Villain Cultivator

"How about I steal their luck back? I\'m the true owner of those fragments. Why should I bother killing innocent bystanders to eliminate protagonists?"

\'Are you sure you want to take it the hard way and fight 666 protagonists at once, munya?\'

"What?! 666?! That many?!"

Miaomiao had only encountered a dozen protagonists in this universe. Upon learning that there were 666, he almost fainted.

\'I\'ll explain, munya. This is your first time, so it might sound confusing, but everything is simple, really. All you need to do is to cultivate the first protagonist Houtu and let her finish her story in your universe, munya. After the first story is completed, two new protagonists will appear and Houtu will transform into an antagonist by default. They will come out and compete against Houtu, and she will lose. At the end of their stories, one or both of them will emerge as the victor and take the baton of a new villain. Then, four protagonists will show up and continue to loop, munya.\'

"Hah?"

\'The loop will continue for a million years until 512 protagonists turned into evil villains. Then, 666 protagonists will be born in the same era, and that\'s when a calamity age of your dantian universe is going to happen, munya. By then, you will have two choices. First, you take the easy way out by resetting the entire universe, ending the timeline, and revert everything back to where it started, munya. All protagonists will be erased, but a new one will show up and repeat the loop. However, your strength will continue to be weakened just like Pangu, munya.\'

Miaomiao hated this choice, "Out of the question! I won\'t take this path. What about the other?"

\'The second choice is related to your foundation and experience, munya. I trained you so that you know how to absorb life force, lifespan, and universes from others. The method is simple. When the calamitous generation of 666 protagonists appear, you will take the role as the hidden boss or the last boss of their stories and slaughter them all, giving them a plot-twisted ending.\'

"Ah!"

Miaomiao got the inspiration. So far, he had learned so many skills that related to power-stealing ever since he was a mortal. Energy Drain, Vampiric Touch, Killer Queen\'s Chaos Eater, Heavenly Fate Fragment Plundering, Luck Stealing, Dual-Cultivation Techniques, and Dantian Universe Suction were all energy-thief abilities.

It could be said that his destiny led him to this path. All preparation was for the sake of that day.

\'To do so, you will steal protagonists\' fate power, luck, and dantian universes to make their energy yours. This method is nicknamed the Harvest Festival as you can get a lot stronger if you can steal their dantians and their luck, munya.\'

"That\'s an interesting concept. But how does that work? They are cultivating my dantian universe\'s Qi and luck energy. The math doesn\'t add up."

Miaomiao was still confused about how killing protagonists would benefit him. After all, every drop of the local population\'s Qi was his.

\'Protagonists are Qi factories, munya.\'

Just one answer, Miaomiao understood everything. Although local cultivators relied on his energy to grow stronger, their dantian also generated Qi and luck energy.

By this logic, all protagonists were nothing but livestock!

"In short, I\'m cultivating cultivators as livestock for my future growth."

\'Now you get it! Oh, one last thing before I leave you, munya.\'

"Yeah?"

\'Aside from you, aka the creator of your dantian universe and your population, if anyone kills a protagonist, their soul will be cursed by your universe\'s fate power, and they will never become someone important in the next life, munya.\'

"Huh?"

\'Just don\'t use someone else to kill a protagonist, and you\'ll be fine, munya!\'

Miaomiao nodded as that was his intention. However, he still had another inspiration.

"Can I copulate with my villains and protagonists or have a baby with them?"

\'… That never occurred before, munya. Whoops, I talked too much. That will be all, munya!\'

After leaving Miaomiao with a warning, Mu-Nyang disappeared from Miaomiao\'s dantian universe.

Miaomiao frowned as Mu-Nyang seemed suspicious. He took notes of his idea.

\'What will happen if I sow karma with the local protagonists or villains? Should I experiment on it?\'

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Miaomiao\'s consciousness returned to his real body. He gazed at Houtu, who was still sucking his breast.

He smiled at his first guinea pig.

"Houtu, I might have to return you to the dantian world."

The baby didn\'t pay attention to his words. She simply fell asleep after she had enough milk.

Miaomiao transferred Houtu back to the dantian universe. He entrusted her to a system\'s dryad queen. Then, he left them alone.

