Liu Yuâan is really curious how spacetime works in these virtual worlds, because the clothes prepared for him is exactly the one he wore the most when he was the Emperor of the Yaoguai. Itâs a long-sleeved red gown with wide sleeves and a nine-tailed fox sewn on the back. Though the material is different â because his original clothes is an ancient era godly weapon. The cast, of course, prepared clothes of normal material. While it isnât bad, itâs not exactly well-made either. Everything else though, the design and even the nine-tailed fox on the back is exactly as he remembered. This is the second time Liu Yuâan saw the clothes in this world, because he also wore it when he took the stylised photo. He feels slightly uncanny still; he never expected to wear this again when he left that world behind. He quietly sighs a little as he sees the stylist prepare to help him wear the clothes in the changing room. âI can do it myself,â Liu Yuâan tells the stylist, âwould you mind turning around?â He would rather not change clothes when someone is looking. The stylist seems to want to say something, but then hesitates when recalling what happened outside just now, and says, âalright. An-ge, if you need me just call out.â Since she wasnât the stylist for Liu Yuâan the day he had the stylised photo taken, she didnât know Liu Yuâan also changed by himself that day. âSure,â Liu Yuâan chuckles and prepares to change. His original clothes had developed a spirit already so it wouldnât let anyone but himself touch it. Therefore, though he was the Emperor, he had to wear the clothes himself. Of course, with the clothes themselves cooperating, it was much easier to wear. Still, in any case, here, he knew the construction and how to wear the clothes better than anyone else. So Liu Yuâan didnât need to ask the stylist for help after all. He has changed successfully in what the stylist would say is very good time. After changing clothes Liu Yuâan adjusts the collar and his headpiece a little, before going outside the door. Meanwhile, the stylist lady is quite excitedly blabbering, âah, An-ge, if I didnât know better I bet Iâd have thought you were part of the clothing team!â Then she recalls the news saying how Liu Yuâan was temperamental, and regrets being so cheery. But then when she thinks about how Liu Yuâan was towards the staff during the make-up just now and right now, he is pretty cordial and definitely not exactly arrogant. She feels like he wouldnât blame her for speaking her mind just now. And he does not. Instead, he smiles at the remark. Liu Yuâan was already handsome. Now that heâs in the Emperorâs seductive clothes, it canât be helped the ladyâs face burns up. Her heart skips a beat. She quickly lowers her head to avoid his gaze. Meanwhile, the director is again too impatient and has come along. His eyes are practically glowing when he sees Liu Yuâan. Again with the âgoodâs and âexcellentâs and then he calls out to the staff member, âeveryone, get ready to begin, move out!â A bit of a chaotic scene later everyone is ready to begin. The scene would be the classic one of the Emperor waking up in the morning and start to praise his unfathomably beautiful self at his reflection in the mirror. The set has been readied while Liu Yuâan was getting ready as well. Now Liu Yuâan has to begin his part. If it were anyone else they might feel embarrassed inside even while they act out the Emperor perfectly. Others might end up laughing seeing their mirrored reflection while spouting such nonsense. Here, however, Liu Yuâan has said the same thing over and over for over a century. His mind and spirit have been dulled. He canât feel anything anymore doing this. Before the scene begins, Liu Yuâan makes his hair slightly ruffled and then adjusts his collar a bit more to show his prominent collarbone. Then he looks over at the director. The director says, âI thought Yaoguai wouldnât end up with messy clothes after sleeping, but it does feel better this way. Weâll go like this.â Liu Yuâan canât help but say in his mind that of course it feels better. This is how it was. âAction!â The director, the cameramen and the other staff are all focusing their attention on Liu Yuâan. Meanwhile, Liu Yuâan nonchalantly gets off the bed with a yawn, then quickly moves over to the dressing table. After sitting, he does not immediately begin moving. Instead, he stares at himself for a while before slowly and lightly pinching his own face a little. Then, the pinch turns into touching. From his face to his forehead back down to his chin. After touching every place, he finally exhales in satisfaction, remarking, âah, how can there be such beauty in this world!â He sounds absolutely narcissistic, with a tinge of dismissive attitude towards everything else in the world. It would make people want to punch his face once or twice. Though what matters here is that Liu Yuâan spoke and acted really naturally here. His expression of his emotional state as well. It really felt as if he has been doing this every morning after waking up. Though he did have to do this every morning after waking up. Of course, the others here didnât know, so the jaws of the staff all fell onto the ground. Especially the other actors ready to act as the subordinate Yaoguai. They are quite shocked, even scared a little, because for a moment just now, they really felt like Liu Yuâan was the Emperor of the Yaoguai and they were the subservient Yaoguai serving him. Just a moment, true, but itâs enough to make their spine chill. âDid you feel like Liu Yuâan was the Emperor of the Yaoguai just now?â An extra asks his acquaintance next to him quietly. âI did,â the other replies. And even the staff are murmuring quietly as well. The director meanwhile has a very serious expression as well. Maybe because he was observing directly ahead of Liu Yuâan, he canât help but feel the moment exceedingly clearly. There was this sudden wave of crushing atmosphere washing over. He almost thought his heart had stopped. He could feel goosebumps from his back down to his knees. But, he is the central figure here. And the others are starting to murmur more loudly over time. He canât add to the panic, now. So he yells out âCut!â And then stands up, yelling out with the loudspeaker, âgood work, everyone. Letâs move on to the next scene.