Master Simp

Eastern Wasteland Domain, Taichu Holy Land.

One of the Thirty-six Inner Peaks, Purple Bamboo Peak.

Morning mist swirled around the towering mountain peaks as several spirit cranes shuttled through the sea of clouds, emitting clear and resonant cries.

Inside an antique red sandalwood pavilion.

Su Ye jolted awake from his bed, cold sweat soaking the clothes on his back.

He gasped for air, his eyes filled with terror and confusion as he stared intently at the handsome young man in the bronze mirror, who possessed a face as fair as jade with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes.

"I... transmigrated?"

"Did I transmigrate into that female-oriented 'power fantasy' novel titled 'Ye Fan’s Road to Godhood'?"

Countless memory fragments flooded into his mind like a tide, forcibly merging with his Soul.

Su Ye clutched his throbbing forehead, his expression incredibly grim.

The original owner of this body was also named Su Ye.

He had an illustrious status as the Eldest Senior Brother of the Inner Sect's Purple Bamboo Peak in the Taichu Holy Land.

His talent was decent; possessing a Sixth-Grade Spiritual Root, he currently had a cultivation of the Golden Core Realm, First Heaven.

In the eyes of others, he was a high-and-mighty Holy Land Prodigy with a limitless future.

But in the original novel Su Ye had read, this "Su Ye" was nothing more than a complete joke!

A standard, miserable, and nauseating—simp villain!

In the original work, he was infatuated with his fellow sect Junior Sister, Lin Qianxue.

To please his Junior Sister, he not only gave away all his cultivation resources but even risked his life to pick Spirit Medicines for her in Forbidden Grounds, leaving himself covered in wounds.

The result?

Junior Sister Lin Qianxue enjoyed his sacrifices with a clear conscience while simultaneously turning around and throwing herself into the arms of a newly joined Outer Sect Disciple—the male lead, Ye Fan.

She even had the gall to say: "Senior Brother, you're a good person, but I only see you as an older brother. Brother Ye Fan is my true love."

To hell with true love!

What made Su Ye feel most suffocated was the subsequent plot.

Because the original owner was jealous of Ye Fan, he mindlessly provoked him multiple times. Consequently, he not only became a stepping stone for Ye Fan's posturing but was ultimately killed by Ye Fan in public, his Divine Soul completely extinguished.

And his cold and stunning Revered Master, who was hailed as the number one beauty of the Eastern Desolation—Yun Yuzhen.

Along with the other several beautiful Junior Sisters on Purple Bamboo Peak, each with her own unique charm.

In the end, they were all taken into Ye Fan's harem, becoming appendages and playthings on his path to becoming a Great Emperor.

"What a sin!"

Su Ye slammed the edge of the bed hard, a flash of violence crossing his eyes.

"I finally transmigrated after so much effort; did I come here just to be a simp and die?"

"So what if I have a Sixth-Grade Spiritual Root? So what if I'm in the Golden Core Realm?"

"In this cultivation world with its nine strict Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, Void Tempering, Dao Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Crossing."

"Even high-and-mighty Great Powers of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm are nothing more than slightly stronger ants before those Saints, Supremes, and Great Emperors!"

Su Ye took a deep breath, trying to calm the waves of emotion in his heart.

In the original work, the male lead Ye Fan possessed the legendary "Saint Spiritual Root," a Supreme Aptitude destined to achieve Sainthood, and was also the Child of Luck.

As for me, this villainous senior brother, I'm just a minor mob meant to provide experience points for the protagonist in the early stages.

"No, I absolutely cannot just sit and wait for death."

"Since the plot hasn't officially started yet and that cheater Ye Fan is still struggling in the outer sect..."

A cold light flickered in Su Ye's eyes as his fingers unconsciously tapped against his knee.

"Either I kill him while he's down..."

"Or, I'm not following this damn simp plotline anymore!"

Just as Su Ye was rapidly calculating a way to break the deadlock in his mind...

