At the Beginning, the Villain Forcibly Marries the Female Lead and Shatters the Protagonist’s Mindset - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: I’m the Villain, I’m Done Playing Nice.

“Xu Qingzhi, I remember your family has a 7th-grade Jade Soul Flower, right?”

“Bring it to me tomorrow. I need it urgently.”

At Royal Capital No.1 Martial Arts High School, on the athletic field, Luo Qianyan stood in a light cyan dress that brushed the ground. Her smooth chin was slightly lifted, her delicate face refined and beautiful, like a proud princess stepping out of a fairy tale.

Her voice was crisp and melodious, like a lark, instantly drawing the attention of the surrounding students.

“A 7th-grade Jade Soul Flower? Isn’t that the main ingredient for refining the 8th-grade Soul-Returning Pill?”

“A rare flower of that level… there probably aren’t even a few in the entire Jiuzhou martial world.”

“I heard Luo Qianyan’s mother was ambushed by a 5th-stage ferocious beast while entering the Abyss Rift some days ago, and her soul was injured.”

“No wonder. Luckily there’s Young Master Xu. The Xu family is one of the three remaining Martial King families in Jiuzhou. Only he could possibly have such a divine treasure.”

“Judging by Young Master Xu’s three years of devoted behavior, he’ll definitely help without hesitation.”

“He’s really something, I’m crying. A young master from a top family, a descendant of meritorious heroes, and still so loyal. If it were me, I would have agreed long ago!”

The students whispered among themselves. The girls looked on with envy, jealousy, and resentment.

At that moment, under the gaze of nearly a thousand people on the field, Xu Qingzhi stood frozen in place.

Inside him, emotions surged like a storm. Helplessness, anger, bitterness… countless feelings tangled in his chest before finally condensing into two words.

What the hell.

He had transmigrated. He had transmigrated into a city-based high-martial novel he once read, one with completely twisted values, and had become the most miserable villain in the entire story.

He was born into a powerful family, one of the three great families of the Royal Capital. His father, Xu Wuya, was the strongest among the thirty-three remaining Marquis Realm powerhouses in Jiuzhou, known as the number one under the King Realm.

Xu Qingzhi himself was a rising star among Jiuzhou’s younger generation, his martial talent no weaker than his father’s.

And yet, he was a true and thorough simp.

He was obsessed with campus belle Luo Qianyan. To pursue her, he had given away countless rare cultivation resources. Not only had he turned her into a little princess admired by the entire Royal Capital, but he had also helped the long-declining Luo family rise again.

But from beginning to end, Luo Qianyan had never truly looked at him.

Worse still, in the later part of the plot, Luo Qianyan ended up together with the protagonist Lin Feng. She even helped shatter Xu Qingzhi’s blood and qi.

The Xu family was then framed by Lin Feng’s schemes and scorned by the public. His father Xu Wuya, who had earned countless military merits in his life, was betrayed by comrades and died tragically on the battlefield. His mother, Chen Jingrou, passed away in grief.

After experiencing all of that, Xu Qingzhi completely darkened. He sacrificed his lifespan to cultivate a forbidden technique of alien origin and rebuilt his cultivation.

Even so, in the final battle of revenge, facing Lin Feng, who was protected by the halo of destiny and aided by a mysterious, beautiful master inside a ring, Xu Qingzhi still lost.

The fatal sword that took his life came from none other than Luo Qianyan, the woman he had loved devotedly for years.

The most ridiculous part was that the sword had been stolen from his own family’s treasury and gifted to her by his own hands.

Even among villain backstories, this was absurd.

But what truly drove him to the brink was this: this was already his 100th rebirth since transmigrating here.

At the beginning, he had received a mission from the system: [Survive until the end of the novel.]

As long as he completed it, he could return to his original world and receive a series of system rewards.

So to stay alive, he chose to back down.

Campus belle? Not interested at all.

Protagonist? You’re my big brother. Whatever you say goes.

Yet no matter what he did, he still died in the most unimaginable ways. Sometimes he became cannon fodder on Lin Feng’s path to rise. Other times he was killed because Lin Feng grew suspicious of him.

He had experienced every possible way to die.

Even after realizing he shouldn’t get involved with that shameless pair, he tried to stay far away.

If he couldn’t fight them, couldn’t he at least hide?

But reality proved he couldn’t.

It was as if that pair had installed a GPS on him. No matter where he hid, they would “coincidentally” run into him and then righteously eliminate him as the “villain.”

Ninety-nine lifetimes. Ninety-nine lifetimes. Do you know how I survived them?

At this moment, Xu Qingzhi felt only despair.

Yes, he could resurrect endlessly. But that did not mean the pain, the suppression, and the terror at the moment of death in those ninety-nine lives had not existed.

On the contrary, the fear kept piling up, like dark waves rising higher and higher until they threatened to swallow him whole.

Not even bones would remain.

And when that despair reached its peak, he found that he was no longer afraid.

“Heh…”

Xu Qingzhi suddenly laughed.

If he was going to die no matter what.

If he could never escape this ridiculous world.

If the identity of a great villain was welded onto him.

Then he might as well…

Make it real.

At least if he could enjoy himself before dying, it wouldn’t be a loss.

In short, Xu Qingzhi had decided to stop pretending.

The next moment—

[Ding! Host’s darkening detected. Villain identity successfully activated. Destiny Villain System binding…]

[Binding successful!]

[Current functions:]

[1. Bind to a Destiny Protagonist to receive cultivation feedback equal to 1 to 10 times their cultivation growth.]

[2. Collect negative emotions from the Destiny Protagonist to gain corresponding Destiny Points.]

[Note: Destiny Points can be used for system draws, purchasing items from the shop, etc.]

[Current binding target: None.]

“…Hmm?”

Hearing the notification in his mind, Xu Qingzhi froze for a moment, then slowly curled his lips into a mocking smile.

“Hahaha…”

So that’s how it is.

This lifetime was finally going to be interesting.

His laughter, however, made Luo Qianyan misunderstand and grow displeased. Her face turned cold as frost as she said, “Xu Qingzhi, what do you mean? Are you giving it or not?”

In the past, if he had angered her, Xu Qingzhi would have panicked, hurriedly apologized, and immediately presented a pile of rare treasures to make her happy.

But now—

Hearing her question, Xu Qingzhi merely glanced at her and said with a faint smile, “I can give it.”

“However…”

Seeing him raise his eyebrow, Luo Qianyan seemed to understand something. Her brows furrowed slightly in disgust as she said, “Fine, I understand. Give it to me first. I’ll consider starting from being friends with you.”

“Being friends? And you’ll consider it?”

Xu Qingzhi laughed as if he had heard the greatest joke in the world.

“You misunderstood.”

“My meaning is this: I can give you the 7th-grade Jade Soul Flower, but you’ll have to exchange it with yourself.”

“Xu Qingzhi, you… you’re shameless!” Luo Qianyan’s pretty face flushed red as she bit her lip in anger and embarrassment.

Xu Qingzhi chuckled. “Shameless? Don’t forget, we have a marriage agreement. Over the years, your Luo family has taken plenty of betrothal gifts from me because of that agreement.”

“Even if you raise a dog, it should at least guard the house instead of barking wildly at its master.”

“Unless… I’ve raised a white-eyed wolf.”