The wrong way to act as a villain no.1: Get rid of the protagonist while he still hasn’t become powerful.
The wrong way to act as a villain no.2: Take the limelight from the protagonist at the key moment.
The wrong way to act as a villain no.3: Make the protagonist fall in love with you, thus making him incapable of completing the final step – eliminating the major villain.
Han Changsheng, Head of the Demonic Cult, is the major villain who’s employed all three incorrect methods.
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As the leader of the first Demonic Cult in the underground world of martial arts and cultivation, Tianning Cult, Han Changsheng carried on the long-standing tradition of an unstable mind and a refusal to seek any treatment.
Originally, his life should have passed by quickly and simply, but one day he kicked a descended Immortal Lord off a cliff. In order to make up for this mistake, he must aid the Immortal Lord in ascending back to his position… but why does this mistake keep growing? Hey, Lao zi doesn’t need you as a younger brother, you should look for An Yuan! Don’t chase after Lao zi, you’re destined to be An Yuan’s wife! Don’t worship Lao zi as a martial arts lord, lao zi is the genuine leader of the Demonic Cult! Hey, Hey Lao zi is obviously the major villain! What the hell are you doing?!
- Novel Updates
Have you read Everyday I Get Up to See the Villain Stealing the Show? Do you recommend it?
Yes, and I recommend it
Yes, neutral / it’s complicated
Yes, and I don’t recommend it
No, but I want to
No, neutral / it’s complicated
No, and I don’t want to
Never heard of it, but I want to read it now
Never heard of it, and neutral about it now
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Short Story of Shaowang vs. Where is Our Agreement to be Arch-Rivals? [WINNER: Where is Our Agreement to Be Arch-Rivals?]
Green Plum Island vs. You've Got Mail: A Cautionary Tale [WINNER: You've Got Mail]
Round 2
Lie Huo Jiao Chou vs. Where is Our Agreement to be Arch-Rivals?
Mist vs. the Earth is Online
Golden Stage vs. Nan Chan
Everyday I Get Up to See the Villain Stealing the Show vs. Little Mushroom
Fox Demon Cultivation Manual vs. Let's Talk About That Guy Who Transmigrated to Pursue Me
Copper Coins vs. Mistakenly Saving the Villain
Liu Yao: the Revitalization of Fuyao Sect vs. After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine
You've Got Mail: A Cautionary Tale vs. Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know
Round 2 ends Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023, at noon CST. Let me know if you have any suggestions for the descriptions and content warnings!
After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine
Author: Liu Gou Hua (刘狗花)
Other Names: After I Married the Disabled War God As My Concubine, Sau khi chiến thần tàn tật gả cho ta làm thiếp, 残疾战神嫁我为妾后
Media Type: Web novel
Chapters: 123 Chapters + 13 Extras
Main Pairing: Jiang Suizhou x Huo Wujiu
CW: ableism, violence, poisoning, death, war + more unknown
Links: Novel Updates, English Translation by SleepyTranslations
Description: [Jiang Suizhou] is a history lecturer transmigrated into a cutsleeve prince fated to be publicly beheaded by his new concubine Huo Wujiu, a captured legendary God of War given to JSZ in marriage to humiliate him by his brother the Emperor Jiang Shunheng.
“Aren’t you afraid of regretting this one day?” / “For him, never in this life.” - Ch.123
Copper Coins
Author: Mu Su Li (木苏里)
Other Names: Tong Qian Kan Shi, TQKS, Đồng tiền kham thế, เหรียญทองแดงปราบพิภพ, 铜钱龛世, 동전감세
Media Type: Web novel, Drama CD, Manhua
Chapters: 102 Chapters + 1 Extra (Completely Translated)
Main Pairing: Xue Xian (薛闲) x Xuanmin (玄悯)
CW: death, amnesia, ghosts, illness, murder + more unknown
Links: Novel Updates, English Translation/Introduction (Easier to sort via Novel Updates)
Description: “It's about the disembodied soul of a dragon who's looking for his lost body, as well as the people who were responsible for maiming him; he meets a mysterious demon-slaying monk with amnesia who only knows that he's looking for someone; maybe they fall in love idk. It's set in 11th century China and the magic is based on geomancy (feng shui).” - English Translation Introduction
“No Regrets. You have to hang out with me for hundreds or thousands of years, probably long. Even if you get tired of me, you can’t undo it.” / “It’s all I could ever wish for.”
Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know
Author: Cyan Wings / Qing Se Yu Yi / 青色羽翼
Other Names: Mozun ye xiang zhidao, 魔尊也想知道, DVAWTK
Media Type: Web Novel, Drama CD
Main Pairing: Wenren È x Yin Hanjiang - “Yinren”
CW: master-servant relationship*, death, suicide attempt, rape as a plot point (mentioned only, not main characters), body horror/gore, bus (gu parasites) - (Carrd), age difference, graphic violence, psychosis/hallucinations
Links: Carrd, Novel Updates
Description: The Devil Venerable, the Lord of Demon, Head of Xuanyuan Sect, Wenren È, discovers a book called <Abusive Romance: You Are the Unchanging One in My Heart>, which details the painful romance of two disciples of Shangqing Sect - Baili Qingmiao and He Wenzhao. In the novel, Wenren È is the devoted second male lead who sacrificed himself for Baili Qingmiao, which led to Yin Hanjiang, his subordinate and the fourth male lead, attempting to kill the female lead. Present-day Wenren È is now tasked with fixing the readers’ many complaints regarding the novel.
*While technically a master-servant relationship, especially at the beginning, the novel makes a point to show and explicitly state their progression to friends, not a servant and his master
**Wenren È is also sometimes referred to as Wen Renhe
Very aro-spec/ace-spec MCs, Yin Hanjiang is stupid and in love (and has rabies), side lesbians
Everyday I Get Up to See the Villain Stealing the Show
Author: Zhong Xiaosheng (钟晓生)
Other Names: EVSS, 每天起床都看到反派在抢戏
Media Type: Web Novel
Main Pairing: Han Changsheng x Huangfu Fengxuan Xichen / An Yuan
Chapters: 110 (Completely Translated)
CW: death, acceptance of death/suicidal idealation (HCS plans to die to An Yuan) + more unknown
Links: English Translation, Novel Updates
Description: Han Changsheng, the Head of the Tianning Cult, kills Lord An Yuan, a descended Immortal fated to eliminate the Tianning Demonic Cult. Confronted by an angry immortal and threatened with a new life surrounded by ugly men, Han Changsheng is sent back in time to fulfill his role: be killed by Lord An Yuan.
Fox Demon Cultivation Manual
Author: Feng Ge Qie Xing / 风歌且行
Other Names: FDCM, 狐妖修炼指南
Media Type: Web novel
Main Pairing: Song Ci x Rong Bai (Rongsong)
Chapters: 101 Chapters + 1 Extra (Completely Translated)
CW: abuse (to a main character & a side character), graphic violence, bigotry, minor character death, torture, shaming of appearance, suicidal idealation + more unknown
Links: Carrd, Novel Updates, English Translation by Lianyin
Description: Song Ci “mistakenly consumed the blood of the Demon King, causing himself to become a demon too. Since then, he hated the Demon King and wanted to take revenge” (Carrd). He ends up meeting Rong Bai without realizing he’s the aforementioned Demon King. Hijinks ensue.
Prequel: Your Ninth Royal Highness, Please Change Your Clothes
Sequel: The Demon Lord is Fleeing for HIs Life Again Today
Golden Stage
Author: Cang Wu Bin Bai (苍梧宾白)
Other Names: Golden Terrace, Hoàng Kim Đài/Đài Hoàng Kim, Huáng Jīn Tái, 黄金台
CW: ableism, slavery, death, violence, murder, animal death, fantasy drug use, implied sex (none depicted) - (Carrd)
Links: Carrd, Novel Updates, Character Guide, Official English Translation
Description: Returning to the capital after an assassination attempt, Fu Shen is ordered by a suspicious Emperor to marry Yan Xiaohan, the Emperor’s subordinate and Fu Shen’s rival, to weaken his growing power. “Enemies” → lovers
“I hope that you will hate me all your life.”
“Call me that again, and I may just give up the darkness and turn towards the light for you.”
Arranged political marriage, enemies in public but lovers in private, fluff, bickering/flirting, communication, doting/devoted
“From head to toe, where I’ve touched, and where I haven’t - I like all of it.”
CW: age difference (9 years; 18 & 27 at first meeting) + more unknown
Links: Novel Updates, English Translation
Description: After falling from a tree in his youth, Yu Mian can see people’s emotions via numbers and colors. When he meets his neighbor Yan Kongshan, he develops a crush. While he hopes Yan Kongshan will turn pink for love, he ends up turning yellow for desire without changing expression.
“Green Plum Island is well, your grandpa is well, Qiuqiu is well, the two cats are well. Only I’m not well…I miss you too much…I will be missing you when you read this letter.”
