Little Pink Starfish

The next morning, outside the Star Lord’s residence.

After three rounds of blocking by the guards, five rounds of teary-eyed pleading from Qing Tong, and eight instances of the monsters displaying complicated expressions, Ziche Shubai took a storage ring containing 80% of the spirit crystals on the planet and left Tiandu Star with the pervert.

The guards watched reluctantly: Star Lord, buy whatever you need, okay? Just buy, buy, buy! We’re really worried that pig-head won’t take care of you properly! Don’t suffer, okay?

Qing Tong, on the verge of collapse: Young master… is young master really going on a date with that shameless pig-head who weaseled his way into his bed…? So… so heartbreaking. But young master’s wishes are the most important… I shall weep and bid farewell…

As that snow-white, god-like figure disappeared, she wept on the spot before turning and running away in tears.

The guards, eyes brimming with emotion, could no longer hold back. As soon as she ran, they too collectively burst into tears and followed her.

We must train hard! Next time, we must leave with the Star Lord!

The monsters: Something about this feels… off. Isn’t the atmosphere weird?

The three great demon kings: The people of Tiandu Star… what the hell is wrong with them?!

However—

When all the monsters saw their king disappear, realizing he wouldn’t be back for a while, they all had the exact same reaction:

Finally! He’s gone! Finally gone! Life is safe again!

No more worrying about our monster cores getting spat out one by one!

If possible…

Luo Hu Yao Wang lifted her head, her stunning face carrying a melancholic arc in the wind. If only that pretty boy was truly strong enough to take that damn snake away for good and never let him return! I swear, I’d burn incense for him every day!

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Ziche Shubai sat cross-legged inside a cage-like artifact made of rare metal, held delicately in the mouth of a gigantic python spanning ten thousand meters.

Unsurprisingly, this cage was created by the pervert.

And the reason?

Because neither of them! Could! Pilot a spaceship!

Damn it, they couldn’t fly a ship, yet they wanted to travel through space. The pervert could manage, but Ziche Shubai—stuck in Shangguan Yu’s body—could not.

But when the pervert took out this oversized birdcage, Ziche Shubai fell silent for three seconds.

This cage… looked like it had been prepared a long time ago.

Its durability could directly withstand cosmic storms.

The pervert really put a lot of thought into this.

Heh.

Life was truly tragic.

Returning or exchanging this was obviously not an option…

Adjusting his mood quickly, Ziche “Broad-Minded” Shubai didn’t dwell on it. After all, the pervert had done far stranger things in the past. If he couldn’t handle this, how could he have been entangled with him for thousands of years?

This time, he had a plan.

First, they were going to snatch some of the protagonist’s original opportunities.

To clarify, Ziche Shubai actually had a fairly positive opinion of this novel’s protagonist, Gu Xing.

Aside from being a bit of a womanizer, a bit arrogant, and having a slightly excessive sense of pride, he didn’t have any particularly glaring flaws. Plus, he had a face identical to Gu Zhang—Ziche Shubai’s beloved, middle school-era edgelord of a little brother.

With that in mind, of course Ziche Shubai had no ill will toward him.

However—having no ill will didn’t mean he had to indulge him!

Because in Ziche Shubai’s heart, the pervert was still more important.

Ziche Shubai gazed at the sky.

This must be the difference between one’s own child and someone else’s child…

Even if that “someone else” is a close friend, they still can’t compare to my own!

No helping it.

Ever since reuniting with the pervert—who had several demon kings trailing behind him—Ziche Shubai knew the guy was definitely the villain.

Especially considering how twisted his personality was. Even if he had been reborn into a non-villainous role, he would absolutely turn himself into one anyway!

Speechless.

Ziche Shubai mentally lit a candle for himself.

In the novel he had written, Qiguan Rui was both the protagonist and the final boss. He was fundamentally built with bad DNA, and even if you tossed him into a furnace for reforging, he’d still come out crooked.

Now, in someone else’s novel, the protagonist role had already been taken by Gu Xing, leaving him with only one path—headlining the BOSS role.

So naturally, he would be at odds with the protagonist.

And then, there was that face.

Ziche Shubai smacked a palm against his own forehead.

This pervert, who could fight Gu Zhang—a shut-in and ordinary mortal—for a full hundred years, still harbored an overwhelming urge to kill Gu Xing, even without his memories.

To ensure the pervert’s survival—and better yet, to suppress the protagonist’s plot armor—it was necessary to steal Gu Xing’s lucky encounters.

