Little Pink Starfish

When Gu Bai woke up again, he could already calmly say things like, “Wow! I transmigrated again.” As the saying went, after transmigrating enough times, he just got used to it, right?

The more urgent matter now was that he needed to first figure out what he had transmigrated into and which book he had landed in.

Yes, a book — probably because the first time he had been a dead otaku who transmigrated into a book, and afterward, when he shattered the void again and again, damn it, it was still all books.

Mm, staying calm was important.

Then Gu Bai went to look in the mirror.

The person in the mirror this time… looked very similar to the City Lord’s shell, but damn it felt so good! Because it was a face with clear contours! Deep-set features! Cold and handsome! A pure man’s face!

—Of course, it was not to say he wasn’t a pure man before, but the City Lord’s shell looked noble, belonging to the noble type, not the pure masculine type. In other worlds, it was already good if he managed to look noble at all, not to mention sometimes he even… forget it.

In internet slang, it would be: before, he either transmigrated into a shou, or a switch who could be both gong and shou, and thanks to that pervert, he always ended up as a shou. But this time, it was solidly a gong face!

So damn awesome!

Gu Bai was practically moved to tears.

This was just too comforting!

The current shell, while having a total gong face, also had a very total gong temperament. Just from the face, you could tell — he probably hadn’t smiled in hundreds of years, with a forbidding aura that repelled people from a thousand miles away, seemingly even stiffer than his City Lord shell, wasn’t it.

Such a shell was easy to act out, and coupled with this upper-echelon aura, he didn’t have to worry about getting exposed at all.

It felt like the world was finally treating him kindly, wasn’t it.

While Gu Bai was secretly delighted, a respectful voice sounded outside.

Gu Bai immediately understood.

This was a perfect chance to figure out his identity, hahahaha!

Thus, Gu Bai waved his hand, and the palace doors opened.

Yes, palace doors!

He was now living alone in a huge, empty palace, wasn’t he!

The surrounding furnishings looked simple but were actually luxurious low-key, wasn’t it!

Obviously, his status was high and he liked to be alone, right!

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The person outside walked in — a youth carrying a sword on his back.

The youth had a sharp, blade-like aura about him, matching perfectly with the longsword on his back.

At the same time, as soon as the youth saw Gu Bai, he immediately bowed deeply with a five-body-prostration, then rose and performed a formal, solemn sword salute: “Disciple Tu Nan Feng greets Ancestor Tianxiao!”

Gu Bai didn’t speak.

He frantically searched through all the novels he had read in his mind, trying to figure out what kind of character this Tianxiao Ancestor was — whether a major supporting character or a minor one — and thereby identify the book and situation.

Maybe because Tianxiao Ancestor was naturally this stoic, the youth didn’t find it strange at all that Gu Bai didn’t speak.

The youth respectfully continued: “The disciple Ling Feng whom Ancestor named to be accepted yesterday has been properly arranged. He is now being brought to the hall outside. May Ancestor instruct how to proceed? Shall Ancestor officially meet him?”

Thunderbolt from a clear sky!

Gu Bai felt like he was done for.

Holy shit, he knew what book this was! This was the last novel he had finished as a dead otaku in his previous life!

Ba Tian Xian Wang (霸天仙王)!

Yes! This one!

Damn it, it was actually his own book!

Gu Bai’s throat moved with difficulty.

Although he still didn’t know where that pervert was, he could already faintly sense the atmosphere of this world…

Gu Bai took a deep breath.

Since this was a world he had written, of course, there was a protagonist. And that Ling Feng kid, who was supposedly named by him and was now waiting outside, was — no doubt — the protagonist of this world.

Just like all stallion novels, behind the domineering and cliché title was a similarly domineering and cliché story of progression, telling how Ling Feng rose from humble beginnings, went through hardships but mostly smooth sailing, and ultimately ascended to the Immortal Realm to become a peerless Immortal King! Along the way, of course, there were brothers, beauties, cheat items, and “old grandpas” giving guidance.

The Tianxiao Ancestor whom Gu Bai now became was Ling Feng’s primary golden thigh throughout the early and even mid stages — he was Ling Feng’s real second master.

As for the first? That one was never formally acknowledged as a master and was a minor boss. How could he compare to Tianxiao Ancestor? Tianxiao Ancestor had just randomly glanced at Ling Feng, saw he had strong willpower and was a good seedling, and, possibly due to being clouded by Ling Feng’s destiny aura, took him as a nominal disciple — waiting for the right time to promote him to personal disciple! And as a cultivator who had never accepted any official disciples, Ling Feng was his only disciple!

At this point, he quietly turned his face.

