Chapter 40 – The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

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Chapter 40: Escaping Death at Huayue

Whenever I reread this part of the story, I’m always amazed at how everything fits and works together as a whole. At the time, I didn’t quite understand what was happening or see the big picture, but by the end I understand why and how everything happened the way that it did.

If you read the comments, I’m not the only one who was confused. How did you feel when you reach this part of the webnovel? Which is your favorite part?

It’s different today. Back then, the whole story hadn’t been translated yet, so everyone was speculating about this and that. People were on tenterhooks waiting for the next chapter, especially when the previous one had ended in a cliffhanger. It’s a totally different feeling from reading the whole thing from start to finish when it’s readily available.

I wonder how e-book readers feel now that only the first book has been released? Are they also impatient?

Thanks for reading!

Good news, everyone! An official English translation has been released. Fans can now support the author by buying the official English-translated e-books and paperbacks.

Where to buy the Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

Volume 1: Dec 14, 2021 – https://amzn.to/3BstHj8

Volume 2: April 19, 2022 – https://amzn.to/3mqrnEO

Volume 3: July 12, 2022 – https://amzn.to/2ZFwMza

Volume 4: November 1, 2022 – https://amzn.to/3cNmmUK

Of course, now that there is a licensed English version, our unofficial fan version has been taken down. I’ve kept this and other pages to preserve the fan’s comments and discussion about the story.

Feel free to continue submitting comments as discussions are still live on all pages.

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Reika’s Notes: 

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Shen Qingqiu and Gongyi Xiao meeting Luo Binghe at the stairs (Chapter 32). Image from fan video. Warning: video contains massive spoilers. Eng subtitled video.
  • This chapter is by Yan.
  • The child and the teenager… were just dream phantoms in Shen Qingqiu’s mind and not the real Luo Binghe, right??? I guess it could be our dear little sheep going full yandere…
  • Now all of the cultivators are looking for Shen Qingqiu, a wanted man who was imprisoned for helping the demons spread a plague. Poor guy, his reputation has been well and truly blackened!

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58 thoughts on “Chapter 40 – The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System”

  2. Just a gay weeb

    When the little luo binghe said “why don’t you want me anymore?” I nearly cried

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  3. silverseedling

    Thanks for translating and thanks for linking the video. This is my second read through and I remembered I saw some beautiful art the first time around in the translation but couldn’t find the artist anymore. This is exactly that art. So I’m very happy to be reading the novel again and seeing the art too. ^^

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  4. Anonymous

    Lol. To me, it looks like SQQ is the one having the harem, not LBH… Hot Bois harem y’all. The lot of them care
    and protect our boi SQQ.

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  8. sami saraswat

    I want the time when LB gets to know from others how ‘devastated’ his shizun was when he had vanished.. god his expression and what he must have been feeling..

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  12. Tatyana

    Woah, that’s an amazing video!! And wow, binghe leans to the batshit side of the yandere spectrum, more so than xiu from readerxprotagonist… Heartbreak can mess you up pretty bad, huh… I hope these two communicate eventually…

    Although, the main thing that stuck in my mind was that the demons who attacked the sect at the start look nothing like how I imagined them, the spiky armor elder in particular looks really silly!

    And also other things but hey, spoilers 😀

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  13. Jacqui

    Thank you so much for translating this novel I adore it. I really appreciate all your translation notes too! I’m terribly excited and keen for chapter 41, what a cliff hanger at the end!

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  19. divva portillo

    Despite knowing it was coming …. gah. BingBing you’re being too hardcore l o l

    This chapter really felt like something you’d find in a suspenseful horror story haha; you really feel for Shen Qingqiu because HE IS SO CLOSE to his ticket out of this shit (lol!!!)

    My heart really throbbed when he picked up the child Bing-mei …and how his shizun must feel remorse for losing him FUCKING PARALLELS JAJAJA also extreme lol @Shen Qingqiu dreading meeting the adult version after dealing with the creepy child/adolescent versions ffff

    All these little hints and foreshadowings are really crushing my balls ! Seeing it all come together!! Thank you so much to the translators for picking up this novel!♡♡♡ it’s so nice reading it when you can finally understand 100% of it ♡♡♡

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  20. Burnt Tofu

    eh? does the novel suddenly change genre into horror??

    LBH is so jelly that he even rope LQG into the dream, isn’t he?

    anyway, thanks for the translation!

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  24. cherubeemu

    Could it be Luo Binghe is using the demon blood again to confuse him? I really loved this novel. I can even say it’s as good as MDZS and even funnier

    Thank you so much for translating this. Although first 32 chapters were hard to understand I’m grateful for all the work since I don’t know a word of chinese.