A cold, mechanical voice rang out deep in his mind without any warning.

[Ding! Intense Soul fluctuations detected from the Host. Binding conditions met!]

[The Strongest Villain System is binding...]

[Binding successful!]

Su Ye's body shook, followed by wild joy.

The System!

The standard equipment for transmigrators, the Golden Finger, has finally arrived!

"System, what functions do you have?" Su Ye asked urgently in his heart.

[This System aims to assist the Host in becoming the strongest villain in the myriad heavens and worlds.]

[As long as the Host strikes at the Child of Luck, plunders his Luck, or subdues and intercepts important female characters around him (such as Revered Masters, Junior Sisters, confidantes, etc.), you will receive generous rewards.]

[Rewards include but are not limited to: improving Spiritual Root Aptitude, cultivation Realms, Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons, Immortal Rank Cultivation Techniques, etc.]

Listening to the System's introduction, the curve of Su Ye's lips grew wider.

Intercepting the Child of Luck's women?

I'm familiar with this line of work!

Anyway, in the original work, all the beauties of Purple Bamboo Peak ended up benefiting that hypocrite Ye Fan.

Instead of letting them become part of Ye Fan's harem, why not...

[Ding! Newbie mission issued!]

[Special time point detected.]

[The Host's Revered Master, Peak Master of Purple Bamboo Peak Yun Yuzhen, possesses the legendary "Taiyin Sacred Body."]

[The Taiyin Sacred Body is extremely Yin and cold. On this day every year, the Grand Yin Qi will erupt and backlash against the body.]

[Over the next fifteen days, Yun Yuzhen, who possesses a cultivation of the Tribulation Crossing Realm, Tenth Heaven, will lose all her cultivation and become a Mortal. Furthermore, she will be extremely weak and must endure the bone-eroding pain of Cold Poison.]

[Mission: Please proceed to your Revered Master's bedchamber and help her "heal."]

[Reward: Newbie Gift Pack (contains a Marrow Cleansing Pill, a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique, and 1,000 villain points).]

[Note: If the Host refuses the mission or fails, the Host will be obliterated, and a new Host will be sought.]

Hiss—!

After reading the mission issued by the System, Su Ye gasped.

Revered Master Yun Yuzhen?

That Revered Master who is usually high and mighty, as cold as the vast cold fairy, whose gaze alone could freeze someone to death?

She actually has the Taiyin Sacred Body?

And right now is exactly when she has lost her cultivation and is at her weakest?

In Su Ye's mind, Yun Yuzhen's beautiful yet cold face involuntarily appeared.

Dressed in white as pure as snow, her black hair flowing like a waterfall, her temperament was ethereal and transcendent.

She is the youngest Peak Revered Master of the Taichu Holy Land, a terrifying powerhouse of the Tribulation Crossing Realm, Tenth Heaven, only one step away from entering the "Half-Saint" Realm and ranking among the Holy Land's top combatants.

In the original work, Yun Yuzhen was an unattainable flower that even the male lead Ye Fan coveted but never dared to easily desecrate.

It wasn't until the very Late Stages, when Ye Fan achieved the position of Great Emperor, that he forcibly conquered her.

"Losing all cultivation for fifteen days..."

Su Ye's Adam's apple bobbed as a playful light flashed in his eyes.

How is this a mission?

This is clearly an opportunity delivered right to my door!

If the outside world knew that the dignified Peak Master of Purple Bamboo Peak, a top powerhouse of the Taichu Holy Land, was now a powerless Mortal...

The entire Eastern Wasteland Domain would probably be shaken!

Her enemies from the past would surely swarm in and raze Purple Bamboo Peak to the ground.

"System, you're forcing me to be a Revered Master-defying Rebellious Disciple."

Su Ye licked his dry lips, stood up, and straightened his robes.

Since it's a villain System, I must have the awareness of a villain.

Be a good person?

The grass on the graves of good people is already ten feet high!

"Revered Master, your Disciple is coming to... solve your troubles."

