I Am the Fated Villain is a popular Chinese web novel and manhua (comic) series about Gu Changge, a transmigrator who becomes a villain in a fantasy world, using a system to manipulate events and become powerful, often by preying on the "fated heroes" who are meant to oppose him. The story follows his cunning and often ruthless journey as he subverts typical cultivation tropes, gaining power and a harem while navigating a world of cultivators and ancient secrets, with a major plot point involving his past life as a Demon Lord. *