I Deep-Fried a Ghost and Became an Earth Master in One Second from the Start

Ah, ah, ah! I've transmigrated. Other people become sect elders or, at worst, personal disciples. How come I end up as Mao Shanming? The half-baked Mao Shanming, of all people. I could live with being Mao Shanming, but why am I being made to deep-fry a ghost from the start? What kind of opening is this? Looking at the soot-blackened pot beside him, Mao Shanming falls into deep thought...