Villainous Ascension of Ge Xiao

Ge Xiao is dead. Or rather, he was, until he woke up inside the pages of his favorite action-harem manga, 'The Legend of the Light King.' But instead of reincarnating as the beloved protagonist, he is bound to the Antagonist System - a ruthless, cosmic mechanism that forces him to play the ultimate villain. To survive, Ge Xiao must actively scheme, steal the protagonist's destined heroines, and break the world's original storyline, all while the system threatens him with absolute erasure if he shows a single shred of mercy. The stakes are clear: play the monster, or become dust. Armed with meta-knowledge and a dark array of forbidden abilities granted by his cheat, Ge Xiao begins a dangerous double life. He must outsmart destiny itself, manipulating both the heroines who begin to look at him with twisted affection, and the self-righteous hero who wants his head, all while trying not to lose his remaining humanity to the system's dark demands.