Awakened the Overlord's Grip from the Start, and Now the National Team Is Panicking

Lin Guoyao wakes up to find himself a 16-year-old, bottom-of-the-roster player on a provincial team in a parallel world.

From the start, he’s thrown into the provincial training camp’s elimination round. Facing a dismissive coach and mocking opponents, he counters with a single backhand flick that leaves the whole arena stunned.

When foreign prodigies sweep the Chinese national team, he bursts onto the scene: “Let me teach you what it means to be the greatest table tennis player in history.”

When a reporter presses him for the secret to his success, he puts an arm around the girl beside him and smiles. “She said she’ll marry me if I win one more championship.”

Years later, the table tennis world agrees: Lin Guoyao’s matches have never been about whether he wins or loses, only how many points he chooses to win by.