Saving the Obsessive Villain Boss [Quick Transmigration] (GL) - Chapter 1
Shi Qingyi VS Xu Zhaosu
Shi Qingyi felt bewildered by her current situation.
It is well known that in every book, there is a major villain boss. They are evenly matched with the protagonist, they all have a difficult and desperate past, and then they successfully become “blackened” (turned evil), becoming the biggest obstacle for the protagonist to reach the peak of their life.
—The role Shi Qingyi played was the sc*mbag who prompted the villain’s blackening.
She constantly traveled to other worlds, preparing to accumulate enough missions to return to her original world and live the life she dreamed of. Therefore, she worked diligently and tirelessly, but unfortunately, she was too serious about her job, pushing the Level 10 ‘Blackened’ Villain to Level 100 ‘Blackened.’ The villain, tormented by her, developed such intense resentment that the protagonist was unable to contend with them.
—Then, the protagonist was killed by the villain.
When the protagonist of a world is killed, the entire world’s trajectory is shattered, and it ultimately descends into collapse.
Not only did the world collapse, but the Main God also collapsed. The result of the Main God collapsing was that she was directly thrown back. If she couldn’t pull the ‘blackened’ villain back to normal, she would collapse with the world.
Her spiritual consciousness was here, which meant that if the world collapsed, she would die with it.
A line of text suddenly appeared in her mind.
Mission: Make the villain, who is already hovering on the edge of blackening, feel love and warmth, and then abandon the terrifying idea of destroying the world!!!
Main God: “Because too much power was consumed previously in maintaining the world, I cannot directly send you back before the villain became blackened.”
The white text paused for a second: “Time is running out. Good luck!”
Shi Qingyi suddenly raised her head. Before her eyes were a richly carved and painted palace. The memorial on the desk had just been turned to one page, and two wisps of light streamed in from the window. An inexplicable sense of familiarity washed over her.
In an instant, she remembered that this was the very first world she had experienced.
The villain of this world was the Female Monarch of Yue Kingdom, Xu Zhaosu. As the sole heir of the royal family, she was loved by her parents and held a noble status from a young age. Her life had been smooth sailing, without any misfortunes.
How could such an enviable perfect character become a villain? And so, her smooth-sailing life came to an abrupt halt at the age of twenty.
At the age of twenty, she met the calamity of her life—Shi Qingyi.
The National Master’s only female disciple, after thirteen years of ascetic training on the divine mountain, emerged. She arrived with rosy clouds under her feet, clad in white clothes as clear as snow. Her eyes were like the winter moon, and in the ice and snow, she gave Xu Zhaosu a faint smile and called out.
—Your Majesty.
Radiant and virtuous, it was probably nothing more beautiful than this.
The Female Monarch, who had never experienced desire, fell for such an ethereal and otherworldly smile, and she never managed to walk away from it for the rest of her life.
As a sovereign, what kind of beauty could Xu Zhaosu not have? Yet, she had never been moved by anyone, nor had she ever experienced earthly romance.
She was always discreet. Even after becoming the emperor, she never let others know the fact that she actually liked women.
As a monarch, she was undoubtedly qualified. A monarch’s marriage was merely a bargaining chip to balance power, and she understood this clearly. Then, she clearly and thoroughly rushed like a moth to the flame towards the cold and heartless National Master’s disciple.
She offered almost everything she could give directly to Shi Qingyi, granting her positions of immense power and authority that countless others dared not aspire to, simply for the chance of seeing her smile.
Former National Master’s disciple · Current National Master, Shi Qingyi—who was outwardly ethereal and transcendent—was in reality a sc*mbag.
The original Shi Qingyi character setting was actually a scheming girl who coveted power. She appeared cold, noble, and without desire, seemingly indifferent and unconcerned about everything, but in reality, she was ambitious inside.
So, in order to prompt Xu Zhaosu to blacken from a virtuous ruler into a villain boss—Shi Qingyi imprisoned Xu Zhaosu.
And, using the Emperor to command the feudal lords, she stood at the highest peak of power in her position as the National Master.
At that time, her mission was to force Xu Zhaosu to blacken, and she was merciless in her actions. It wasn’t just simple confinement; she imprisoned Xu Zhaosu in a dungeon, subjecting her to various cruel and inhumane tortures.
During this period, Xu Zhaosu finally fully recognized the true face of the sc*mbag Shi Qingyi and began to plan a counterattack. As a villain boss capable of destroying the world, her wisdom was beyond doubt. Even after a complete defeat, she could find a glimmer of hope in the cracks.
The current time period is exactly one year after Shi Qingyi imprisoned Xu Zhaosu, on Xu Zhaosu’s birthday. On this day last year, Shi Qingyi personally sent Xu Zhaosu into the sunless dungeon, throwing her from the clouds into a place of eternal suffering.
—There is only one month left until Xu Zhaosu’s counterattack. The loyalist army is already assembled and ready to attack the imperial city at any moment.
Shi Qingyi threw down the memorial and ran out. What kind of joke was this? If she delayed any longer, she would perish with the world!
The palace servants behind her were startled to see the usually calm and composed National Master so panicked. They quickly followed, calling out for their master to wait.
It was spring inside the room, but only when she rushed out of the palace did Shi Qingyi suddenly stop.
—It was actually snowing heavily outside at this moment. Goose-feather snow fell continuously. Her dark hair was half-undone, and seeing the heavy snow outside, she nearly became messy in the wind.
If she remembered correctly, Xu Zhaosu should be imprisoned beneath the coldest Fangzhi Palace, near the moat, in a remote and desolate area with heavy dampness and cold—and it was well known that Xu Zhaosu feared the cold and could not tolerate even the slightest chill.
