Reborn as King Zhou’s Brother, I Slacked Off Until Even the Three Purities Feared Me

Modern office drone Zhao Hao unexpectedly transmigrates into the Shang dynasty as Weizi Qi, King Zhou Dixin's older brother. Knowing how brutal the Investiture of the Gods calamity will be, his only goal is to lie flat and stay alive: avoid his suicidal younger brother, keep clear of the conflicts between the Chan and Jie Sects, and live peacefully after the Shang dynasty falls.

But fate refuses to follow the script. He plays the coward at court to avoid trouble, only for the ministers to interpret it as “great wisdom disguised as foolishness.” He retreats to his fief to grow potatoes and brew “swill wine,” but thanks to the spiritual energy of the Primordial World, the potatoes become an “auspicious crop of extraordinary yield,” while the awful wine is revered by rogue immortals as “spirit brew,” drawing the attention of powerful figures such as Qingxu Daode Zhenjun of the Chan Sect.

When he is forced to join Wen Zhong on an expedition against Xiqi, a “character dismantling” sketch he casually draws accidentally breaks a Chan Sect formation. His “smiley-face talisman” drains Jiang Ziya of his will to fight, while his “crying-face talisman” makes both armies share one another’s feelings. Even his “couch-potato talisman” is seen by the Heaven-Connecting Leader as an expression of “the Great Way’s non-contention.” The more he tries to lie flat, the more every faction takes him for a “reclusive master.” The Chan Sect wants to recruit him, the Jie Sect wants him as a master, and even the Three Pure Ones cannot figure him out. Laozi gains insight into “life’s endless renewal” from the potatoes he grows, the Primordial Heaven Venerable cannot calculate his origins, and the Heaven-Connecting Leader even asks him to “deliver talismans” to the Green Touring Palace.

During the Investiture of the Gods War, he tosses out a lighter, which is mistaken for a rare treasure and breaks the Ten Ultimate Formations. His offhand idea of “demolition” accidentally destroys the formation’s core on the Investiture Platform, and a series of “lying-flat moves” leaves the Chan and Jie Sects badly battered. After the war, Heaven wants to hire him as an “emotional regulation officer,” and even the Dao Ancestor Hongjun keeps an eye on him. But all he wants is to collect rent from his potato fields and tavern in Dongyi. In the end, this couch-potato prince, who only wanted to stay alive, becomes a top-tier star in the Primordial World, respected even by the Three Pure Ones, and uses his philosophy of lying flat to