Ma Yuan of Honghuang: Wide Awake in the Mortal World

Joining the Jie Sect is out of the question.

A sage's sect naturally enjoys a long-lasting destiny, but the Jie Sect's final fate was utterly tragic. As the saying goes, the Jie Sect rose and fell by its own hand. Even Master Tongtian met a terrible end, so what hope would I have?

As for the Chan Sect...

I don't think much of Yuanshi Tianzun's character. Even if I somehow managed to join, I'd end up like Shen Gongbao, unloved by everyone and cast aside. Why bother?

The Western Sect is even less of an option. Becoming a monk, eating vegetarian food, chanting Buddha's name, and comprehending the four forms of emptiness and all that is not my path.

Living freely and unrestrained, without being bound by the seven emotions and six desires, eating meat and drinking wine to my heart's content: that's the path I seek.

Ma Yuan, who possesses the memories of a transmigrator, uses his clear head to turn the tables time and again, quietly growing stronger. He creates cultivation arts, masters divine abilities, refines spiritual treasures, lays out grand formations, and comprehends the true essence of the Great Dao.

After tens of millions of years, he finally looks down upon the Primordial World, befriends the sages, matches wits with the Dao Ancestor, and earns a place among the greats in his own way, composing a legendary tale in the Primordial World.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.