...

The summit of Purple Bamboo Peak, Cold Jade Palace.

This is the place with the densest Spiritual Qi on the entire Purple Bamboo Peak and is also Peak Revered Master Yun Yuzhen's bedchamber.

Normally, this place is shrouded in layers of Formations; aside from Yun Yuzhen herself, even her Personal Disciples are not allowed to approach within half a step without being summoned.

But today, the Formation that usually pulsed with terrifying spiritual power fluctuations appeared exceptionally dim.

There were even faint signs of it collapsing.

Wearing a purple-gold robe with a white jade pendant hanging from his waist, Su Ye walked step by step toward Cold Jade Palace along the white jade-paved stairs.

The surroundings were silent.

Because Yun Yuzhen's rules were strict, there were no maids or servants around this palace.

This also provided Su Ye with great convenience.

He reached the palace gates.

A bone-chilling cold seeped out through the cracks in the door, causing even Su Ye, with his Golden Core Realm cultivation, to shiver.

"What terrifying Grand Yin Qi."

"Just a sliver of escaping aura is this amazing; no wonder it can produce powerhouses of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm."

Su Ye was secretly alarmed, but his pace did not falter.

He reached out and gently pushed open the heavy white jade gates.

"Creak—"

The dull sound of friction echoed within the silent palace.

Inside the hall, the light was dim, and a faint fragrance filled the air. It was Yun Yuzhen's unique body scent, mixed with the biting cold, making one's heart sway.

In the center of the hall was a massive Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade Bed.

At this moment.

An exquisite figure was curled up on the cold jade bed, shivering uncontrollably.

Yun Yuzhen!

At this time, how could she still have that majestic appearance of keeping people a thousand miles away?

Her face was as pale as paper, devoid of color, and her forehead was covered in fine beads of cold sweat.

Her originally neat white palace dress was somewhat disheveled from her painful struggles, revealing half of her snowy-white, delicate collarbone and a breathtaking curve.

Hearing the sound of the door opening.

Yun Yuzhen on the bed suddenly snapped her eyes open.

Those eyes, which were usually as calm as autumn waters, were now filled with panic and weakness, and even a hint of ill-concealed killing intent.

"Who is it?!"

Yun Yuzhen shouted. Although her voice was still cold, it lacked strength and carried a clear tremor.

She subconsciously wanted to mobilize the Spiritual Qi in her body to suppress the intruder.

But her Dantian was empty. Her vast, sea-like Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivation seemed to have vanished into air, and she couldn't muster even a shred of it.

Instead, this attempt to exert force triggered the Cold Poison within her.

"Ugh..."

Yun Yuzhen let out a painful groan, her body curling up even tighter.

"Revered Master, it is your Disciple, Su Ye."

Su Ye stepped over the threshold and closed the hall door behind him.

"Click."

This soft sound was exceptionally piercing in the empty hall.

It was as if all hope from the outside world had been completely cut off.

With a faint smile on his lips, Su Ye walked step by step toward the cold jade bed.

His footsteps weren't heavy, but each one felt like it was treading on Yun Yuzhen's heart.

"Su Ye?!"

Yun Yuzhen saw clearly who it was. A flash of astonishment crossed her eyes, followed by anger.

She had watched Su Ye grow up.

In her impression, although this eldest Disciple had decent talent, his personality was somewhat indecisive and even a bit dull, spending all day revolving around that newly joined Junior Sister.

Normally, he was extremely respectful toward her, her Revered Master, not even daring to raise his head.

But today...

Why was his gaze so unfamiliar?

That kind of gaze was no longer one of awe, but a kind of... naked aggression!

"Presumptuous!"

Yun Yuzhen forced herself to sit up, trying to maintain her dignity as a Revered Master.

"This seat has said that during closed-door cultivation, no one is allowed to enter without permission!"

"Su Ye, you as the Eldest Senior Brother, how dare you defy your Revered Master's orders and trespass into this seat's bedchamber!"

