountain peak, named Yaohua. It has no name that sounds particularly malevolent. The magnificent roof tiles reflect the sunlight, and from afar, they are dazzling and radiant, truly a celestial realm.

The place bathed in the sunlight was the Demon Palace's back garden, filled with rare and exotic plants, like the spiritual field of some immortal.

The sounds of insects and birds were faint in the garden. On a sturdy, twisted fruit tree, green leaves provided shade and large fruits hung low. From a gap in the tree, a piece of brocade-like embroidery was roughly pulled down. Looking up through the light, one could almost see a figure leaning against a branch, with a languid and elegant posture. One hand was propped up on the head, and the figure was slowly swaying its head to the distant music of singing and dancing, looking extremely comfortable and at ease.

Just as he was taking a short rest alone, a rustling, ghostly sound came from afar, breaking the tranquility of the place.

Before long, a barefoot child, who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, ran out of the bushes not far away. His hair was tied in a ponytail and swung behind him. His clothes were tattered and torn by the thorns of the flowers. His sudden appearance was like that of a little beggar who had suddenly fallen into a fairyland.

He stumbled and ran to the tree, as if he wanted to lean against it and rest for a while. But when he looked up, he was surprised to see a face that looked like that of an immortal. His eyes were like stars, his nose was like a mountain ridge, and there were purple magic patterns painted on his forehead. He was leaning against the tree trunk and looking at him with a scrutinizing expression. He was so handsome that he seemed to be from another world.

The child's gaze suddenly fixed on the man in the tree, and he heard a series of loud thumping sounds coming from his chest, like the beating of a drum. Even when facing life and death in the beast camp, he had never felt such intensity. It was like a dream.

The man spoke quickly, interrupting his thoughts: "Where did you come from?"

The voice was languid and elegant, sounding like ethereal music to the little boy's ears.

His pupils widened further, and he couldn't help but speak softly, afraid of disturbing the other person: "Are you a celestial being?"

Unexpectedly, the other party burst into laughter upon hearing this, and exclaimed, "There is probably no one in the world less like a god than me!"

"You appeared in my palace and trespassed into my garden, yet you don't know who I am?" the man said with interest.

The little boy shook his head, his expression blank, only his eyes were wide open with childlike seriousness and innocence, staring at him without blinking, as if he still didn't understand the situation.

"I accidentally got lost and ended up here. I usually cultivate with Deputy Envoy Guili, and this is the first time I've come out here," the child said calmly, his voice still a little childish.

The man said, "Following Gui Li? Oh, so you're a kid from the beast camp. How did you get out? What's your name?" He seemed to be talking to himself before asking.

The little boy straightened up: "There's no wind."

The man had previously described himself as languid, but upon hearing this name, his usually calm eyes suddenly changed, and an unusually sharp light flashed in his eyes, though no one could quite grasp what it was.

A slight smile curved at the corners of his lips, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, making it impossible to discern his true feelings.

"No wind? You are no wind. Come here, let me take a look."

She gracefully rolled off the ground, as light as an immortal, and stood in front of the boy.

The other party's identity was unknown, and he was clearly an adult whose cultivation level was far higher than his. However, the child immediately moved closer to him obediently, looking very well-behaved, letting the man's long, pale hand play with his face, completely without any defense.

The man looked down at him, his eyes narrowing into a dangerous arc. As he stared, the hand on the delicate neck suddenly tightened, and a murderous glint flashed in his fox-like eyes.

[Warning: The host is suspected of taking actions that could endanger the male protagonist's life before a plot point. Electric shock punishment is about to be activated!]

His pupils contracted, and he immediately withdrew his hand as if rebounding, the murderous intent flashing in his eyes as if it had never appeared.

He cursed the damn system under his breath once more.

However, the voice in his mind was inaudible without wind, but the other party could not possibly not feel his hand placed on the throat, intending to take a life.

Even so, the boy did not run away. He just touched his neck, which had almost been snapped, and stood there staring straight at him. His innocent eyes were pure and docile, like a sheep that would not even think of running away even if its master's knife was raised above its head.

Anyone would feel guilty and reluctant to face such a trusting, childlike gaze.

But it would be impossible for Fu Li to have such thoughts.

He, Fu Li, the most wanted criminal in the universe, has used all sorts of tricks and swindles to commit numerous evil deeds in the interstellar space for many years. He always walks by the river, but in the end, he still overturns and falls into the river. He is surrounded and arrested by the interstellar police and the army. Because he lacks a murder charge, he escapes death and is thrown into the interstellar labor reform bureau.

After reading through the eighty-page resume detailing his "glorious past," the leaders of the labor reform bureau wrote with a flourish: "Since this guy is so reckless, send him to the Black Moonlight Department. Let him receive a good beating and serve his three-hundred-year sentence before releasing him."

And so, the most wanted criminal in the interstellar space was bound to the monitoring system and thrown into a fragment of a small world, beginning his first prison sentence.

