The Cultivation World’s Ultimate Workaholic: I Coast on KPIs and Survive Until I Become the Sect CEO
Lin Zhou, a workaholic project manager who had pushed himself to a cerebral hemorrhage working 996 at a major company, opened his eyes to find himself an outer sect disciple with a “wasteland mixed spiritual root” in the cultivation world. While others absorbed spiritual energy like they were drinking milk tea, he sucked it up like drawing cement through a syringe. And at the end of the month, he still had to hit the deadly KPI of “1,000 spiritual energy points.”
While others shut themselves away and worked themselves to the bone cultivating, he searched for spiritual energy hotspots while slacking off in the outhouse. While others fought until their heads bled over resources, he organized “cross-sect group buys” and made money on the price difference. While others showed off their talent, he passed off Excel Gantt charts as “ancient formation diagrams” and turned his tea-and-chatter sessions into “sect strategy meetings.” Using big-company tactics, he somehow turned the cultivation world into a workplace reality show.
“Senior Brother Lin, the genius Zhao Hao mocked you for slacking off again!”
Lin Zhou pulled out his spiritual energy log. “He worked eight hours and absorbed 800 points. I slacked off for three hours and absorbed 600. By efficiency, he loses.”
“Patriarch, the Tianyan Sect is trying to monopolize the teleportation array!”
Lin Zhou countered with “shared group access.” “It’s 20 percent off during off-peak hours. Let them work themselves to death for nothing.”
When the Immortal Realm finally came to take him up to immortality, Lin Zhou saw a banner in the Heavenly Court reading “Annual Ascension KPI: 100 Minor Immortals.” He turned and ran on the spot. “I’m out! Isn’t it better to be the founding master of slacking off in the cultivation world?”
Everyone in the cultivation world knows that the most formidable workaholic isn’t a naturally gifted genius. It’s Lin Zhou, who turned “slacking off” into a cultivation manual. After all, who could say no to the joy of “exceeding your KPI while lying down, and becoming a big shot just by keeping your head down”?