â People start to calm down and they all seem to tacitly ignore what happened just now. Itâs too unbelievable. Liu Yuâan didnât know he would still be able to replicate the noble, untouchable atmosphere of the Emperor here, so he was pretty surprised himself hearing people discuss it. When they transmigrate, they only attain abilities fitting with the setting of the character theyâre acting as. In other words, he cannot possibly have actually got the cultivationally suppressive atmosphere beyond the scope of this world. He thinks what happened might have been instead because this Emperor here is at the top of the hierarchy in social standards. It is kind of like a student seeing a principal, or an employee seeing the CEO. During his acting, it was more like he was actually living and moving as the Emperor himself and not imagining how he lived and moved. So it isnât unreasonable that they would feel a kind of pressure akin to that. Then Liu Yuâan decides to stop thinking about it. He also readies himself for the next scene, which is basically the same, except it takes place at night. He would walk inside from the door, and do the same thing he did this morning and say the same thing. The scene finishes without accident. Now, thereâs someone else with him for the next scene. ââFour subordinate Yaoguai serving him. Two males and two females. After Liu Yuâan finishes his line, the four Yaoguai have to start praising him to no end. Heavenly, divine, mesmerising, pearl of the skies, jewel befallen on mortal realm⌠What fish gasping and eagles falling out of the sky and the moon hiding behind clouds in embarrassment still do not compare to the Emperor turning around for a split second and smiling⌠Even Iâm lovinâ it has popped up. ⌠It really is absolutely embarrassing. When one actor is saying âthe Emperor is so beautiful that thousands, tens of thousands of Gods and Demons would race to bow before youâ he breaks out into a chuckle. Not because he just said something like that, but because Liu Yuâanâs expression makes it look like heâs genuinely enjoying himself here. It is so natural that he canât hold himself back from laughing at such a farcical narcissist, which earns him a good scolding, âthe heck is with you chuckling. Stop it. Now we have to reset the scene and go again!â The director yelling out at him specifically makes the actor, Cai Chengjie spooked and he quickly apologise, âdirector He, Iâm sorry. It would not happen again.â Heâs still in the fourth year of university. After learning about this audition he fought hard to get this place for himself among dozens of others. Though itâs just a minor character without much exposure, itâs already something of a miracle for someone like him who has no background or connections. If he screwed this up and left a bad impression on the director, it might not destroy his future career, but it would definitely make it much harder. Since famous directors are usually all friends with each other. Cai Chengjie apologises really sincerely because of this, so the director also feels slightly uncomfortable telling him off further, and lets him off with a rough âdonât do it again next timeâ before resetting the scene. This time, although everything went fine, the director still wasnât too satisfied. Because Liu Yuâan has suppressed the four Yaoguai a bit too much. The book set the Emperor as a narcissistic person who would never accept that others look better than him or for others to say that someone else looks better than him. He would go as far as killing people for that. Though to everyone else, he doesnât really care at all. So, the four Yaoguai who has served him for centuries and knows how his personality is, doesnât really fear him all that much. But the four Yaoguai are acting as if the Emperor here is some kind of heinous, unpredictable mass murderer and are all visibly frightened. The director could almost see their legs shaking. âReset scene.â Second go. Third go. Then fourth go⌠Then the director has some people go analyse the acting and scene for them, and show them by example how they should do it. Liu Yuâan is good at acting this out, because he is acting out exactly what he once did, so his acting is impeccable. But at the same time, he failed to help the others immerse in the scene. And sometimes, because he is exuding too powerful an atmosphere, he would affect the othersâ acting. So while the four Yaoguai are getting educated, the director also speaks to Liu Yuâan, telling him to try to hold the atmosphere back in a little. âAlright,â Liu Yuâan replies. He hasnât been professionally trained as an actor, so all his acting he did based on his experience and feeling. This in turn resulted in him easily acting himself out while ignoring others, and would result in him overtaking prominence in any scene with other people. The director then thinks inside that Liu Yuâan is more suitable to act with others who are good at acting. If he doesnât have to hold himself in and others could match up to his acting, it would make for brilliant shots. Itâs a shame the subordinate Yaoguai here are like this, but theyâre extras, so it canât be helped. The scene only got a pass from the director after another dozen NGs. And itâs already half-past twelve at this point. While they should eat, but the next scene on schedule, is basically the same scene at night thatâs only different without the Emperor praising himself in the beginning. So the director feels like finishing this up first, and everyone agreed. With the experience just now still fresh in their minds, this time itâs done in just two takes. After the âcut!â the director stands up and speaks with the loudspeaker, âtime to eat.â The staff in charge has already prepared the meals in advance. And now, the actors and the personal assistants quickly rush ahead to the lunchboxes. Liu Yuâan and the second female lead, however, are not among them. They went directly back into their nanny vans, because they have their own meals prepared. Liu Yuâan didnât know at first before being told by Xiao-Zhang, âLiu-ge, I ordered a meal for you in the nanny van.â Liu Yuâan â?â When did Xiao-Zhang become so smart? Perhaps having seen through Liu Yuâanâs curious attitude, Xiao-Zhang then says, âMr. Shao said so.â Liu Yuâan thus decides to call Shao Yanxi with a video call after getting onto the nanny van.