Shan Gailun's Transmigration

The fictional “Western Chu Dynasty” is not the historical Western Chu, but an alternate era with a cultivation system. The dynasty is divided into nine provinces, while the central imperial authority has weakened and local princes and provincial governors have carved out their own territories. Cultivators advance through five realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deification. Cultivators and mortal governments depend on one another while keeping each other in check. Ordinary people can enter cultivation sects through a “spiritual root test,” while those without spiritual roots have to make their way in mortal society.

2. Protagonist:

- Name: Shan Gailun

- Modern identity: A department director at a leading market research firm, skilled in data modeling, user profiling, competitor research, and strategy development. He has exceptional logical reasoning and a keen instinct for identifying needs and integrating resources. Before transmigrating, he was electrocuted while working overtime on a research report, and his soul entered the body of a scholar with the same name in the Western Chu Dynasty. The original owner, who had failed the imperial examinations and was impoverished, had taken his own life.

3. Central conflict:

- Personal journey: With no spiritual roots, he uses his modern market research skills to “crack” the rules of cultivation, such as by analyzing cultivators’ behavioral data