1: I transmigrated into the body of a villain at the start? I promptly handed the system over to my family!

(Brain Storage Area)

My head felt like it was splitting apart.

It was as if someone were using a mountain-cleaving axe to split my skull open.

Gu Changge snapped his eyes open. His vision was met with Phoebe zhennan beams and a top-grade heavenly silk quilt embroidered with the True Dragons of the Nine Heavens.

Memories flooded in like a tide.

Young Master of the Longevity Gu Family of the Canglan Dao Domain.

Gu Changge rubbed his temples, a playful arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Transmigrated?"

"And as the ultimate background character of the heavens—a villainous young master of an Ancient Family whose sole purpose is to serve as experience points for the protagonist?"

Interesting.

Following the tropes of web novels, shouldn't a "broken engagement" or "trash-tier" protagonist show up next to step on my face and rise to power?

Just then.

A cold, mechanical voice exploded in his mind without warning.

[Ding! The Ultimate Villain Hunting System has been successfully activated!]

[Scanning current world destiny... Scan complete.]

[Detection results are as follows: The spatial barriers of this world are like a sieve; destiny is in utter chaos.]

[Current total number of Children of Destiny (Transmigrators/Reincarnators/System Owners/Children of the Plane) in this world: 32,400.]

Gu Changge's hand, which was rubbing his temples, froze mid-air.

The air suddenly became terrifyingly still.

A few seconds later.

Gu Changge almost couldn't hold back a curse.

"System, how many did you just say?"

[Answering host: Thirty-two thousand four hundred.]

Gu Changge took a deep breath.

(Over thirty thousand?)

(Is this even a fantasy world? This is a damn Gu-refining pit!)

(Even a production team's donkey wouldn't dare work this hard!)

If every protagonist needs a villain to deliver their head on a silver platter...

Gu Changge could just step outside and throw a brick, and he'd hit three youths shouting "Don't look down on a poor youth," or two Dragon King sons-in-law with crooked smirks.

"System, issue the mission."

Gu Changge flopped back onto the bed, his face filled with despair.

[Main Mission Issued: host, please hunt down all Children of Destiny and plunder their destiny to become the sole Great Villain of the heavens!]

As expected.

Gu Changge rolled his eyes.

Kill thirty thousand protagonists?

These people are all unkillable cockroaches; they pick up secret manuals when jumping off cliffs and awaken special constitutions just by drinking water.

Even if I were made of iron, how many nails could I possibly hammer?

I'd either die of exhaustion on the way to kill them, or have my ashes scattered by this army of thirty thousand.

"Going solo is a death sentence."

"Being a villain? Not even a dog would do it."

Gu Changge stood up, his bare feet stepping onto a floor paved with Ten-thousand-year-old Warm Jade.

He walked to the window and pushed open the carved lattice.

As far as the eye could see...

Divine Islands floated in the sky, and immortal palaces stretched on endlessly.

The auspicious beast Qilin breathed out glowing mists amidst the clouds; it was the Gu Family's mountain-protecting divine beast.

Above countless spirit peaks, Gu Family disciples flew on swords, their sword qi spanning thirty thousand miles.

This was a war machine so massive it was suffocating.

The Longevity Gu Family.

A colossus that had been passed down for countless eras—if it stomped its foot, the entire Canglan Dao Domain would tremble.

Gu Changge looked at the immense wealth before him, his gaze gradually deepening.

His fingers lightly tapped the windowsill.

(Since I am the Young Master of the Gu Family...)

(Why should I work myself to the bone alone?)

(I have a System, but more importantly, I have a family.)

A wild and bold idea began to sprout frantically in Gu Changge's mind.

Open up the perspective!

Since being a villain is hard, why not hand the System over to the family?

Let the Ancestors deal with the Systems.

Let my hot-tempered Second Uncle deal with the Dragon King sons-in-law.

Let my green tea female cousin deal with the innocent trash-tier protagonists.

I just need to sit behind the scenes, drinking tea and watching the show, while harvesting the final destiny points.

This is what a true capitalist—oh no, a Great Villain—should do!

"Marvelous."

The smile on Gu Changge's lips grew wider, a cold light called "Capitalist" flickering in his eyes.

"Someone, come!"

He gave a soft shout.

The doors to the sleeping quarters opened on their own without any wind.

Two rows of beautiful maidens dressed in flowing cloud gauze skirts entered fearfully in single file, all kneeling on the ground.

"Young Master, what are your orders?"

Gu Changge casually threw on an Ink-colored Qilin Robe, his entire being exuding a lazy yet dangerous aura.

"Change my clothes."

"I am going to the Ancestral God Hall."

Hearing this, the maidens' delicate bodies trembled violently.

The leader of the maidens looked up, her eyes filled with terror:

"Young... Young Master, the Ancestral God Hall is a forbidden area of the family. Unless it is a moment of life or death for the family, one must not enter without permission, much less..."

