"Ow—eat your dreams." Shao Lingheng is Du Yan's perfect dish, the most flawless one. Here is the perfect recipe for cooking nightmares, also known as *How to Be a Qualified Villainous Big Boss*. **[Youth Pain Nightmare]** Du Yan: I must teach the male lead proper sex education, educate him, and use him. Male Lead: Following your lead, taking away your power—just to keep you by my side. **[Historical Political Nightmare—Hostage Male Lead Uses the Female Lead to Destroy Her Country]** Du Yan: I'll take the female lead's place, scare you when changing clothes, deceive you, and use you. Male Lead: If you hate this dynasty, then so be it—I will destroy it for you. **[Supernatural Horror Nightmare—Male Lead's Fate Dooms His Entire Team]** Du Yan: I'll kill the male lead, turn him into a ghost, bully him, and drive him mad. Male Lead: If becoming a ghost means clinging to you forever, then I gladly accept. ... All this effort just to get a full meal! As the last descendant of the divine beast *Boqi* left in a low-magic realm, Du Yan, after awakening, finds himself in the miserable state of never having enough to eat. Until he meets Shao Lingheng, an actor so deep in his roles that he is haunted by nightmares every night. Yet, fate plays its tricks. Shao Lingheng: That person is the cinnabar mole in my heart, the white moonlight at the edge of the sky—he gave everything for me. Du Yan: Wait, are we even on the same page?