Next, Miaomiao turned his attention to other ex-wives of Kishin Douji, including Lilim. He brought them out one at a time and drained all their Qi as planned.

He felt bad for killing his sex partners. His guilty conscience and lingering aftertaste troubled him.

Because of his mixed emotion and guilty conscience, his white feathers got brighter again while the black feathers began to suck all light and darkened. The polar energies of Yin Yang hastened Miaomiao\'s luck flow, converting the combustion energy into luck energy.

Miaomiao also looked up, staring into the deep sky. He had a scary thought after he had conversed with Mu-Nyang.

"If a creator can kill all protagonists to harvest their luck and Qi, will the creator of this universe kill me and harvest my luck?"

Miaomiao came to the conclusion that everyone was living in either Mu-Nyang\'s dantian universe or the universe of an unknown entity. His suspicion leaned toward the former as Mu-Nyang knew too much.

\'What are you, Mu-Nyang? Are you really on my side, or are you rearing us for what purpose?\'

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The next day, Miaomiao finished devouring 100,000 souls. His mind grew numb after murdering pretty maidens of various races.

The black and white wings also changed as the black feathers were darker than the black holes. No light reflected from the wings, and nobody could even see their appearance other than a pitch-black area behind Miaomiao. As for the white wing, its light was so bright that it could potentially blind a sage with its light alone.

Miaomiao stood in the twilight area, cultivating his emotions. The flow of memories, regrets, joy, and various emotions of new souls and old souls in his dantian flowed into him. He accepted everything as if they were his own memories and thoughts.

A drop of sad bloody tear came out from his right eye while the left eye\'s iris glittered as if he had been through the greatest day of his life. Although his eyes showed conflicted emotion, his expression was dull as usual.

Without realizing how and when, Miaomiao ascended to the Great Seraphim Stage, which was equal to a deity. However, his strength and Providence Law Authority were now comparable to a great dao sage like Hongjun.

But it was not a pleasant feeling to know everything in the universe.

"I feel like shit."

He had a roller-coaster of emotions every time he went through someone else\'s memory for trillion years in his mind, such as Cernun, Xie Tian, and others. Every time, Miaomiao\'s personality changed as if he had become another person.

Miaomiao hated it. He wanted to have a compassionate human heart. Although he might be a psycho sometimes, he always wanted to be a good husband for his wives, not a psychopath murderer.

Now, he felt like he had become a heartless god, who disregarded all lower realm\'s beings.

"Shit. I feel sick. This power makes me want to vomit. Seriously, can\'t I cultivate to the great dao sage realm a normal way?"

Miaomiao closed his eyes and tried to get used to his new power. He focused on directing his Providence Law from his feathers to his palms.

The black and white light merged and turned everything into a grey universe. Time stopped moving forward, and all beings were frozen by the great providence law of Chrono Element.

Miaomiao reopened his eyes. Now, his iris, pupils, and sclera blackened like an abyss of a black hole. The lightless eyes saw everything in a radius of a thousand galaxies.

As if Miaomiao had a 3D hologram inside his head, he could sense every being in his providence law domain. He could even see Wei Yuan, Mao Xueyan, and other wives on a star in the Chaos Realm.

At the same time, countless visions appeared when Miaomiao paid attention to Wei Yuan and others. Screen panels showed the future events that everybody would experience in two weeks.

Strings of karma were in clear view as well. Although Miaomiao couldn\'t differentiate their color, he could instantly identify their owners with just a glance. By just looking at it, endless past memories of the string owners flowed into Miaomiao\'s head.

Then, Miaomiao came to a realization. This was the power of a great dao sage, who could see through past, present, and future. Moreover, stopping time of the entire universe wasn\'t taxing anymore.

Tlaloc and Orochi, who were supposed to be the strongest guys in the universe right now, seemed lacking in Miaomiao\'s eyes. They couldn\'t even detect his probing sense or move in the time-frozen domain. Moreover, Miaomiao could even influence their Providence Qi in their dantians. With just a whim or a thought, he could erase them from existence.

The authority and power seemed wonderful. But again, it reminded Miaomiao of how powerful Mu-Nyang and Pangu were.

If he could do this much, wouldn\'t they be able to do the same?

