The Overcast Dragon's Ambition: A Novel Strategy

【Main Blurb】 Sunny and cheerful guy who loves slacking-off master (shou) × dark schemer with sharp mind Dragon-AoTian type disciple (gong). 1v1, dual-carry.

Qi Qing wakes up to find himself inside the revenge-heavy "Dragon Ao Tian growth story" he read last night, and becomes a cannon fodder character who wouldn’t survive past episode 3.

He was about to lie flat and wait to die, when a livestream system randomly binds to him.

System: "Your mission is to become the #1 streamer of the cultivation world!" Qi Qing: "?"

He's a character with less than two lines of description in the original novel—where did this KPI come from?

For survival, Qi Qing clicks “Start Livestream.” He just names the channel “Master-Disciple Age-Gap Nurturing Drama” when his cold sword-cultivator disciple enters indefinite seclusion. The next day, the Dragon Ao Tian gets transferred to his shabby mountain.

This waist-high little guy looks up at him with a clean, delicate face and pitiful eyes, hesitating to speak.

Qi Qing: "..." Crap. He chose the wrong master-disciple pair for this age-gap drama. Is it too late to rename the channel?

A new livestream room appears in the upper realm titled: "Crash Course to Ascension in 100 Days."

"Ascension sprint in 100 days? This streamer’s intense!" "He's raising someone with mixed spiritual roots. If this guy ascends, I’ll eat the stone lions at my gate."

No one believes in Dragon Ao Tian. He doesn’t disappoint—his path only gets wilder.

The rare Lava Fire Lotus blooms, drawing countless greedy eyes. In the final battle, the blood-soaked, handsome Dragon Ao Tian casually plucks the flower and asks Qi Qing: "Master, isn’t this flower beautiful? Does it look like the one you accidentally killed last month?"

At the elite alchemy conference, hidden experts emerge—rumor says they only accept geniuses. Qi Qing tries to show off his disciple, but Dragon Ao Tian drags his lazy master through each round, winning first place with sheer strength.

His award speech: "First, I want to thank my master. Without him, I’d have half the pressure."

Even the deathly heavenly tribulation meant to end his life gets resisted by Dragon Ao Tian. Bones shattered, covered in blood, he smiles and says, "Master said I’m Heaven’s favorite child. I tested it out—feels more like a bastard son."

Qi Qing, who planned to fake his death and quietly focus on his career: "…"

After a few years, the livestream room is in chaos.

Bullet comments:

"Where’s my precious pitiful disciple?! Who’s this double-door-sized creature instead?"

Qi Qing: (covering face)

“I raised him wrong… might as well destroy everything.”

At age 16, Yue Ji watches Qi Qing accidentally enter a secret room—its walls covered in portraits of Qi Qing, eyes gentle, clothes messy. At 17, Qi Qing finds his long-lost clothing under Yue Ji’s pillow—wrinkles smoothed, tears mended, and faintly smelling of someone’s lingering breath. At 18, Qi Qing tries to run away and gets pinned to Yue Ji’s bed that very night.

Red candles flicker. Floral incense fills the air. The tall man traps him between the bed curtains, smiling warmly with dark eyes.

"Master, you raised your own lover—why abandon me now?"

Notes:

The cover features the shou.

Early parts contain some "raising the disciple" content; later parts fully develop the romantic arc.

Yue Ji's outfit design thanks to @財元廣進. Blurb archived on 2024.12.25.