Cultivation by Burning Lifespan? I'd Rather Burn My Ancestors'

Gu Lingchen transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes a prodigy of the ancient Gu Clan, but he also gets bound to an oddly unconventional [Ancestor-Funding System].

Other people spend money to grow stronger. He funds his ancestors. The cultivation left behind when clan elders pass away, the energy lost while they sleep, even the lingering thoughts inside their memorial tablets... In the System's eyes, they're all idle assets ripe for reclamation!

So while other young prodigies fight to the death for opportunities, Gu Lingchen pours his heart out in the ancestral shrine to claim an elder's “welcome gift.” While others brave secret realms, he fishes with a straight hook in a mountain stream, and ancient magical treasure fragments bite willingly.

Gu Lingchen: “It's not like I want to do this, but the System says it's all the deep love of my ancestors. Not picking it up would be a grave offense!”

With his “sustainable ancestor-funding” philosophy, he quietly rises to prominence, eventually expanding his business across the Myriad Worlds.

Yet as the “inheritances” he reclaims grow in rank, he gradually comes into contact with forbidden secrets buried in the river of time... The slumbering ancestors of his clan, the origin of the System itself, and even the legend of the transcendent Tenth Realm all seem to be intricately connected to his “scrap collecting” trade.