Lightning flashed across the sky as thunder roared, and torrential rain poured down.
Raindrops as large as beans pounded against the bluestone pavement, splashing countless sprays of water into the air. Along the corridor of the Servants’ Courtyard, a dim yellow lantern swayed unsteadily in the howling wind and rain.
The girl carrying the lantern wore coarse linen clothes that had long since faded white from repeated washing. She held the item in her arms tightly—a small jar of low-grade spirit wine that she was delivering to the stewards. The wind drove the rain sideways, soaking the hems of her trousers and her cloth shoes.
Suddenly—
Creaaak.
A long, slender, pale hand with distinct knuckles shot out from the woodshed without warning and yanked her inside.
“Ah!”
The lantern slipped from her grasp and rolled into the muddy rain outside, while the wine jar shattered the moment it hit the ground.
Inside the woodshed.
A young man dressed in white robes, with ink-black hair and refined, otherworldly features, was flushed scarlet from head to toe. His consciousness was muddled.
“…Jingxin…”
The girl was pinned beneath the powerfully built young man. His burning crimson eyes resembled those of a wild beast, and terror filled her face as tears streamed from her eyes.
“Senior Brother Chu! Senior Brother Chu, you’ve mistaken me for someone else! I’m not Senior Sister Luo! I’m only a servant disciple on guard duty…”
Apparently irritated by her screams and struggles, the man covered her mouth with his broad hand. His fingers clamped tightly around her slender, fragile neck.
He seemed to have completely lost his reason. He did not even notice that the girl’s face had turned bluish-purple, that her pupils had dilated, or that she had suddenly gone limp.
He merely continued calling Luo Jingxin’s name with unbearable longing.
【Ding! Detected fluctuations of resentment and energy magnetic fields. Matching soul frequency…】
【Match successful! Host beginning body takeover!】
The dead girl’s lifeless pupils began to move once more.
Her heart, which had stopped moments ago, started beating powerfully again.
In an instant, vitality returned to the dark eyes of the young girl.
【Ding! Cross-Dimensional Real-Time Interactive Livestream System successfully bound.】
【Streamer ID: Xie Zhengxing】
【Affiliated Plane: Fantasy Cultivation Plane】
【Followers: 0】
【This system is dedicated to helping the host interact with civilizations and information across dimensions. The host may obtain ‘rewards’ through livestream popularity.】
Xie Zhengxing was completely stunned.
The original owner’s overwhelming emotions flooded her mind in waves, leaving her momentarily dazed.
It was not until she felt someone licking her hand that she abruptly realized this was not the time to zone out.
This was a high-risk, guaranteed death scenario.
What an excellent point to enter the story.
As the opening broadcast of her career in this plane, it was certainly explosive enough.
Then…
Start the stream.
The instant the thought crossed Xie Zhengxing’s mind, an invisible eye seemed to appear at the farthest reaches of the heavens.
At the same time, translucent lines of text floated before her eyes.
【User “Who Do You Think You Are” entered the livestream.】
【User “Exotic Beast Enthusiast” entered the livestream.】
【User “Riding Grandma Across the Galaxy” entered the livestream.】
【User “Awake at 3 A.M.” entered the livestream.】
【User “I’m a Sucker for Tragic Romance” entered the livestream.】
【User “Luck Can’t Save the Unlucky, Spending Won’t Change Fate” entered the livestream.】
【User “One Half of Five Hundred” entered the livestream.】
Perhaps because the livestream’s opening scene was far too explicit and shocking, viewers flooded in nonstop, like people rushing toward the nearest restroom after food poisoning.
The viewer count skyrocketed from zero to six hundred… eight hundred… and continued climbing rapidly toward ten thousand.
The chat exploded.
【One Half of Five Hundred: A brand-new plane to watch! Awesome! Wait… what exactly is happening here?】
【Luck Can’t Save the Unlucky, Spending Won’t Change Fate: ?】
【Riding Grandma Across the Galaxy: Holy crap! What is this ancient civilization forced-love scene?!】
【Awake at 3 A.M.: I knew staying up late would eventually pay off! Wait… is this attempted assault? Or roleplay? Streamer, are you okay, Streamer?!】
【Who Do You Think You Are: Can someone explain the background? I feel like a raccoon running around a melon patch—I have no idea what’s going on!】
With her hair in complete disarray, Xie Zhengxing desperately fought the man pressing her down.
Meanwhile, the livestream assistant system automatically began scrolling the background summary across the screen.