Before entering the world, the regulatory system had explained the nature of the "Black Moonlight Cultivation Department's" mission to him:

[To ensure the stability of each small world, there is a pre-set main storyline, and our task is to ensure the integrity and logical development of this storyline. Host, your task is to play the role of the protagonist's Dark Moonlight. At first, he will admire and rely on you, until he discovers the truth and then kills you, tearing you to pieces. Only then will the mission be considered complete.]

At first, Fu Li was dismissive: "Being a bad guy, huh? That's my specialty."

The system corrected: "[Not a bad guy in the ordinary sense, but a two-faced, hypocritical, and treacherous villain. At the beginning of the story, you need to nurture the protagonist, help him, and make him grateful to you, then deliver the fatal blow at the crucial moment. Understand?]"

Fu Li: ...You've got a whole set of idioms in your head. What, does your system require a civil service exam too?

However, when Fu Li received the plot outline of the first world, he immediately refused to accept it.

This small world is a cultivation realm where the Demon Realm and the Righteous Path are evenly matched and maintain a balance of power. However, with the help of an internal traitor, the Demon Realm launches a surprise attack on the Guiyan Sect, the number one sect of the Righteous Path. The entire family of Xue Qinan, the Guiyan Sect's leader, who is hailed as the number one figure in the Righteous Path, is slaughtered, leaving only his infant son, Xue Shaoming, who is the protagonist of this small world.

Because this child was less than a year old and possessed immortal bones, he was destined to be a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius if he were to cultivate immortality in the future. Thus, the Demon Lord took a liking to him and devised an extremely cruel method: he took Xue Shaoming back to the Demon Palace and soaked him in the Demon Pool for seven days, forcibly transforming his innate immortal bones into demon bones, intending to tame him into a demon to be used against the righteous path in the future, and also to exact the greatest revenge on the deceased Guiyan Sect Master.

However, as the male protagonist, how could he lack the protagonist's halo? Although Xue Shaoming grew up in the treacherous environment of the Demon Realm and was even named "Windless" by the Demon Lord—a name meant to ensure that the number one son of the righteous path would never cause any trouble and would be manipulated by others—he still maintained a righteous heart. As he witnessed more and more of the Demon Realm's methods of causing chaos, he gradually began to doubt the Demon Lord's obedience.

Later, during a training mission, Xue Shaoming met the female lead, Jiao Yuetong, and they fell in love. By chance, they learned the truth about their origins, and in a secret realm, they cleansed themselves of demonic energy, returned to the righteous path, and after cultivating again, they became the number one cultivator in the cultivation world. In the end, they destroyed the Demon Realm and unified the Eight Desolations.

Fu Li's assigned identity in the small world is that of the self-destructive demon lord, Feng Fu Li, who not only fails to kill his enemy but also insists on raising him, thus creating a dangerous situation and inviting trouble.

His final fate was naturally grim. He was captured by the male protagonist and thrown into the Demon Pool, where he was tortured in the same way he had been years before. The divine artifact, the Soul-Locking Chain, was used to bind Feng Fuli's soul, condemning him to eternal torment, unable to find peace. His fate couldn't be more tragic.

After reading the ending, Fu Li just wanted to tear the system apart.

He protested vehemently: "I won't do it! Aren't you just sending me to be cannon fodder? Besides, if it were me, how could the son of my enemy survive? Don't you know how to eliminate the root of the problem? This is not my style."

The system, however, stated matter-of-factly: "[Sorry, host, the character doesn't need to match your personality; rather, you need to play the character's persona well. Otherwise, there will be corresponding penalties. This is a special reminder.]"

[Furthermore, you're here for labor reform, not a vacation. You don't have the right to choose your persona.]

After saying that, he threw the furious Fu Li into the small world.

Fu Li opened his eyes and found himself in the Demon Palace. Beneath the main seat, his subordinates, who had been tasked with destroying the Guiyan Sect and the Xue family, were already waiting with the male protagonist in their arms.

Fu Li adopted the arrogant demeanor of a demon lord, ordering someone to hand over the male protagonist. The instant he approached the protagonist, his hand clenched into a claw, viciously grabbing at the infant's neck.

The system never expected that this convict would do something so reckless right from the start:

[Host, stop! The male lead can't die yet!]

Fu Li always puts herself first and wouldn't pay any attention to him. But the next second, a powerful electric current instantly ran through her body and into her soul, bringing her a sharp pain.

Fu Li then released his grip, his muscles giving way, and he fell backward. Fortunately, the Demon Lord's throne was right behind him, and he sat down with a thud, preventing his subordinates from noticing anything amiss.

"Damn system! What are you doing?!" he roared inwardly.

[The host should refrain from doing anything outside the plot that could subjectively threaten the male protagonist's life; otherwise, your soul will be subjected to an electric shock punishment.]

Thus, the young protagonist narrowly escaped his first ordeal under Fu Li's care and successfully saved his life.

The Demon Lord's subordinates were already used to his unpredictable temper. They remained calm despite his actions, such as first ordering someone to bring the child, then almost killing him, and finally changing his mind at the last minute. They were unaware that someone else had taken over the role.