Gu Changge glanced at her.

Just a single glance.

That terrifying pressure of a superior made the maiden leader shut her mouth instantly, cold sweat soaking her back.

(Is this the intimidation of a villain? Not bad.)

"Why should I, the Young Master, explain my actions to you?"

"Yes! This servant admits her fault!"

A moment later.

With his hair bound in a golden crown and his sleeves fluttering, Gu Changge looked like a banished immortal descending to the mortal world.

But the look in his eyes was wilder than a demon's.

He did not bring any attendants.

Alone, he rode a divine rainbow straight toward the very center of the Gu Family Divine Island.

There stood a simple yet desolate black hall.

The Ancestral God Hall.

It was also the symbol of the Gu Family's supreme power.

There were no guards at the entrance of the hall.

Because none were needed.

The countless ancestral tablets enshrined within and the sleeping old monsters were the best defense.

Gu Changge landed on the square in front of the hall.

In the center of the square hung a rust-covered ancient bronze bell.

god-startling bell.

Legend had it that once this bell rang, it meant the Gu Family had reached a moment of life or death, and all ancestors in secluded meditation would emerge.

The last time it was struck was thirty thousand years ago, when the Gu Family launched an Immortal War to wipe out a rival empire.

Gu Changge stood before the great bell.

Though it was covered in rust, the heavy sense of history it carried still stirred the soul.

[host, what are you trying to do?]

The System seemed to sense something was wrong and issued an alarm.

[This System is bound to the host's soul and cannot be unbound. host, please do not do anything foolish!]

"Foolish?"

Gu Changge sneered.

He raised his hand, and spiritual energy gathered frantically in his palm, transforming into a giant golden hand.

(System, your vision is too narrow.)

(Today, I will teach you what it means to borrow a hen to lay eggs—the whole clan ascending!)

"Ring for me!"

Without any hesitation.

Gu Changge struck the god-startling bell with a powerful palm.

Boom—!!!

At this moment.

Heaven and earth lost their voice.

The terrifying sound waves turned into visible ripples, instantly sweeping across the entire Gu Family Divine Island, even piercing through the clouds and shattering the drifting clouds for ten thousand miles around.

"Dong—!!!"

The bell's toll was desolate, carrying an eternal aura of slaughter.

At the first toll, all beasts prostrated.

At the second toll, the spiritual sea boiled.

At the third toll, the sky and earth changed color!

Gu Changge did not stop; instead, he struck it nine times in a single breath!

Nine tolls that shook the heavens!

This was the highest-level summons!

In an instant.

The entire Longevity Gu Family exploded into an uproar.

Countless divine senses, terrifying to the extreme, revived from every corner of the Divine Island, like sleeping dragons opening their eyes.

In the forbidden area of the back mountain, coffin lids flew everywhere.

Deep within the Scripture Pavilion, a withered old man snapped his eyes open, the divine light in his pupils piercing through the void.

"The god-startling bell has rung?"

"Who dares to offend my Gu Family!"

"Nine consecutive tolls? Could it be that the Dark Turmoil has returned?!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Streaks of light tore through the void, carrying world-destroying momentum as they converged frantically toward the Ancestral God Hall.

At that moment.

The sky was obscured by the dense figures of the powerful.

Saints were as common as rain, and Great Powers were like dogs!

This was the foundation of an Ancient Family!

Locked onto by these countless terrifying auras, Gu Changge stood quietly beneath the great bell with his hands behind his back.

The wild wind disheveled his hair, but it could not blow away the smile on his lips.

A figure teleported and landed in front of Gu Changge.

It was the Head of the Gu Family and Gu Changge's biological Father, Father.

At this moment, Father was wrapped in lightning and brimming with murderous intent, holding a replica of an ultimate dao emperor weapon.

When he saw clearly that the person striking the bell was his own son, the murderous intent on his face instantly froze, turning into shock and an urge to slap someone.

"Changge?"

"Why is it you?"

Father's eyelid twitched violently as he suppressed the urge to slap his son into the ground, asking through gritted teeth:

"Where is the external enemy? Where is the clan-extinction crisis?"

"If you brat dare to say your hand slipped, I'll let you know the meaning of 'fatherly love is as heavy as a mountain' today!"

Facing his enraged Father and the hundreds of ancestors around him who were huffing and puffing.

Not only was Gu Changge not panicked.

Instead, he elegantly straightened his collar, which had been ruffled by the wind.

He looked up, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally landing on his Father's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and smiled calmly:

"Father, Ancestors, please calm yourselves."

"I haven't gone mad, and my hand didn't slip."

"I rang the bell because I've discovered a big business opportunity."

"A big business opportunity that can allow our Gu Family to monopolize the destiny of all the heavens and myriad worlds!"