Urban: I Really Don't Want to Be an Ascetic

On the battlefield, he walked between two warring armies, taking one step and bowing his head with every stride, all to suffer in humanity's place. His actions moved the world.

In rags, he spent months standing on his head on a sheer cliff.

He also spent over a month floating alone in the Atlantic, wearing a monk's robe.

Time Magazine: "The person who moved the world most in the 21st century."

Numerous state media outlets: "The world's most beloved ambassador of peace in the 21st century."

Just as everyone believed this ascetic monk was suffering on behalf of humanity, he took off his monk's robe...

"Patron, need some weapons? Can't be helped. Even an ascetic monk has to make a living!"

System: "Next mission: livestream to the entire internet as you stand in the sky above Jupiter and catch meteorites with your bare hands. Reward: the True Form of the Mighty Heavenly Dragon."

"For the suffering of this world, if I don't go to hell, who will? Evil spirits, where do you think you're going?"

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