Lin Yuan, a programmer, died from overwork.
When he opened his eyes again, he was a good-for-nothing disciple in a xianxia world: Qi Refinement, second level; low-grade spiritual root; bullied by everyone.
The good news: his cultivation-assistance System had activated.
The bad news: the System’s assessment of him was “appallingly weak.”
The even worse news: the main quest issued by the System was called “Save the World.”
An ancient seal was about to break, and a world-ending tide of demons would arrive in five years. Failure penalty: the System self-destructs, taking its Host with it.
Lin Yuan: “So you’re the one being punished. Why am I getting dragged into this?”
System: “If the Host dies, the System self-destructs. That is logically consistent.”
Lin Yuan: “...Consistent my ass.”
No choice. Time to get to it.
Other people cultivate through insight. Lin Yuan cultivates through code.
Formations? Just a bunch of if-else logic. Refactor them and double their efficiency.
Cultivation techniques? Their spiritual qi pathways have redundant code. Optimize them and cultivation speed skyrockets.
Powerful enemies? The System calculates their attack trajectories, fluctuations in spiritual power, and chance of exposing a weakness. Success rate: 87.6%. Just go for it.
Five years to go from good-for-nothing to savior of the world.
Five divine artifacts, from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge to the seal site.
As the Demon Emperor’s remnant soul tears open the sky and all living things wail in despair, Lin Yuan stands atop the seal and opens the System panel.
“Calculate the optimal way to kill him.”
【Calculation complete. Success rate: 100%.】
【Because it’s you.】
This is the story of a programmer who rewrites fate with code.
