The Deal Was Immortality, So Why Are You Practicing Confucianism?

[Confucian Cultivation + Xuanhuan + Upright Protagonist + No Tired Old Tropes + Age of Declining Dharma (Later)]

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I, Lin Shouzhe, a modern PhD in Chinese classics, somehow ended up in a lawless cultivation world where people kill for treasure.

The Sword Immortal next door can split the sky with one strike, and the Demon Venerable can sever a river with one palm. As for me, all I can do is reason with people.

Watching cultivators fly all over the sky, I quietly pulled out the Analects.

They laughed at me. “A poor scholar like you dares to talk about the Dao?”

I fired back with a Word Made Law: “Magic is forbidden here!” The spiritual power of every cultivator present instantly ground to a halt.

Later, I founded an academy, took on disciples, and established rules.

A genius sword cultivator protected me, a Holy Maiden of the Joyful Union Sect managed my library, and Daoist masters sat with me to discuss the Dao.

I told this savage cultivation world: “Your arts can move mountains and fill seas. My Dao can decide whether those mountains should be moved and those seas filled!”

When demons from beyond the realm descended and the cultivation civilization suffered defeat after defeat, I stood beneath the heavens and spoke with the authority of the celestial laws:

“This realm is off-limits to all who have not been invited!”

With a single word, I bring peace to the ages!

(Also known as “Being a Sage Is Much Harder Than Cultivating Immortality,” “The Confucian Sage Subdues Immortals, His Words Become Law,” and “My Confucian Dao Can Invoke the Laws of Heaven”)