Gu Xiuyuan transmigrates into the body of an unemployed university graduate who has just finished school.
But this world isn't as simple as it appears. In places ordinary people can't see, shadows are quietly closing in, and unknown monsters are spreading through the crowds.
Fortunately, a game called Cultivation Online has become real, and every treasure obtained in the game can be brought into the real world!
Gu Xiuyuan thought he would inherit his in-game identity as the Dao Lord, but the game registered him automatically and gave him the identity of an Outer-Realm Little Demon with no cultivation at all.
Five thousand years have passed in the game since he last played. With the Dao Lord gone, the once-prosperous Daoist sect has fallen into decline.
Gu Xiuyuan travels through the game, completing one mission after another, recruiting sword immortal servants, slaying demons, and uncovering the secret behind the Daoist sect's decline.
And every reward he earns and every treasure he obtains can be brought back to the real world.
Congratulations, player! You have received a reward: [Nine Heavens Cosmic Qi-Attracting Art: Draw Qi into the Body and Transform from Mortal to Immortal]
[Supreme Void Mysterious Sect Sword Art: The Five Elements Reinforce One Another, Slay Demons and Exorcise Evil]
Meanwhile, demon hunter Su Jing comes to see Gu Xiuyuan and invites him to join the Demon-Hunting Bureau.
"Six types of insurance, housing fund, and a civil-service position. Five hundred thousand a month during probation, three million a month after becoming permanent."
"All I have to do is kill demons? Then killing demons is what I'll do!"
[Slay a Heart-Eroding Demon, obtain 50,000 spirit coins]
[Slay a Heart-Eroding Ghost Mother, obtain 100,000 spirit coins]
As long as he kills demons, Gu Xiuyuan can earn spirit coins, exchange them for cultivation, explore the game world, and bring cultivation resources back to reality, growing stronger step by step!
Years later, the vanished Dao Lord returns to the mortal world, and the Demon-Hunting Bureau gains an unrivaled director of its own!