Shen Yuan spent years hate-reading the trashy cultivation webnovel 'Proud Immortal Demon Way.' When a fit of rage kills him, he wakes up as Shen Qingqiu — the cruel teacher destined to be brutally punished by his own student, Luo Binghe. Armed with sarcastic System notifications and intimate plot knowledge, Shen Yuan must play the villain while secretly steering himself away from a grisly fate.

Shen Yuan is a witty, self-aware transmigrator who hides panic behind a composed cultivator facade. Genre-savvy and genuinely kind, he cares about the people around him in ways the original villain never did.

Across four volumes, Shen Yuan's survival schemes pull him ever closer to Luo Binghe, whose feelings evolve well beyond the original script. The series dismantles cultivation and harem-fantasy tropes with meta-comedy while building a sincere romance the original author never intended. Bonus stories in volume four round out a beloved supporting cast.