a relatively short novel (less than 100 chapters). this story has very short arcs which is both good and bad. there were a few arcs I really liked and wished were longer and a few I could have done without all together. there were some never before seen worlds and situations which was refreshing, and I'm not quite sure what to make of those fairy tale intermissions. I like that even some of the usual arcs (ancient history, etc) had a different twist to them. towards the end, after the pocket watch, it got confusing and I wasn't clear about the ending. the whole starting point of being killed because he was too beautiful is fairly questionable which makes the entire story that comes after a little skewed. there is very little romance in this and no real papapa so if your here for smut your in the wrong place. the ending was so confusing I can't even tell if there was an actual ML

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maybe the ML was the guy who killed him over and over again?? the one that he bit in the last chapters?? its really unclear. also, why did he end up turning into a zombie king at the end? I don't get it...

I've only read the first arc so this review may not be entirely accurate. The MC is extremely narcissistic in the first chapter, so much so that he even contemplates whether or not he's so handsome that even hell won't accept him. It's not very clear who the ML is and the arcs are very short. The plot didn't make much sense to me either. At first the system says he just has to make his body live longer but then it says he has so break away from the plot. All in all I didn't like this story very much but I do hope that it will get better.

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It's actually been a while since I read this but I also wanted to comment a bit. This is actually my first review too. Yes MC is sorta narcissistic but I literally would find it more strange if he weren't with his experiences. Logically speaking I'd say it makes way less sense that everyone is so freaking obsessed with him and wants to kill him just because he's handsome than the fact that he is narcissistic about it. In terms of the system, I'd say it's relatively bland and gives him no rewards and practically has no personality. Oh, there was a mention on how first the system says he needs to live longer than the original goods/have a fulfilling life but later says he has to break away from the plot from someone, and no offense I'd like to ask how he would be able to accomplish his mission of living longer if he doesn't break away from the plot. Some of the arcs are pretty interesting, others make you question everything about them. Also, I believe there were also people in general who said they didn't understand much and one said that they didn't know who the ML was in the end. First I want to state that I have not finished it completely so I'm probably missing some things, but I also want to mention that I absolutely agree that this lacks logic very much but I also think the point is that this is fiction not to mention Shounen Ai, World Hopping story, it's normal for some or most of it to not make sense, this probably isn't something you'd want to read all that much if you're looking for a story with solid logic or something. Also, this story is stated as an NP (which means, there is no CP). I'll be back after I've reread it and finish it until the end to give a final review and a rating.

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Edit: (up to ch. 22)

So here's the most simple and accurate summary of this novel:

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Everyone, and I mean literally everyone is a face con for MC.

A basic summary of the arcs, MC's roles, MC's ambiguous partners, who are not quite the MLs, and the other important roles.

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Arc 1: Short-Lived Rich Second Generation

Zhao Ming Yang (MC) - Mr. Perfect, Second generation rich heir

Cheng Jun (Original Protagonist) - st**pid, reborn, harem protagonist with a system

Mu Cheng Feng (ML not) - financial group heir, and ability user of a secret organization, feeds MC a pill that shaves off a large part of his life

Du Zi Ran (Original FL #1) - Spoiled school Flower, who still held the original good's in her heart despite saying yes to the protagonist's advances

Zhang Yue (Original FL #2) - rich woman, transmigrated demonic cultivator

100% but only survives about 2 years after eating the pill.

Arc 2: Short-lived Prisoner

Duan Xi (MC) - graduating university student, a prisoner sentenced 4 after being involved in a homicide

Deng Yidi (MC's cellmate) - a curly-haired little brother, MC saves him once in the beginning, is left behind when they're escaping, and ends up fu**ing killing MC a the end

Dyson (Original Protagonist) - forced by the original shou, but ends up falling for him, then starts to take it out on the original goods when he finds out he's a replacement

Wu Ye (Original shou) - behind-the-scenes prison overlord, original good's ex

Wang Hongyi (ML not) - an important big boss in the story, protects MC secretly after they escape from the prison.

Ba Zi (MC's other cellmate) - a tall and thin young man

R (MC's new cellmate) - Japanese man (?), Wang Hongyi's person

Failed Mission, after Deng Yidi goes yande-bonkers and burns them both into flames.

Arc 3: Short-lived ghost catcher

The rules are revised after his failure in the previous world and punishment

Fang Chao (MC) - exorcist, a young master of an exorcist family

Fang Cang (Original Protagonist) - the second young master of an exorcist family, MC's younger brother

Tang Feifei (Original FL) - silly and sweet, a little st**pid heroine, she's not really that important.

Murong Yuqian (MC's bound spirit) - the ghost of a modern man, killed by a chandelier during cosplay as a scholar, he's battle-fighting scum, I think he can also essentially be considered a not ML too

Tang Shangren (ML not) - heroine's brother, has the unfortune of getting involved with ghosts, and is saved by MC who proceeds to kiss him (there's a reason I swear! It's not because he falls for him or anything! You must not be fooled)

After completing the mission, he climbs to the top in this one.

It's very nice that most of the arcs have extras where the MLs ~~not~~ have afterwords. Also, don't be fooled, no matter how ambitious they are, there's no real ML.

The extras are pretty consistent with us probably wanting to know what happens next.

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Arc 1: Mu Cheng Feng regretting having fed MC that pill and getting obsessed with him, but then being reborn and finding out somehow that he's already missed MC

Arc 2: Wang Hongyi background protection of MC after they leave the prison and him seeing MC's burnt corpose.

Arc 3: This is the first one where it's not directly about the ML not. It's about MC becoming a legend, takes place after he dies (I think?), and is a grandpa, its a little ancestor receiving his knife (spiritual weapon kind of thing) from (what I assume is) Murong Yuqian.