Pregnant Cultivator, Doted by Big Boss

After tossing aside the wooden puppet, Celeste Grant spoke coolly.

"Who will be the next to die? Jocelyn Grant, don’t you disappoint me."

’According to the plot, Jocelyn Grant is supposed to have nine Taoist Companions. Now only the last two are left. So, who’s going to show up next?’

’I remember one of Jocelyn Grant’s Taoist Companions is a Demon Cultivator. His true form is a black serpent with three heads—a Three-Headed Serpent, for short.’

’According to the plot, Jocelyn Grant meets the Three-Headed Serpent ten years from now. By then, the serpent will have cultivated to the Eighth Rank and become a Demon Cultivator. But now? The Three-Headed Serpent is just a Seventh Rank Demonic Beast; it hasn’t cultivated a human form yet.’

’The plot has collapsed this badly. Can it even continue?’

’Whatever.’

’Killing them all is the right way to go, anyway.’

The book never mentioned where the Three-Headed Serpent was at this point in time. If she knew its lair, Celeste Grant would go and slay it right now. ’Oh well!’ she thought. ’Seven are already dead, so the last two can wait. There’s no rush.’

Javier Sinclair was still sitting in the Taishi Chair, drinking wine.

His gaze shifted to Celeste Grant’s face, and he knew at once that she was up to no good. "What are you thinking about? You look both surprised and suspiciously sneaky."

"Who are you calling sneaky?" Celeste Grant glanced sideways at him and chuckled. "I could tell you, but you wouldn’t get it."

As she spoke, Celeste Grant walked over to him.

She glanced at the pastries and wine on the low table.

"Weren’t we celebrating? Feed me."

Javier Sinclair picked up a pastry and held it out to her.

She rested one hand on his shoulder, leaned over, and took a bite from his hand.

"Delicious."

Right out in the open.

Their Lady and The Exalted One were being far too conspicuous with their affections.

The Demon Cultivators still lingering nearby vanished in unison.

Celeste Grant wrapped her arm around his shoulder. "Husband, let’s go back. I just broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage and need to stabilize my cultivation."

Javier Sinclair hummed in agreement.

"Alright."

"Let’s go home."

He stood up and took her hand.

In an instant, the two of them disappeared from the spot.

「In the days that followed.」

Celeste Grant’s life returned to its peaceful routine.

Her life’s motto was to make money.

’Smartphones, check.’

’Short-form videos, check.’

’How could I possibly not have cheesy soap operas?’

’In my previous world, all sorts of melodramas about overbearing CEOs were always trending. The plots even evolved into things like "The Overbearing CEO Falls in Love With Me, a Divorcee With Two Kids." So, even here in the Cultivation World, a cultivation-themed version would definitely be a hit.’

’Don’t The Immortal and Demonic Paths love fighting and killing? They’re all ready-made actors. It would be a waste not to use them.’

Celeste Grant was the type of person who acted on her ideas immediately. She promptly shut herself in her chambers and began furiously writing scripts.

_After Offending the Demonic Sect’s Big Shot, I Had Triplets._

_After Marrying, I Discovered My Husband is a Sword Master._

_The Cold Immortal Lord’s Darling Wife Escaped 99 Times, Only to Be Dragged Back._

_My Flower Turned Into My Wife: Exalted One, Don’t Misbehave!_

_Fated for Three Lifetimes, It’s Good to See You Again._

_My Cultivation Was Crippled, But My New Wife is an Immortal Venerable._

To better rake in the cash later, Celeste Grant wracked her brain and began creating. Based on her experience watching all those melodramas, writing this kind of stuff wasn’t difficult.

「Half a month later.」

Celeste Grant’s hand trembled as she put down her brush.

She gazed at the scripts piled high on the desk beside her. After placing the final manuscript—_I’m a Righteous Path Cultivator Who Discovered His Wife is a Demonic Sect Villainess_—on top of the stack, she calmly stood up.

"Finally finished."

Celeste Grant had written all these scripts herself.

’Based on my years of experience, I’ve figured it all out.’

’The core appeal for the female cultivator audience: all kinds of powerful big shots fall in love with me.’