“‘But I can’t control who I like, so I’m going to keep on liking you.’ I think for a minute, then make a ridiculous statement: ‘I’ll like you until the day I don’t.’”
Let’s Talk About That Guy Who Transmigrated to Pursue Me
Author: Mo Xiao Xian (莫晓贤)
Other Names: 谈谈那个穿进书里来追我的家伙
Media Type: Web Novel
Chapters: 82 (Completely Translated)
Main Pairing: Wen Xuan x Jian Yi
CW: murder, fantasy racism + more
Links: Novel Updates, English Translation
Description: Wen Xuan is the Head Disciple of the Water Cloud Sect and the villain of an unnamed novel. Jian Yi is a new, talented shidi (younger fellow disciple) of the same sect who has transmigrated to support him and change his ending.
What is it about yearning characters with the surname Chu? Anyway, Chu Lian infests my brain like a dying rat. You will never be free of him <2
Lie Huo Jiao Chou
Author: Priest
Other Names: Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire, LHJC, 烈火浇愁, Liehuo, 烈火澆愁, 열화요수
Media Type: Web novel, Donghua/Anime, Audio Drama, Manhua
Main Pairing: Xuan Ji x Sheng Lingyuan
Chapters: 137 Chapters + 8 Extras
CW: violence, gore, suicide mention, horror, war, murder, cannibalism, child torture, self-inflicted injuries, discrimination, slavery, genocide (via Carrd), claustrophobia, ableism, drug addiction, non-consentual (“sleeping beauty”) kisses between the main CP (Translation), death, demons, amnesia
Links: Carrd, Novel Updates
Description: Xuan Ji is the newest member of the Reparations Department of the Deviant Control Office, which is tasked with dealing with the aftermath of deviant cases. He encounters the deceased Emperor Sheng Lingyuan who has been awakened after a thousand years and ends up pretending to be Xuan Ji’s sword.
“Because he craved, he longed fanatically for a certain person. Since ancient times, this concealed longing had been a blade hung above the heart, and falling short would certainly be heartbreaking.”
Little Mushroom
Author: Yi Shi Si Zhou (一十四洲)
Other Names: Cây nấm nhỏ, Xiao Mogu / 小蘑菇
Media Type: Novel (printed & ebook), Drama CD, Manhua
Main Pairing: An Zhe x Lu Feng aka “LuZhe”
CW: gore, violence, death, non-graphic sexual assault (Carrd)
Links: Buy the Novel Here, Carrd, Novel Updates
Description: An Zhe is a mutated mushroom whose spore has been harvested by humans. Being discovered by the Judges, humans tasked with eliminating xenogenics like him, means certain death. Lu Feng is one such Judge with a 100% accuracy rate in identifying infected humans.
Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect
Author: Priest
Other Names: Lục hào, ลิ่วเหยา, 六爻, 육효, Liu Yao: the Six Hexagrams
CW: violence, death, major character death, gore, swearing + more
Links: Novel Updates, Chichi's Dives' English Translation
Description: “A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.” - Novel Updates
Found family/childhood friends, fantastic character growth, interesting characters
“My master’s way of cultivation is ‘follow one’s heart,’ ‘be unrestrained’ - Senior, pardon this junior’s insolence, but I’ve been wondering for a long time: Does suffering in solitude for the sake of longevity count as following one’s heart?” - Ch.46
“When he thought of Cheng Qian, he suddenly felt like there was nothing else that he desired in this life.” - Yan Zhengming, ch.56
Links: Tumblr Review (Spoilers Warning; Re-Read Review), Carrd (CW: glitch effect, flashing lights), English Translation, Why You Should Read It
Description: Ji Yushi is a beautiful genius with a perfect memory who is openly gay. He’s transferred to Song Qinlang’s team, who is known as a homophobe. Idk how to describe it, but there’s very interesting and complex time travel and parallel worlds; you’re just gonna have to take a gamble.
Mistakenly Saving the Villain
Other Names: Bàn về kết cục việc cứu lầm nhân vật phản diện, MISVIL, The Conclusion to When I Mistakenly Saved the Villain, ว่าด้วยจุดจบของการไปช่วยตัวร้าย, 論救錯反派的下場, 论救错反派的下场
Media Type: Web Novel, Drama CD
Main Pairing: Song Qingshi (宋清时) x Yue Wuhuan (越无欢)
CW: abuse to a main character, rape/sexual assault as a plot point (YWH was a sex slave), torture, suicide, depression, child abuse, PTSD, slavery/human trafficking
Description: Song Qingshi is a medical student who transmigrates into , an “angsty danmei novel” (submitter), to save the tragic protagonist. However, he mistakes the cannon fodder villain Yue Wuhuan for the protagonist and saves him instead.