After his initial attempt failed, Fu Li was extremely frustrated, and his malice towards the male protagonist reached its peak. Urged by the system to complete a story mission, he was supposed to soak the male protagonist in the demon pool for seven days to change his immortal bones, but instead, he forcibly soaked him for a whole month.

And he maliciously thought: This will thoroughly marinate you, so you'll never be able to regain your immortality!

Following the original plot, after giving the male protagonist a different name, "Wufeng," he listlessly handed the child over to his deputy. Out of sight, out of mind; seeing the man who would kill him every day might tempt him to chop him up one day, and besides, he had absolutely no interest in raising a child.

After that, Fu Li never inquired about the male protagonist's situation again, but instead lived a carefree life in the Demon Realm. In his words, he would make the most of his identity as the Demon Lord and his cultivation as a Tribulation Transcending Ancestor. If he was destined to perish, then enjoying himself while he could was the best course of action.

For the next ten years or so, Fu Li lived a very successful life in the cultivation world, defeating all opponents and eliminating anyone he disliked, letting those who acted recklessly and indulged in debauchery forget their homeland.

Fourteen years later, under the Juju fruit tree, he saw the male protagonist of this world once again.

Back then, he abandoned the child with the deputy envoy without explaining how to raise him, only saying not to kill him yet. The deputy envoy didn't know how to raise a child either, and thinking that His Majesty hated the child's father to the bone, he probably wouldn't want to see him living too well, so he placed Wufeng in the beast camp.

The Beast Camp is not only a place for taming magical beasts, but also serves as a training ground for assassins of the Demon Realm. Their methods are cruel and ruthless, with only one in ten surviving. Wu Feng's transformation from immortal bones to demonic bones has aided his cultivation of demonic arts, and coupled with his protagonist's halo, he has survived to this day.

Looking at the little beggar in front of her with only a pair of bright, watery eyes, Fu Li couldn't help but pout, thinking to herself: "Truly, evil lives on for a thousand years."

Just then, the system, which had been dormant for years, finally emerged and issued a new task:

[Please, host, bring the male lead under your wing according to the established plot.]

It emphasized the last three words, fearing that Fu Li might treat the male lead like trash, just like she did fourteen years ago.

Fu Li was extremely impatient, but thinking of the excruciating sensation of electric shocks, she ultimately succumbed to the system's tyranny.

"Hey kid, you look pretty good to me. Want to follow me from now on so you don't have to go back to the beast camp?"

If you look closely at his averted face, you can see a clear hint of impatience flash across his face as he speaks, but at this moment, Wufeng is only focused on the god-like handsome man in front of him telling him that he can follow him.

His eyes, which were like water grapes, immediately lit up, making his dirty face look much brighter.

"Is...is that okay?"

Fu Li said impatiently, "You just need to answer whether you want to or not."

"Yes! Of course I want to!" Wu Feng immediately knelt down, as if afraid that he would change his mind, his whole face beaming.

"However, I still don't know your name, sir." He added cautiously, his gaze sweeping over the other person's handsome yet wicked face.

Fu Li stood up, preparing to leave. No one would have any goodwill towards someone who might take their life in the future, even if that person is just a child now.

His good mood for the day was completely ruined, and he had no interest in sunbathing or admiring flowers. He coldly replied, "Feng Fuli."

Upon hearing this name, Wufeng finally understood why the people of the Demon Palace dared not approach this place. The reason was that this lazy and smug man was the Demon Lord of this place, the master of the twenty-four cities of the Demon Realm and the seventy-two Demonic Sects of the cultivation world.

He lowered his head, silently repeated it a few times in his mind, then got up and jogged to catch up with the man's back.

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A new article is starting, back in my comfort zone. To help everyone manage their expectations, I'll be warning you about some potential pitfalls here.

First, this is a 1v1 story with the main character being the receiver (I'd like to write a harem story but I'm not allowed to). Second, the main character is a selfish and ruthless devil. He's definitely not a good person. If you like stories where the main character has no flaws and is completely cute and righteous, then this isn't for you. Finally, this is probably a story that abuses the seme (but not too much, it's physically enjoyable). Each world probably has a dark room, but the seme's mother discourages readers from reading this.

Welcome to anyone with the same XP as me. Okay, let's get started.

A note from the author:

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The completion system is bound to Fu Shen, a straight man from the 21st century. In order to bring to a number of novels that are half-written but have not yet been completed, Fu Shen is ordered to go to various novel worlds to fulfill the important task of advancing the plot.

However, why do these characters in the novel look at him with such strange eyes?

Whether it's a villain who successfully destroys the world, an emperor who has theoretically won the heart of a beauty, or a protagonist who has become a monk, they all eventually end up in a story of cunning and forced love.

Moreover, the object of her forced love was Fu Shen, a poor, ordinary working man.

Fu Shen: I'm a straight man! Don't come any closer!

Consumption Guide: 1v1, main character is the receiver, the seme has never had any real feelings or intimate contact with anyone. Warning: This content may contain explicit sexual content. Some worlds may contain seme-splitting elements. Lots of forced love; the protagonist will learn to enjoy it later but will still consider himself straight (lol).