’The core appeal for the male cultivator audience: all kinds of powerful, beautiful immortals fall in love with me, a nobody with nothing to his name.’

’It’s simply perfect!’

She called out.

"Nerida."

Hearing the summons, Nerida pushed the door open and entered.

"My Lady, what are your orders?"

Celeste Grant pointed to the finished scripts on the desk.

"Take these scripts, cast actors according to the stories written inside, and start filming. The new service we’re launching is producing short dramas. Don’t The Immortal and Demonic Paths love fighting and killing? This time, let them kill to their hearts’ content in the dramas. It’s time for the trend of cheesy short dramas to sweep through the Cultivation World."

Nerida was a bit confused. She asked curiously, "My Lady, this subordinate understands recording and releasing videos, but what exactly is a ’short drama’?"

Short-form videos existed now, but episodic series with stories and plots, like television shows, had yet to appear, so it was perfectly normal for Nerida not to know.

Seeing her curiosity, Celeste Grant explained, "To put it simply, we have people act out a story, filming it episode by episode. In the end, we’ll compile them into a collection for people to watch. I’ve already figured it out: after we start releasing them, the first ten episodes will be free. If they want to keep watching after that, they’ll have to pay."

Nerida got the main point. ’It’s all about making money.’

She understood Celeste Grant’s words in an instant.

"Understood, My Lady. This subordinate will see to it at once."

’These ’short dramas’ sound quite interesting.’

The Cultivation World was vast, and all sorts of buildings were readily available. In other words, they could use these locations directly without having to build any sets.

Thus, she was going to truly achieve what was meant by "low cost, high return."

From casting the roles to filming, Celeste Grant personally supervised everything.

The idea that The Immortal and Demonic Paths were mortal enemies was deeply ingrained. As a result, Demon Cultivators refused to play righteous characters, and members of the Righteous Immortal Sects refused to play Demon Cultivators, feeling it was beneath them. But the pay for acting in these short dramas was just too good—so good that even the people from the Immortal Sects couldn’t say no. So, they simply stuck to what they knew best: Demon Cultivators played Demon Cultivators, and cultivators of the Immortal Path played cultivators of the Immortal Path.

As a result, aside from a few specially designated roles, the cultivators who came to act in the short dramas were all essentially playing themselves.

This was especially true for the cultivators from the Bloodfiend Den. They got a huge kick out of playing villains in the dramas, and some even started ad-libbing extra scenes for themselves.

Celeste Grant discovered they particularly loved playing the kind of villain who causes trouble from beginning to end, constantly one-upping the protagonist in the early stages, only to be defeated while dramatically coughing up blood in the final few episodes.

’You killed me in this drama, so I’ll pin you to the ground and thrash you in the next one to get my revenge.’ In short, after Celeste Grant launched her short drama project, she successfully got the cultivators of The Immortal and Demonic Paths to have an absolute blast, going wild with their roles.

And so, the cheesy melodramatic scripts Celeste Grant had written were turned into short dramas and released online.

「After the short dramas went live and began to air.」

They set off a massive trend throughout the Cultivation World.

People binged through them in one go.

Just when they were waiting for the satisfying moment of comeuppance, they would hit a paywall.

"I have to pay? Unlocking the rest of the series costs 50 low-grade spirit stones? That’s a ripoff! But wait, buying it now is only 9 low-grade spirit stones... Oh, what the hell. That’s not much, I’ll buy it."

They clicked to complete the transaction and binged the rest in one sitting.

The female cultivators were obsessed.

"This is so good! This lord is so handsome! He seems so cold and aloof, but he’s so gentle with the female lead. Whenever she’s in danger, he shows up immediately. If only I had a Taoist Companion with such high cultivation who was also this good to me..." she sighed dreamily. "Husband... that’s my new husband."

After finishing, they were still left wanting more.

They imagined themselves as the female lead, meeting the male lead.

"So romantic."

"I love it so much."

"Finished this one. On to the next!"

Ever since the short dramas came out, the female cultivators felt they had become fickle, falling in love with a new male lead in every show. They had to watch their daily dose before they could even start their cultivation.