Later, it was because of this suffering in the dungeon that she developed lifelong chronic illnesses. She suffered unbearable pain in the winter, and her temperament became increasingly violent, tyrannical, and moody as a result.
Shi Qingyi felt her vision go black and nearly fell over—Could the Main God not be slightly more reliable?!
Why travel back to this time? Xu Zhaosu now hated her to the bone, wishing she could devour her alive and grind her bones to ashes to vent her hatred. And she was supposed to make her feel the warmth and beauty of the world?
Shi Qingyi: Heh.
You try being betrayed and imprisoned on your birthday by the person you love most, having everything taken away, suffering so much you wish you were dead, and being half-sick to death—would you still feel the warmth and love of the world?!
Is this seriously not a dream!
Shi Qingyi trembled as she waved her hand to dismiss the servants who were calling for her carriage, walking forward step by step on her own.
—She had to seriously think about how to barely survive in this predicament.
The palace of Yue Kingdom was built beautifully and elegantly. Although it did not look grand and magnificent, it certainly contained many twists and turns. Moreover, the palace was originally overseen by the first generation of the National Master’s Mansion, incorporating the art of Qimen Dunjia (Mysterious Gates and Hidden Jias), the Five Elements, and the Eight Trigrams, making it extraordinarily complex.
Simply put, a thief could get lost without a guide, and even if they walked until their legs broke, they might not find their way out.
She could only avoid getting lost by relying on the palace map in her mind. Stumbling all the way, she finally truly realized that Fangzhi Palace was indeed—very remote!
If the Yu Ming Hall where she currently resided was the central core of the entire palace, the place where Xu Zhaosu was imprisoned was the edge of the edge, the periphery of the periphery. The more marginal the palace, the more desolate and unknown it was. This realization nearly made her face crumple the moment she arrived at Fangzhi Hall.
The palace, covered in heavy snow, was dilapidated. The gray, crumbling wall not far away even had some breaches, and the north wind howled through the gaps, sweeping away the heavy snow inside, which was nearly ankle-deep.
Shi Qingyi’s mouth twitched. As a heartless and malicious sc*mbag, she had indeed been too ‘serious’ in her past work!
She only knew that Xu Zhaosu had endured inhumane torture, but she hadn’t understood the specifics. She only knew that after this ordeal, the gentle and refined woman underwent a qualitative change, transforming from a greenhouse flower into a big gray wolf that could bite and kill at any moment.
She was probably completely blackened by now…
Seeing her stop, a guard immediately walked over to clear a path inside. Shi Qingyi stood alone, momentarily messy in the wind, then suddenly ignored the uncleared snow, seemingly unable to wait, and rushed in.
A palace maid urgently called out behind her: “My Lord!”
She pretended not to hear. The snow soaked into her shoes, bringing a bone-chilling cold, but she simply had no time to care.
The prison where Xu Zhaosu was confined was not actually in Fangzhi Hall, but beneath it. When she walked into the rear hall, the guards inside were dozing off. In the depths of winter, this place was desolate. When they had nothing to do, they either played dice or slept.
Shi Qingyi kicked the person blocking the entrance. Someone next to her immediately rushed over to retrieve the key and hauled the two people out. The person who was sleeping soundly was suddenly moved. Just as he was about to erupt in anger, he found his neck constricted.
—Then he caught a glimpse of a white figure flashing past the entrance to the secret passage.
The silhouette was clear and outstanding. Even without any accessories, one could see the inherent nobility and arrogance radiating from her bones. Her dark hair, however, was slightly messy, and her steps seemed hurried.
There were many who liked to wear white, but only the current National Master, who held absolute power, could wear it with such clear, unblemished transcendence. But what was the National Master doing here?
Hadn’t it been said that the National Master disliked the person in the dungeon the most?
—It was known throughout the land that the person in the dungeon favored the National Master, but the National Master was uninterested in women, leading to the current outcome, which drew sighs of pity.
The two guards standing by the secret passage door were both one in a hundred in terms of skill. One of them knew nothing about these matters, but the other was a confidant of Xu Zhaosu. When he saw Shi Qingyi rush in, his heart panicked.
—Recently, His Majesty’s actions had been too drastic. Had something been exposed?
Otherwise, why would she be in such a hurry to see His Majesty?
Should he notify the General to advance the plan and launch the loyalist attack to save the Emperor?
Shi Qingyi had no leisure to care about the thoughts of the people outside. She walked deep into the secret passage, and the deeper she went, the colder her heart grew.
There was no sense of warmth in the depths of the secret passage; on the contrary, it became increasingly cold. She knew that one of the two people guarding the door was Xu Zhaosu’s confidant, and she had hoped that Xu Zhaosu might be having a slightly better time. However, once she entered, she realized she was truly—naive.
In this season where water freezes into ice, there were only a few dim oil lamps illuminating the bumpy ground in the corridor. Although there was no wind, it did not lessen the coldness of the secret passage. After passing through two empty cells, she finally saw the person sitting listlessly at the end of the dungeon.
Dressed in sackcloth, the simple prison didn’t even have a bed. She sat on the ground with her hair disheveled, wearing a single thin, long skirt that barely covered her body. All four limbs were wrapped with chains as thick as a thumb. Hearing the sound, she turned her head in the dim light.
The chains on her legs forced her to slump on the ground, like a bl00d-stained flower blooming from the dust.
A pair of bright eyes, which had never been stained despite her miserable situation, appeared particularly dim under the faint lamplight. Then, the moment she saw Shi Qingyi, she froze for an instant, as if in disbelief, and then a complex, unspeakable gaze surged out.
—It was malice and resentment that had almost solidified into substance.
It was a look that clearly wanted to devour her alive.
Shi Qingyi: “…”
Shi Qingyi felt her vision go black.
It’s over, she’s blackened.