System Error, I, Xiao Yan, Have Hun Tiandi's System?

"Next!"

Wutan City, Xiao Family plaza.

A resonant, vigorous voice echoed through the air.

Xiao Yan lifted his head in a daze, feeling as though his brain were stuffed with paste.

Where... is this?

His last memory stopped at his office computer—

Three days of consecutive overtime, a sudden blackout, and then nothing.

"Brother Xiao Yan, it's your turn."

A girl's soft call came from beside him, laced with a hint of worry.

Xiao Yan turned his head to see a girl in purple robes looking at him with concern.

She was around fourteen or fifteen, her face peerlessly beautiful, her eyes as clear and lively as autumn water, yet her brow held a touch of charm that didn't belong to her age.

Is she... Xiao Xun'er?

The moment this name surfaced, a tidal wave of memory fragments flooded his mind.

Wutan City, Xiao Family, Dou Qi Continent, regressing cultivation...

The humiliation of falling from a genius to a piece of trash.

"Holy crap!"

"Xiao Yan?"

The Xiao Family trash who started with three stages of Dou Qi, was mocked by the entire clan, suffered the humiliation of Nalan Yanran coming to break off their engagement, shouted "Do not bully the young because they are poor"... and eventually rose up step by step to become the supreme Flame Emperor?

"I actually transmigrated into the novel Battle Through the Heavens as the 'Flame Emperor' who shares my name!"

Xiao Yan was deeply shocked.

Suddenly—

"Xiao Yan! Are you going to test or not?"

On the Xiao Family plaza, someone raised their voice impatiently.

"If you aren't going to test, get down here! Don't waste our time!"

Rustling whispers erupted all around:

"That trash definitely doesn't dare to test."

"He was at three stages of Dou Qi last year; he's probably still at three stages this year. He's really lost all face for the Xiao Family."

"Sigh, you can't say it like that. Back in the day, he was a once-in-a-century genius of our Xiao Family. He started practicing Qi at four, reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi at ten, broke through to the tenth stage at eleven, successfully condensed a Dou Qi cyclone, and became the youngest Dou Zhe in the family in a hundred years..."

"That's all in the past. The current Xiao Yan is just a piece of trash!"

Xiao Yan took a deep breath, suppressing the surging emotions in his heart.

He stepped toward the pitch-black Test Magic Stone Stele in the center of the plaza.

Regardless of anything else, he had to deal with the matter at hand first.

But, The very moment his palm touched the surface of the cold stone stele!

[Ding! Suitable host detected. Super Villain Counterattack System binding...]

[10%...50%...100%!]

[Binding successful!]

[Super Villain Counterattack System, at your service!]

Xiao Yan's hand froze in mid-air, his heart skipping a beat.

A system?!

The standard golden finger for transmigrators had arrived!

[This system is named the "Super Villain Counterattack System," designed to assist the host in defying destiny, suppressing the current era's protagonists of destiny, and achieving the supreme path of the villain!]

[Scanning host information...]

[Scan complete!]

[Host identity confirmed: Hun Tiandi (The ultimate villain of the current world, the stepping stone for the destiny protagonist Xiao Yan, Patriarch of the Hun Clan)]

Xiao Yan: "???"

Wait, what the hell is this system?

What Hun Tiandi?

I am clearly Xiao Yan! Xiao Yan of the Wutan City Xiao Family!

"System, are you sure I'm Hun Tiandi?"

Xiao Yan was somewhat bewildered. Could this system have made a mistake?

[Ding--]

[Scanning...]

[Scan complete. The system confirms that the host is indeed the ultimate villain of this world, Hun Tiandi!]

[Ding--]

[Unexpected host detection: You have successfully infiltrated the family of the "Destined Protagonist, Xiao Yan"!]

[Analyzing host's infiltration methods...]

[Analysis complete!]

[In order to find an opportunity to defeat the "Destined Protagonist, Xiao Yan," you actually crippled your own cultivation down to the third stage of Dou Zhi Qi, disguising yourself as a piece of trash in the Xiao Family, enduring all this time!]

[The system is moved... It's so tear-jerking! To think of the pain and humiliation the host has endured for the sake of the villain's counterattack!]

[Such ruthless temperament! Such decisive perseverance! You are truly the perfect villain host to overthrow the destined protagonist!]

[A special gift is hereby granted to the host: Super Villain Counterattack Starter Pack: Dou Wang Upgrade Card x1. Use it to instantly ascend to the rank of Dou Wang and easily suppress the Xiao Family!]

Xiao Yan opened his mouth, unable to speak for a moment.

I'm just an ordinary transmigrator, how did I become Hun Tiandi?

Besides... wasn't Hun Tiandi the big boss from the later stages of the novel? How could he possibly have come to the Xiao Family to act like a piece of trash?

He double-checked his memories.

That's right, I am f***ing Xiao Yan!

Is there something wrong with this system?

[Ding--]

[Newbie mission released: Although your act of crippling your cultivation to infiltrate the Xiao Family and hunt "Xiao Yan" is respectable, the "Destined Protagonist" is favored by the supreme world will. A forced assassination will inevitably result in "backlash." You can only weaken his destiny by constantly suppressing him.]

[Host, please ruthlessly crush the arrogance of the "Destined Protagonist, Xiao Yan" during the family test!]

[Mission Description: Use an unrivaled posture to crush Xiao Yan in public, damage his Dao heart, and plunder his destined luck!]

[Mission Reward: Essential treasure for a great villain--Ten Thousand Soul Banner!]

[Failure Penalty: None (The host has already tried so hard to counterattack the destined protagonist, how could the system bear to punish you further?)]

Confirmed, this system definitely has a bug.

This system mistook me for Hun Tiandi, and the mission is to make me slap Xiao Yan in the face... but I am Xiao Yan!

Damn it--

Could it be that I have to suppress myself?

Looking at this system mission, Xiao Yan was speechless.

"Xiao Yan, stop wasting everyone's time!"

"Hurry up, release your Dou Qi with all your might and strike the Test Magic Stone Stele!"

The Xiao Family's testing elder urged him with an impatient tone.

The Xiao Yan of the past had indeed amazed him, but the current Xiao Yan was nothing more than a piece of trash in the Xiao Family.

Dou Zhi Qi, third stage—this level of strength was simply a joke in the Xiao Family.

"That's right, Xiao Yan, hurry up!"

"If you don't dare to test, then get down here!"

"Everyone knows the result anyway!"

"Hahaha..."

Some of the other Xiao Family disciples nearby also laughed mockingly.

Listening to the various taunts ringing in his ears, Xiao Yan frowned slightly. The faces of these guys were truly infuriating!

"I've already transmigrated, do I still have to put up with this crap?!"

"Regardless of whether this system identified the wrong person, I'll just enjoy myself first!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan looked at the Test Magic Stone Stele in front of him and, without a second thought, silently chanted in his heart.

"System, use the 'Dou Wang Upgrade Card' on me immediately..."

He wanted to see what kind of reaction these guys in the Xiao Family would have if they knew he possessed the cultivation of a Dou Wang.

[Ding--]

[Congratulations Host, Dou Wang Upgrade Card, successfully used!]

BOOM--

A surge of inexplicable, majestic power erupted from the depths of his dantian!

Xiao Yan felt every inch of his meridians screaming and every bone in his body trembling!

His Dou Qi surged wildly, instantly shattering all shackles and restraints--

Dou Zhe!

Dou Shi!

Da Dou Shi!

Dou Ling!

Xiao Yan's cultivation base grew with a speed that defied imagination, shocking to behold!

It finally stabilized firmly at: One-Star Dou Wang!