【Hello everyone. Welcome to this Low-Dimensional Xianxia Cultivation World livestream. Streamer ID: Xie Zhengxing.】
【The streamer is currently inside a cultivation romance world created from the novel Dragon and Phoenix Tribulation: The Cold Immortal Lord’s Red-Eyed Forced Love—a wildly melodramatic xianxia story packed with misunderstandings, abusive romance, heartbreak, and literal heart extraction. The original owner was a servant disciple of the Shanghui Sect who was mistaken for the female lead by the male lead, who had lost his sanity after being afflicted with an aphrodisiac poison. He forcibly dragged her into the woodshed for sex, resulting in her tragic death.】
【While most stories feature a vicious supporting female character, this little servant had nothing to do with being evil. She was merely a tiny cannon fodder character. Although her status was insignificant, her role was anything but. Her death became the lifelong source of Male Lead Chu Moyun’s guilt, suffering, and Inner Demon. It also became the thorn lodged in Female Lead Su Wan’s heart, and later served as yet another device in their tragic romance.】
【The streamer’s current point in the timeline is precisely the moment when Male Lead Chu Moyun dragged her into the woodshed.】
As the background summary continued, countless comments flew across the screen.
【Who Do You Think You Are: We joke about entertainment above all else, but the streamer’s life matters too!】
【I’m a Sucker for Tragic Romance: Wait. Let me process this. If the streamer hadn’t taken over… then Chu Moyun would’ve… violated… a corpse tonight?! Hahahaha… things just got interesting.】
【Riding Grandma Across the Galaxy: The person above me is a complete psycho. I can’t even imagine it. The original servant girl really died such a miserable, heartbreaking death.】
【Eaves: Screw that insane male lead!!】
【Awake at 3 A.M.: The streamer’s combat ability is obviously nowhere near Chu Moyun’s. This is an emergency! Somebody save the streamer!】
【Exotic Beast Enthusiast: What a disgusting setting.】
Xie Zhengxing was honestly speechless about the whole aphrodisiac poison trope common in ancient cultivation worlds.
She struggled to reach the small vegetable rack nearby.
This was a woodshed. Hanging above it was a dried loofah sponge with its center hollowed out, commonly used for washing pots and dishes.
That was exactly what she was after.
“Go experience the loofah scraping detox method! One treatment, and you won’t be making a sound afterward!”
The moment she got hold of it, she forcefully shoved the loofah sponge onto him.
The crucial scene was immediately censored by the system with mosaics.
Yet sometimes, censorship was far funnier than showing everything outright.
The blurred scene became infinitely more suggestive, making people’s imaginations run wild.
It was simply too beautiful to look at directly.
【Awake at 3 A.M.: Holy crap! You can detox someone like THAT?!】
【I’m a Sucker for Tragic Romance: HAHAHAHA! Streamer is amazing! Fast, accurate, ruthless! That combo flowed perfectly!】
【Three Seconds for You: Streamer… was your last livestream in a slice-of-life era setting? The moment I saw the loofah sponge, I completely lost it.】
【Eaves: Beautifully done, Streamer! That was so satisfying! I’ve wanted to complain about these ancient aphrodisiac plots forever. If you don’t have sex, you die—but if you do, who says it has to be with an actual person? Why not hands? Or tools? Or something else? What is this, some kind of concept-targeting medicine?】
【Exotic Beast Enthusiast: Just imagining the male lead’s walking posture after he wakes up tomorrow is making me laugh.】
Just then, a red donation notification floated across the screen.
【Luck Can’t Save the Unlucky, Spending Won’t Change Fate donated: “Interstellar Pulse Stun Baton.”】
【Luck Can’t Save the Unlucky, Spending Won’t Change Fate: Hahahahaha! What did the poor loofah sponge ever do to deserve this? Streamer, use this for self-defense next time. Stop making innocent loofah sponges suffer.】
While Chu Moyun’s full attention was occupied by the loofah sponge, Xie Zhengxing seized the opportunity to shove him away and dash out of the woodshed.
She ran all the way toward her small servant’s courtyard while making a finger-heart toward the empty air.
“If you like this streamer, dear bosses, don’t forget to hit Follow. Don’t let such a hardworking streamer slip away.”
Countless translucent comments filled with laughter flashed before her eyes.
Xie Zhengxing watched as her follower count shot upward in a straight line.
【Livestream Ended】
【Viewers This Stream: 15,230】
【Followers: 138】
【Popularity Reward: One Gene Modification Serum (Lifespan Version). Drinking it is painless and harmless, and increases lifespan by ten years. Donation Reward: One Interstellar Pulse Stun Baton (an essential self-defense weapon; simple to use with outstanding results).】