After I Gave Up on Everything, the Villains Started to Panic! - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: Break Off the Engagement? Then Return the Betrothal Gift!

Endless Continent, Great Qin Empire, Martial Refinement Commandery, Ye Family.

“Thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west side, don’t…”

In the magnificent grand hall, a young man with a resolute gaze and refined features shouted aloud. His voice was powerful and full of momentum, making those around him uneasy. But before he could finish the sentence, a sharp pain pierced through his mind, and a flash of confusion passed through his eyes.

“Damn, did I transmigrate?”

Ye Feng felt like crying as he merged with the memories in his mind. Just moments ago, he had been sitting in the security office, munching on cheap sausage made of bone paste while reading a web novel.

“This protagonist named Ye Feng is way too pitiful. Constantly schemed against by villains, and the female leads are practically turning him into the green giant!”

“If it were me, I’d just slack-off and do nothing till the end of the novel. Let’s see how they’d drain me then.”

Yet, he had actually transmigrated into the very world of the novel.

The good news? He had become Ye Feng, the luck-blessed protagonist of the novel.

The bad news? The novel was called King of Villains, and it was written from the villains’ perspective.

As the son of fate, Ye Feng would be continuously exploited by villains, each with their own cheat-like powers, until he was completely drained and eventually killed off. After that, the villains would fight among themselves, and the winner would become the King of Villains, living shamelessly ever after with dozens of female leads.

No matter how much he thought, Ye Feng couldn’t figure out a way to change his fate.

After all, the villains’ cheat-like powers were absolutely broken. They could pick techniques and martial skills like items from a menu, and if they were in a good mood, they’d get instant max-level upgrades. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Dao, which was supposed to favor Ye Feng, was overly conservative—each opportunity nearly killed him, and sometimes even claimed two of his teammates’ lives!

“What ‘don’t’? Ye Feng, were you about to say ‘don’t bully the poor youth’? Say it out loud!”

Just then, a bright voice rang out.

Ye Feng followed the sound and his pupils shrank. A tall, well-built, handsome young man stood there, looking at him with a half-smile. With the memories in his mind and familiarity with the novel’s content, Ye Feng immediately recognized him.

This was one of the villains—Li Changfeng.

Li Changfeng, mid-stage Martial Spirit Realm, third realm of martial cultivation. He was the personal disciple of the Moonshade Sect.

In the Endless World, the nine martial realms were: Martial Apprentice, Martial Warrior, Martial Spirit, Martial General, Martial King, Martial Emperor, Martial God, Martial Saint, and Martial Supreme.

Li Changfeng had reached mid-stage Martial Spirit Realm at just 20 years old, making him the number one genius of Martial Refinement Commandery. The Moonshade Sect was also the top sect in the commandery, far superior to the Ye Family.

Standing beside Li Changfeng was a cold-faced, makeup-free young woman. She was Ye Feng’s fiancée and the female lead of the breakup arc—Lin Xian’er from the Lin Family of Martial Refinement Commandery.

Ye Feng glanced at Lin Xian’er’s face. Compared to modern women who used beauty filters and makeup, he gave a fair evaluation—nothing special.

According to the plot, after he said “don’t bully the poor youth,” Li Changfeng would begin mocking him and stirring up trouble between him and Lin Xian’er. Finally, a Martial General Realm elder from Moonshade Sect would step forward and severely injure him. That way, the female lead would be won over, his reputation ruined, and the system reward snatched—three birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng couldn’t help but shiver. He immediately denied everything in panic.

“No, no, no, I meant don’t take advantage of the Ye Family’s betrothal gift. It was ten low-grade spirit stones.”

Then he stretched out his hand and casually said, “Return the money!”

In that instant, both Ye Family’s patriarch Ye Nanshan, who had been righteously indignant, and Lin Family’s patriarch Lin Beihai, who had been smug, were completely dumbfounded.

Ye Feng’s sudden reversal almost threw out their old backs!

His expression full of greed was a complete contrast to the righteous young man just moments ago—it was like looking at a different person!

Even Lin Xian’er looked at Ye Feng in surprise, then showed a hint of contempt.

Though Ye Feng was an orphan adopted by the Ye Family, he had shown spiritual inspiration at the age of seven and became a Martial Apprentice. At twelve, he broke through to the late-stage Martial Apprentice Realm, causing a stir in Martial Refinement Commandery.

Only then did the Lin Family agree to the engagement between Lin Xian’er and Ye Feng.

But seven years later, Ye Feng’s cultivation hadn’t advanced at all and he had faded into mediocrity.

Meanwhile, Lin Xian’er, with decent talent, had already reached mid-stage Martial Warrior Realm and joined Moonshade Sect as an inner sect disciple.

When Li Changfeng expressed interest in her, Lin Xian’er came to break off the engagement.

She had assumed that even if Ye Feng’s cultivation was lacking, he would at least have some backbone.

Now, watching Ye Feng’s behavior, Lin Xian’er felt utterly disappointed. She directly tossed a cloth pouch in front of him.

“These are ten mid-grade spirit stones. Take them.”

“Our engagement ends here!”

Ye Feng’s expression remained calm, but his hands moved quickly as he snatched the pouch.

Ten mid-grade spirit stones were equivalent to a hundred low-grade ones—practically equal to a million taels of gold!

Except for colossal forces like the Moonshade Sect, small families like the Ye and Lin couldn’t afford that.

Seeing Ye Feng’s reaction, Lin Xian’er became even more disdainful. She stood up, ready to leave.

But Li Changfeng suddenly panicked.

As a villain, he naturally had a system. And his system’s first mission was to provoke Ye Feng and make him attack.

Then, the elder from Moonshade Sect would strike and beat Ye Feng half to death.

If they left now, he would lose the reward!

His mind raced, and a plan formed.

According to the legend, even after Ye Feng’s cultivation stagnated and he was humiliated countless times, he endured it all. The only time he would go all out was when someone insulted Lin Xian’er.

Clearly, to Ye Feng, this childhood fiancée was extremely important.

“Then I’ll have to wrong you for a moment, Xian’er!”

Li Changfeng clenched his teeth and revealed a wicked grin. He said to Ye Feng, “Ye Feng, you’re taking a big loss by breaking off the engagement!”

“Your fiancée… she’s really juicy!”

The crowd immediately understood what Li Changfeng meant.

Even Lin Beihai frowned in displeasure. Things had already concluded, but Li Changfeng’s comment humiliated Ye Feng and also damaged Lin Xian’er’s reputation.

In the Endless World, a woman’s chastity was more important than anything.

If this got out, Lin Xian’er might never be able to lift her head again.

Her face turned pale. She had never expected the refined and graceful Li Changfeng to say such vulgar things.

At this moment, she was filled with regret.

If she had a choice, she’d rather not have come to break off the engagement than suffer this kind of humiliation.

But Lin Xian’er knew she couldn’t refute him. Otherwise, she’d be slapping Li Changfeng’s face—and she could forget about staying in Moonshade Sect.

She looked at Ye Feng, her eyes full of hope.

She desperately wished Ye Feng would act like he did when they were young—fight for her, avenge her.

Ye Feng glanced at her, immediately seeing through her contradictory thoughts.

But he wasn’t the same person anymore. How could he be provoked so easily?

He just wanted Li Changfeng to take Lin Xian’er and get lost quickly.

So Ye Feng entered perfunctory mode and said, “Ah yes, indeed, Lin Xian’er is very juicy. Great minds think alike!”