"Get out this instant! Go to the Hall of Punishment and receive a hundred lightning whips yourself!"

Under normal circumstances, this scolding from Yun Yuzhen, even without spiritual power, would be enough to make the Disciples of Purple Bamboo Peak kneel and beg for mercy in fear.

But at this moment.

In Su Ye's eyes, this was nothing more than a toothless tiger putting on a show of bravado.

"Revered Master, you're already in this state, yet your temper is still so fiery?"

Instead of retreating, Su Ye quickened his pace and came directly to the cold jade bed.

He looked down from above at this once-unbeatable, beautiful female cultivator.

Under close observation.

Yun Yuzhen's beauty was even more breathtaking.

Even in her sickly paleness, that cold and noble temperament still made one want to ruthlessly crush her.

"You... what do you want to do?"

Yun Yuzhen finally panicked.

She keenly felt that the aura on Su Ye's body was not right.

That unrestrained gaze, like he was examining a piece of private property belonging to him, caused her to feel an unprecedented sense of shame and fear.

She wanted to resist, wanted to summon her natal Spiritual Artifact, the "Ice Soul Divine Sword," to kill this Rebellious Disciple.

However, she couldn't even mobilize a sliver of her Divine Sense.

Right now, she was even weaker than a Mortal woman.

Su Ye slowly leaned down.

He placed his hands on either side of Yun Yuzhen, trapping her between himself and the cold jade bed.

The distance between them was extremely close, their breaths audible to each other.

Su Ye could clearly smell the pleasant orchid fragrance on Yun Yuzhen's body and see her long eyelashes trembling violently.

"Revered Master."

Su Ye's voice was low and magnetic, softly echoing in Yun Yuzhen's ear.

The warm breath spraying on her crystal-clear earlobe caused Yun Yuzhen to stiffen, and her originally pale cheeks actually flushed with an unnatural crimson.

"Rebellious Disciple! You dare..."

Yun Yuzhen gritted her teeth and stared fixedly at Su Ye, her eyes filled with humiliation.

"Get away! Once this seat recovers her cultivation, I will surely tear you into ten thousand pieces and expel you from the sect!"

"Recover your cultivation?"

Su Ye chuckled and reached out a hand, extremely boldly tilting up Yun Yuzhen's smooth chin.

The sensation from his fingertips was as smooth as grease and as cold as jade.

"Revered Master, you are currently in the eruption phase of the taiyin cold poison."

"Without external help, let alone recovering your cultivation, it's a question of whether you can even survive these fifteen days."

Hearing this, Yun Yuzhen's pupils suddenly constricted.

The last line of defense in her heart instantly collapsed.

How does he know?!

The secret of the Taiyin Sacred Body was known to no one in the entire Taichu Holy Land except for the Grand Elder who had long since ascended!

This Rebellious Disciple, how did he know?!

Furthermore, he even knew she would be weak for fifteen days!

Fear.

True fear began to spread in Yun Yuzhen's heart.

Since Su Ye knew all this, his barging in at this time meant he was definitely prepared!

"You... who exactly are you?"

Yun Yuzhen's voice trembled; she could no longer maintain her composure.

Looking at this panicked, beautiful face before him, a sense of unprecedented conquest welled up in Su Ye's heart.

Is this the joy of being a villain?

It's certainly much more satisfying than being a simp!

Su Ye did not answer her question.

Instead, he slowly leaned closer to her ear and said softly in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Revered Master, you are the dignified Peak Master of Purple Bamboo Peak in the Taichu Holy Land, a Great Power of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm."

"If the other people in the Holy Land or those demonic giants who are eyeing you greedily were to find out..."

"That at this time every year, you become a Mortal at the mercy of others."

Saying this, Su Ye paused intentionally.

Seeing Yun Yuzhen's pupils dilate from extreme terror, the smile on Su Ye's lips deepened.

"Revered Master, you wouldn't want the fact that you've lost your cultivation to be known by others, would you?"