Chapter 1

Being transmigrated as a simp isn't scary. Being transmigrated as the one being obsessed over is what's truly terrifying! At this moment, Xie Dengqiu, with all four limbs bound by thorns and imprisoned in a dark dungeon, came to this very conclusion. That's right. She had transmigrated... Fortunately, she hadn't become a cannon-fodder supporting character or a vicious female supporting character. Unfortunately, she had become the tragic, miserable, and pitiful female lead! Not only would she be relentlessly pursued by the male lead, only to be discarded like trash after he finally won her over, but her kidneys and heart would even be dug out to save the female supporting character. On top of that, she would be tormented to the brink of death by all sorts of perverted admirers. The author was practically a legendary evil stepmother. As she relentlessly tortured the female lead, she even got into arguments with readers that lasted for thousands of comments. Perhaps to vent her anger, the more fiercely the readers cursed at her, the more miserable the female lead became under the author's pen. Not only did the female lead end up abandoned by everyone, but even her own master began to harbor inappropriate desires toward her, forcing her through all kinds of bizarre fetishes. Xie Dengqiu was practically in tears. I was just reading a torture novel! I never asked to transmigrate into it! Because her hands had been shackled for so long, her blood circulation had already become sluggish. Her fingers were stiff and purple. "Disciple, do you know your mistake now?" Just then, the stone door of the dungeon slowly opened with a deafening rumble. Shen Luocheng wore a black robe embroidered with flowing golden threads. The golden threads formed a lifelike qilin, the symbol of a sect elder and a representation of supreme authority. Her outstanding figure was concealed beneath the loose black robe, while her long hair cascaded freely down her back. Her entire presence radiated the aura of a final boss in a game. She looked like the kind of terrifying boss where, after defeating her first phase, you would discover a second phase, and after defeating that, she would still have a third phase waiting for you! Xie Dengqiu: "Heh..." Looks like I really am lucky. I got to enjoy one of the must-have dungeon scenes from every cultivation novel right from the start. But arranged a place to meet, but their secret relationship had been exposed to the female lead's master. Thus, her master had decis as someone who loved reading torture novels, she knew roughly when she had transmigrated into the story. At this point, the female lead had already developed feelings for the male lead. The two had secretly arranged a place to meet, but their secret relationship had been exposed to the female lead's master. Thus, her master had decisively captured her and imprisoned her. That's right. Romance novels had one particular characteristic. Even a dog passing by would become madly infatuated with the female lead and want to possess her. "Still don't know your mistake?" Shen Luocheng lowered her lashes. She had a beautiful and striking appearance, but her eyes were slender phoenix eyes. Her irises were a clear, mesmerizing violet that seemed capable of ensnaring the soul. "Good disciple..." Her slender, well-defined fingers, smooth and fair as white jade, lifted slightly. All the thorny chains slowly tightened once more. Big sis... Big sis, let's talk this out! The pain was unbearable, and Xie Dengqiu immediately wanted to kneel and apologize. Forget whether her master was a great villain or not—she needed to end this suffering first! The female lead had a stubborn personality. Once she made up her mind, even nine oxen couldn't drag her back. Under the author's malicious sense of humor, she was tortured by her master until she suffered countless times between life and death. But Xie Dengqiu wasn't her! Although they shared the same name, their personalities were completely different. \[The system is now binding. Host, please remain calm. A high-difficulty character scenario has been assigned to you—My Rebellious Good Disciple!\] \[Binding in progress, 80%... 90%... 100%!\] What the hell?! A high-difficulty scenario?! Xie Dengqiu was still trying to process what was happening when a system notification suddenly rang inside her mind. She knew it. How could the transmigration package possibly come without a system? It was like ordering fries at a fast-food restaurant and getting no ketchup. \[Congratulations, Host! You have become one of our lucky transmigration candidates! Because you enjoyed reading torture novels so much, showed absolutely no sympathy for the female lead's suffering, and even took pleasure in thinking that the story could be even more brutal, your delightfully terrible personality has qualified you to become the experiential participant of this torture novel!\] Xie Dengqiu was speechless. Damn this stupid system! Wasn't reading torture novels all about having fun? Did it expect her to cry while reading them? It was just like people who loved reading stories about obsessive, possessive characters. If they encountered a genuinely obsessive person in real life, they would probably just cry while calling the police. \[The first mission is now being issued. Please contradict your master to obtain Rebellion Points.\] \[If you refuse to comply with the mission, we will kindly send you back to the real world...\] When Xie Dengqiu heard that refusing the mission would allow her to return, her eyebrows immediately shot up. She was just about to argue with the system and plead with the villainous master standing before her when the system's cold, mechanical voice continued. \[Because you became overly excited while reading and died of a myocardial infarction, even if we send you back to the real world, you will only be lying cold and lifeless in a morgue.\] Damn! How did Xie Dengqiu not know that she had died? She had merely gotten a little too excited while reading. Then she felt a slight pain in her heart before losing consciousness... As her memories were reconstructed in her mind, a layer of cold sweat formed across Xie Dengqiu's back. Wait... She really had died... But since she was already here, she might as well embrace the madness! Xie Dengqiu told herself that although she had drawn the most difficult scenario, this villainous master was the ultimate powerhouse in the entire novel—a top-tier boss capable of protecting her. She wouldn't have to deal with all those obsessed male side characters anymore, nor would she have to be tortured half to death by the author. Wasn't this actually a kind of good fortune? \[Oh... Host, so that's really what you think? You certainly have quite some courage.\] The system's voice carried a hint of admiration. \[Congratulations! You have obtained Rebellion Points. One day of life has been added.\] Xie Dengqiu was completely numb when she heard this. So one point of Rebellion only bought her one extra day of life? Didn't that mean she had to rebel against Shen Luocheng every single day and get her butt spanked every single day? The thought of how "exciting" that would be was simply unimaginable. Her lips pressed into a thin line. Fine. She was still a little miserable. One day wasn't enough. If she wanted to gain more time to stay alive, she couldn't admit defeat now. Instead, she had to provoke the person standing before her! Xie Dengqiu took a deep breath and began courting death. "Master, what mistake am I supposed to admit?" "Leaving the sect is my freedom, isn't it? Even if you're my master, you can't control everything I do. Your disciple... has already listened to you enough. Do you even have to restrict me in this matter?" These were the female lead's original lines from the novel. However, the original passage contained another long section praising the male lead and expressing her admiration for him. Those words were precisely what triggered Shen Luocheng's twisted possessiveness toward the female lead. Xie Dengqiu was too afraid to say them. She might be brave, but she wasn't suicidal. She knew exactly what the consequences would be. The female lead had been whipped hundreds of times by this crazy master. You may have a hard head, but I don't! Xie Dengqiu complained silently in her heart. "I indeed do not restrict you from leaving the sect. But do you still not understand what mistake you have made?" Shen Luocheng walked toward her step by step. With a slight movement of her hand, the thorny chains seemed to sense their master's command and lowered Xie Dengqiu to the ground. Yet Xie Dengqiu continued to endure the pain inflicted by the thorns. "You fell in love with a man from another sect." "Your master cannot tolerate that." Her voice was low and carried a hint of coldness, but more than anything, it held an intimidating authority, like a venomous snake letting out a quiet hiss. Shen Luocheng's violet eyes narrowed slightly as she gazed at the disciple she had personally raised and taught. Her heart ached unbearably. "Without my permission, how could you possibly fall in love with someone else?"