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  25. Vei Kyuu

    Thank you very much for the chapter! Yan-sama and Reika-sama *v*)/

    SHIZUUUUUN T.T huhu our bb SQQ.. why LBH whhhyyy?

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  28. lamperouge0

    Uh-oh I feel like SQQ discarding LBH’s robe and taking Gongyi Xiao’s is going to cause a misunderstanding in the future. I can’t decide if these misunderstandings are hilarious or tragic for SQQ.

    Thanks for translating!

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  29. Syeki

    Thanks for the new chapter! Although I’ve already gone ahead and used google translate on the raws because the wait was agonising for me. XD But its good to read a coherent version instead of the muddled mess I got, even though I understood the gist of it.

    Also just read the extra chapters on Airplane’s experiences after transmigration. The part where SQQ was receiving training/guidance from Liu Qingge at the Baizhan peak diciples’ expense really cracked me up. “OMG, he doesn’t understand!” XDDD I wish there was more interaction between SQQ and Liu QG in the story. Liu QG is probably one of my fave characters after SQQ.

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  33. Chewy

    I’ve gone and spoiled myself with every spoiler under the sun but it’s still best to read the chapter itself. When dream LBH revealed it was a dream it gave me chills. Yandere LBH is so scary. I’m glad in serious moments like these SQQ can stop tsukkoming or asking the system since in those moments, the world is REAL and affecting him.

    Thanks for the translation!

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  36. ResidentialPsycho

    Poor Luo Binghe. I wonder if he will realize there are two Shen Qingquis.

    I’m not watching the video, at least for now. I’d rather save it for the end of the series if it has spoilers.

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    2. Cyandris

      @HONEYTRUTHS I think they just meant that the SQQ now is a different person from before (but I feel u, I also misunderstood in the beginning)

  37. hoshiandme

    I’m confused a bit.
    Why is he acting this way? It’s shown Binghe still cared for him. And he’s just mindlessly putting a distance from them.
    Why is he acting like this?

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  38. Anonymous

    Poor Liu Qingge, Luo Binghe is really out to get him. It’s comical how jealous he is all the time….

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  39. J.clou

    I knew it was Luo Binghe since the first time the child hold on to Shen Qingqiu’s thigh, I’ve read The Villain’s Rehabilitation Plan and am too familiar with this trick. But it still gives me the chills. Was the child and teenager Luo Binghe only a dream phantom? Imagine how much trouble Gongyi Xiao is gonna get when Luo Binghe finds out Shen Qingqiu is wearing his robe XD
    I watched the video thinking what could go wrong, they’re going to get together anyway.. And boy.. Those spoilers.. I’m regretting watching it, but I’m actually kind of glad too that I watched it? °Д°
    Anyway, thanks for the chapter! 💕💕

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  41. sol

    the bgm for this chapter: if you love me let ne goooooooooooooooooooo

    anyways thankyou Yan & BC novels for the update as always! 💕

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  42. Kaguya Magami

    -spoiler-
    Wait?! Arent this chapter suppose to be when Bing he stabbed shizun, ah?! The seniors in the forum said so! WTH?! Give me my tear jerking moment!!
    Thank you for the chapter!

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  43. Anonymous

    “Oh, so this is what he meant. Even though Luo Binghe’s clothes were black, the clothing was similar to the person. It had the same low-key extravagant connotation that the protagonist himself did, and all in all, it was still very conspicuous if he wore it. If he changed into a common white robe, it would be quite beneficial to his escape, right? Gongyi Xiao was too thoughtful.”

    Shizun…your reasoning…

    Thank you for the chapter!

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  44. Milly

    Whats happening???
    I THOUGHT HE FINALLY MANAGED TO ESCAPE!

    LUO BINGHE IS THIS YOUR DOING?
    you dont want shizun to go outside of your grasp that much huh?!?!
    (If not luo binghe.. then im sorry LBH for blaming u )

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  45. stubpop

    I’ve seen that video so many times but I still get blind sided by developments!!! glakfjakfj what are you planning now, little black sheep?? Why is Liu Qingge involved???? And oh no. Shizun, what will you do now? I’m sooo looking forward to the next chapter, ah!

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  48. Akira

    Thank you for the chapter. Once again I’m sadly surprised at SQQ’s thought process. Everything does not have to be like the novel, the plot has changed, the characters have changed. WAKE UP! *pout* Sorry for ranting.

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  50. cookietower

    Once again, I am on edge of my seat. Figuratively and literally (the release timings always seem to coincide with my travel time going home lol).

    Thank you for the chapter!

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