Liu Zhiyan has spent ten years slacking off on Wuwang Mountain.
Other cultivators seek to ascend and become saints, or split open Heaven's Gate with their swords. He cultivates so he can practice swordplay in the morning, grill a fish at noon, water the flowers in the afternoon, and wait for his master to brew tea in the evening. His ambitions are simple: never leave the mountain, avoid socializing, and stay out of the public eye. Best of all, he hopes no one will remember him for the rest of his life.
Unfortunately, Heaven doesn't grant the wishes of people who want to slack off.
Ten years later, Xia Lingyu, an old acquaintance, kicks down the door to his peaceful little life and delivers a bombshell: it's not that no one has him in mind. The emperor, the Alliance Guard, the sects, and the old powers of the thirteen nations are all after him. Nor was he simply abandoned by his parents. Since the age of ten, he's been caught up in a sacrificial scheme called "saving the world."
Liu Zhiyan's immediate response: Thanks for the offer. I'm on the mountain and just want to lie flat.
But the world below clearly doesn't care what he wants. The seal on the imperial mausoleum is weakening, and the murky source is leaking out. His parents want to die in his place, the Alliance Guard wants to capture him for the sacrifice, the emperor wants to use him to test public opinion, and the cultivation world has slapped him with the accusation that "refusing to save the world makes you a scourge to all humanity."
And so, a young man who only wants to take it easy is pushed down the mountain by the entire world.
He thought he was stuck with the lousy script of "reluctant savior," but later discovers that the world is even more absurd than he imagined. Cultivators preach lofty principles while secretly making deals for power. The imperial court claims to protect the people, then puts human lives on the altar. The Alliance Guard loudly proclaims peace throughout the realm, while hiding the greatest lie of all for a thousand years.
The more Liu Zhiyan investigates, the quieter he becomes. The more he fights, the more exhausted he feels.
He only wanted to slack off for ten years. How did the whole world end up forcing him to become its savior?