CW: age difference, death, amnesia, child abuse, demons, date-rape/noncon between the MC and love interests, torture of a main character and side characters, ghosts, death, explicit sexual content (ch.111 + implied sex), child/sex trafficking, sexual abuse, implied pedophilia
Links: Carrd, Novel Updates
Description: Cang Ji is a brocade carp taken care of by Jing Lin, an exiled and amnesiac Immortal who killed his adoptive father, the Emperor of Heaven. When Jing Lin loses his copper bell, he and Cang Ji leave their mountain to find it, encountering the Eight Sufferings and learning more about their past.
“There’s a man I love. In the clouds. In the sea. In my heart.”
“Have you ever wondered? If the one to be devoured in the end would be you or me?” / “It doesn’t matter if I”m the one. As long as I’m together with you.”
The Earth is Online
Author: Mo Chen Huan (莫晨欢)
Other Names: 地球上线, Dìqiú shàngxiàn, EO, TEIO, Địa Cầu Online
ฝ่าวิกฤตพิชิตหอคอยดำ, 地球上線
Media Type: Web Novel, Drama CD
Main Pairing: Tang Mo x Fu Wendou
Links: Carrd (CW: glitch effect, flashing lights), Novel Updates, English Translation on Tea Novel
CW: death, child/infant death, gore + more unknown
Description: Six months after black towers appear around cities, a voice announces, “Ding dong! November 15th, 2017. The earth is online.” Players are encouraged to “attack the tower” during “game time”. Once pulled into a game, it must be completed, and the losing party seems to die.
Links: Novel Updates, English Translation by Tailor’s MTL
CW: rape/noncon between the MC and love interest (later discussion about consent), graphic sexual content, omegaverse, mpreg + more unknown
Description: Jiang ShaoYan is the school tyrant and also an omega. While his heat is approaching, an underclassman suddenly confesses to him.
Sequel: Pay Attention to Me
You’ve Got Mail: A Cautionary Tale
Author: Hei Dan Bai / 黑蛋白
Other Names: YGMCT, คบสหายผ่านพิราบต้องพึงระวัง, 飛鴿交友須謹慎, 飞鸽交友须谨慎
Media Type: Web novel
Chapters: 106 Chapters
CW: age difference, rape/noncon between MC and love interest, graphic sexual content, suicidal idealisation + more unknown
Links: Novel Updates
Description: A 39-year-old gay bachelor in the Great Xia Dynasty, feeling his life is hopeless, resolves to get laid before committing suicide on his fortieth birthday. To do so, Wu Xingzi joins the Peng Society for Gentlemen, a secret organization for gay men to meet other gay men. (Based on Novel Updates Summary)
Where is Our Agreement to be Arch-Rivals?
Other Names: Did We Agree To Be Rivals?, Nói tốt trở thành lẫn nhau túc địch đâu [Xuyên thư], The Modified Script is Killing Me, 說好成為彼此的宿敵呢[穿書], 说好成为彼此的宿敌呢[穿书]
Links: Novel Updates, English Translation by Peach Blossom Codex
CW: child abuse (the original Su Yang is implied to have had sex with/been interested in minors), sexual abuse, suicidal idealisation/attempts, violence, illness + more
Description: “The web celebrity, Chen Suyang, transmigrated into a film adaptation he’d just finished rolling the death scene. Now he has to play the villain—the Evil Sect’s young master, Su Yang. To return to his own world, he faithfully acted according to the script and solemnly recited his lines—waiting for the day he’d die under the protagonist’s sword. But… why were the scenes getting farther and farther from the script?” (Novel Updates)
Yue Peng licked his lips. After a long while, he said, disappointed, “That’s really... great. I have one thing to announce. The day after you went down the mountain, Elder Lan Fang came out.”
Han Changsheng smiled at him with affection. “An Yuan, I once didn’t protect you and let you get hurt. That will never happen again. I said it before, you’re my most important person. I will protect you with my life!” My heart hurts seeing others hurt you because no one wants to kill you more than I do.
An Yuan slumped forward and stared ahead blankly. His eyes were watery, and he no longer spoke. Instead, he lowered his head to rest his chin on Han Changsheng’s shoulder.
A beautiful face turned scarlet and silent. The heartbeat pressed to Han Changsheng’s back sped up.
- Everyday I Get Up To See The Villain Stealing the Show, Chapter 25
