Wuxia Novel: I'm the Mastermind, but I'm a Beggar

I was on the phone receiving news of my university acceptance when I got possessed. Of all things, it was the wuxia novel I had dropped midway reading the day before. And not just any part—it was the miserable childhood of the pathetic villain who gets swiftly eliminated early on by the protagonist, a death row inmate. …But now, I’m not just unfortunate—I’m a destitute orphan, a street beggar. Ah, isn’t that just too much? ‘Is this really life…?’ I was lying there listlessly, thinking just that, when I started getting beaten up by other beggars. Right on cue, as in the original story, the protagonist’s master appeared out of nowhere and extended a cat string—no, a *human* string—asking...