In the original story, Tianxiao Ancestor was grim and stoic, but he was deeply affectionate toward Ling Feng, being his strongest backer, carefully guiding him. He was the person Ling Feng most respected. Although later, when Ling Feng’s protagonist physique triggered a major disaster, Tianxiao Ancestor rushed to save him, damaged his own foundation, and eventually couldn’t ascend, dying of old age, Ling Feng, after ascending and becoming an Immortal King, went through countless hardships to finally revive him!

It sounded touching.

But to Gu Bai… it wasn’t good at all…

Back then he thought it was fine, but now thinking back, the original story was way too bromantic ahhhh! No wonder in that last book, so many fangirls flooded the comments! Damn it, even before getting bent by that pervert, was he naturally inclined this way?!

This bromance was seriously overflowing…

The pervert must also be in this world. No doubt.

And once the death plot…

Hehe.

Ling Feng wasn’t just the last protagonist Gu Bai ever wrote — he had now already been accepted by Tianxiao Ancestor as the “only disciple.” In the original, Tianxiao Ancestor even died for him, and Ling Feng went through heaven and hell to revive him… the bond was extremely deep.

Gu Bai covered his face in silence.

What to say.

If Ling Feng were just the last protagonist he wrote, and not someone onto whom he had projected a lot of humanistic ideals, maybe he wouldn’t feel so conflicted. After all, they hadn’t exactly been soft on suppressing protagonists before, right?

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But Gu Bai had a protective streak.

The dead pervert Qiguan Rui was, after all, the first protagonist he wrote with enthusiasm, carrying deep emotional investment — his “eldest son,” so to speak. Even if he got a little twisted, he was still “the eldest son”! Later, he even became the “first emotional anchor” in another world, and eventually the lifelong partner who bent him — so many years of husband-husband bonds… they were already inseparable.

And Ling Feng?

As the final protagonist of Gu Bai’s last story, he was the “youngest son,” an idealized figure embodying Gu Bai’s mature writing and near-perfect storytelling just before transmigrating. Even Tianxiao Ancestor was inevitably infused with a father-like affection — and he had delicately written such intense “master-disciple” bonds, only to be brain-supplemented into bromance later…

Thus, he valued Ling Feng a lot!

—Of course, Qiguan Rui was still the most important.

But that didn’t mean that just because he hooked up with the pervert, he could become a stepfather!

That was a family tragedy! Absolutely could not happen!

Gu Bai had a headache.

With how well he knew the dead pervert, once Qiguan Rui found out the situation, the first thing he would want to do was directly kill the protagonist Ling Feng. And Ling Feng right now… had just left the newbie village and defeated a minor boss. Facing the pervert’s strength, he would get poked to death with one finger.

Then the world would collapse.

…So scary.

And what made Gu Bai even more anxious was — if he dared to protect Ling Feng, the pervert’s hatred would only deepen, and who knew when he might secretly kill Ling Feng behind his back!

Father and son killing each other… uh, no, senior and junior brother killing each other… uh…

Just thinking about it made Gu Bai’s scalp tingle and his whole body want to explode!

While he was frantically scratching the wall inside his mind, suddenly a soft moan sounded.

Gu Bai snapped awake.

He realized that the sword-carrying youth before him was already trembling all over, overwhelmed by the sword aura he unconsciously released!

Yes, sword aura.

Everyone knew in many novels that high-status sword cultivators, especially those who could be the protagonist’s backers, were cold, emotionless, and constantly leaked icy sword aura. Tianxiao Ancestor was no exception! His combat power was terrifying! His sword aura was terrifying!

Just now, Gu Bai had accidentally released too much coldness while zoning out. It was normal for a young kid to be overwhelmed and trembling like a sieve.

So what should he do now…

Ah right.

Answer the question.

This young man said Ling Feng was already outside, right?

Good, then he should be summoned in.

Thus, having figured out his identity, Gu Bai opened his mouth: “Bring him in.”

The sword-carrying youth felt the sword aura dissipate, broke into a cold sweat down his back, and while admiring Tianxiao Ancestor’s terrifying sword energy, respectfully replied: “Yes, Ancestor.”

Then he left first.

But Gu Bai never expected that not even a minute later, the youth would come running back, drenched in cold sweat and looking panic-stricken!

He shouted: “Ancestor! Ancestor! The mountain-protecting formation is acting abnormally! It seems an enemy—”

Gu Bai froze.

Enemy? He didn’t remember writing any enemies here… although he did recall that there should be a protagonist’s lucky encounter happening at the mountain…

Then, Gu Bai’s figure flashed, and he walked out of the palace, standing at the summit of Tianxiao Mountain.

The ground! Shook! Mountains! Quaked!

Gu Bai’s eyes widened by one millimeter.

Holy shit there really was an “enemy”!

It was a giant snake! That smashed the mountain-protecting formation into pieces!

Damn it, which pervert was it this time!!!

The pervert’s expression… was extremely sinister.

Wuwuwuwuwu!