After transmigrating into a novel as a villain, Chen Li originally planned to turn over a new leaf and be a decent person. But things started getting way out of hand—

His disciple, the one he “tormented” to the brink of madness, stood before him on a rainy night, tears in her eyes, pressing a sword against his chest.

“Master, you’re only allowed to look at me! Even if you hate me… don’t smile at them!”

A reborn Saintess trapped him in a secret realm, her eyes rimmed red as she said,

“In our last life, you locked me up for three thousand years. This time, it’s my turn to keep you chained for thirty thousand. Fair trade, right?”

A Gu Master from Miaojiang even planted a Heart-Linking Gu in him, smirking faintly.

“From now on, every time you feel one part of pain, I’ll feel ten. That way… you wouldn’t bear to hurt me, would you?”

Even his sworn enemy handed him a blade:

“Stab me once. Just once. In exchange, will you look at me a little longer?”

Chen Li: “…Are all cultivators this f***ing insane?”