\'This should be the pinnacle of all cultivation rank that the creator allows for their dantian universe. Then, the next rank should be a huge step toward a true entity and become independent?\'

Miaomiao made a wild guess based on the clues. He let out a long sigh and turned his attention to the local minions.

They were still the same – Standing in a formation and waiting for their turn.

Miaomiao suppressed his light and disabled the providence law. Then, the universe resumed its activities.

\'It\'s not like I have enough time or the right to make a choice. I\'ll become a new creator first. Then, I\'ll see what I can do after that stage. In the worst-case scenario, I might end up becoming Mu-Nyang\'s slave forever. But if he\'s sincere, I might actually be freed.\'

Miaomiao\'s wings transformed into tentacles again. He continued stealing the minions\' dantian universes and lifespan, filling his dantian with more energy.

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A week later, Miaomiao mated and killed over a billion chaos demon goddesses that Mu-Nyang had created. His dantian universe was so lively that trillion souls continued to explore the endless space. The cultivation ceiling of the population jumped from the pseudo-sage realm to a sage realm.

Houtu grew up and fulfilled her role as the first empress and the first protagonist of the universe. She unified the cat kingdoms and insect dynasties, ruling over the universe.

Although Houtu reached the pinnacle of her status, she was always lonely. Whenever she was alone in the castle, she always gazed at the stars as if she yearned for something.

Sensing her stare and her melancholy, Miaomiao began his experiment. He opened a portal in her castle\'s bedroom, inviting her in.

Houtu nervously approached the portal in front of her as if she was afraid of something beyond this realm. But in the end, she mustered her courage and left the dantian universe.

When Houtu came out, she found Miaomiao, who had already suppressed his aura.

Houtu looked around. Upon seeing countless chaos demon goddesses in this place, she panicked. She had never seen so many unrestrained sages in one place.

"Where is this place?!"

Miaomiao, who had reverted back to the male angel form, sized up Houtu and nodded in satisfaction. She had the bloodline of a dryad, and she became a refined dryad queen like Hopea.

"Paradise of Sinners, Hell."

"What?! Hell Realm? That\'s impossible! I sense great karma coming from the portal. This isn\'t Hell!"

With a wave of his hands, Houtu\'s clothes were dissipated. He glanced at Houtu\'s belly.

Suddenly, Houtu had a strong urge to reproduce. She fell to her knees and stared at Miaomiao in confusion.

"My name is Mao Miaomiao, the true god of your universe. I gave you soul and power. I gave you luck and chances. But none of them is for free. It\'s time for you to pay your due.

"W-What? Why should I pay you?!"

"If you don\'t pay, I\'ll send you back to your universe. You will be cursed, and someone will come after your life."

"…"

Houtu wanted to rebuke, but she was afraid of Miaomiao and the chaos demon goddesses. As she couldn\'t measure his cultivation base, she decided to compromise to survive.

"What do I have to pay? What does senior need?"

"I only need one offering."

"O-Offering?"

Miaomiao grinned and took off his clothes.

"You are the offering."

"E-Eh?"

"Don\'t worry. I won\'t kill you or harm you. Every 10,000 years, I shall open a portal for you to transport an offering to my world. You only need to tribute a female heaven\'s chosen genius to me, and she will only stay with me for 1,000 years or so. After that, I shall return her back to your world."

As Miaomiao continued to explain, he pushed Houtu down.

"As for you, the first offering, I shall teach you what I will do to other tributes."

Miaomiao initiated his experiment.

As soon as they connected, Houtu widened her eyes and yelped. Her hymen that she had been protecting for countless years was torn!

However, Houtu\'s heart palpitate. She shed a tear of joy in her mind as she finally discovered what she had yearned for.

It hurt her at first, but everything turned into pleasure. She embraced Miaomiao and savored the connection.

Meanwhile, Miaomiao was used to this type of reaction. He secretly healed her wounds in her belly and gently moved. While he was at it, he was in deep thought.

If a protagonist like Houtu was destined to become the next antagonist of other protagonists\' stories, he might as well give her new hope and choice of life… by bestowing her a baby.

\'Following Mu-Nyang is fine and dandy, but he\'s suspicious! I should test this out first. If it works, I might discover a third method to deal with protagonists or break free from Mu-Nyang\'s livestock universe. Even if it fails, I still have the second method. Hell, I might not even live long enough to complete my experiment.\'