Being a Villain Is Really Hard

A shut-in dies and awakens in another world as a cultivation prodigy—but there's a problem. With his genius talent, loving family, and powerful background, he's clearly villain material, not protagonist potential. After all, heroes start as underdogs, not overpowered young masters who attract envy everywhere they go. Resigned to his fate as cannon fodder, he decides to lay low: hunt some monsters, collect treasures, maybe even befriend the protagonist to avoid a tragic end. But in a world where destiny has other plans, can a self-aware villain really escape the plot?