As for opportunities that couldn’t be fully seized?

No problem.

If they couldn’t use them, they just had to make sure the protagonist couldn’t either.

Ziche Shubai had very low standards.

Using his near-perfect memory, he guided their journey toward one of Gu Xing’s major fateful encounters.

“Left.”

“Right.”

“Ji Nan Star.”

“Northeast direction.”

Under his precise navigation, after a month of travel, they finally arrived at their destination—

The legendary, woman-filled Hongfen Star.

This was the staple faction in every harem fantasy novel—an all-female sect where men were strictly forbidden.

Every woman here had to be stunningly beautiful, and their leader or saintess had to be the most breathtaking.

And of course—she had to have a romantic entanglement with the protagonist.

If such a scenario was missing, the author would be ruthlessly flamed in the reviews section!

Thus, how could this setting be absent in Wei Liang’s harem novel?

Gu Xing’s second true love, the Saintess Shuangshuang, was the next leader of Hongfen Palace.

She held immense power, had a rare “Luan Butterfly Sacred Body” that could boost the protagonist’s cultivation, and possessed a family heirloom—a sacred treasure that no one had ever been able to unlock…

Of course, in the end, it became part of Gu Xing’s dowry.

Both the saintess and the treasure were his golden fingers.

The latter could simply be taken outright, while the former just needed a small seal to suppress her unique physique—problem solved.

That was exactly what Ziche Shubai intended to do.

At his request, the giant python reluctantly set down the cage and freed him.

Ziche Shubai felt a little touched.

Wow, he actually let go without clinging for too long? I should give him a head pat as a reward.

The giant python immediately perked up, and with a graceful twist—

Wait, no, with a smooth motion of his waist—he transformed back into an exceptionally handsome young man.

…And latched onto Ziche Shubai’s back.

Ziche Shubai began explaining their plan.

His words were brief but packed with information—easy to understand.

The pervert listened obediently without interrupting.

Then, when Ziche Shubai suggested they sneak around the perimeter of Hongfen Palace, the pervert immediately transformed into a shadowy serpent and darted forward with him.

Just as they reached the palace entrance—

The pervert walked out.

Ziche Shubai: “?”

The pervert snapped his fingers.

In an instant, dozens of beautiful female guards at the palace gates knelt in unison, their voices harmonizing sweetly—

“This humble servant welcomes Master back to the palace!”

“This humble servant welcomes the Lord’s Madam back to the palace!”

Ziche Shubai’s expression remained impassive.

Madam?

I’m a man. A real man.

Just because I got thrown into a feminine-looking body doesn’t mean I actually turned into a woman, okay?

If I get mad, even I’m afraid of myself, you hear?!

…Wait.

Something was wrong.

Ziche Shubai’s eyes flicked between the kneeling women and the oversized human-shaped accessory clinging to him.

…No need to think. I already know the answer.

When the hell did this pervert take over Hongfen Palace?!

Wasn’t he leaving early and coming back late every day?

In just one day, this damn pervert not only traveled a whole month’s journey but also managed to pull off something this insane?!

Behind him, a pitiful voice murmured, “I just wanted to enjoy it a little longer… to cherish the time I can keep gege safely in my grasp… Gege, please don’t be mad at me…”

Ziche Shubai: “…”

I freaking knew it.

Motherfucker!

You might be satisfied, but I was locked up in that damn cage for a whole month!

A whole month!

I’m going crazy!

Kongshan Dawang quickly tried to appease him, snapping his fingers once more.

Instantly, the kneeling beauties stood up, raised their arms, and gracefully began to dance.

Ziche Shubai took a deep breath.

What the hell did I do to give you this kind of illusion?!

Kongshan Dawang smiled gently and wrapped Ziche Shubai in his arms, confidently stepping into the palace that supposedly no man had ever set foot in before.

Ziche Shubai was seated in the highest position, while Kongshan Dawang stood at his side, gazing at him with boundless affection.

Below them…

A breathtakingly beautiful palace master in her twenties and an exquisitely delicate saintess bowed deeply before them.

Even though one was a Soaring Ascension Realm master and the other had reached the Entering Tribulation Realm, neither could resist the parasite of the serpent gu. They had already become pawns under the pervert’s control.

From now on, their fates—whether life or death—were entirely in his hands.

Ziche Shubai: What a ruthless way to destroy a delicate flower…

The protagonist’s second true love had officially gone off-script.