Lin Mo transmigrates into the body of the sixth prince of the Great Jing Dynasty. The moment he opens his eyes, he is in prison. The original owner has almost no memories, only the knowledge that the emperor locked him up.
The other princes avoid the throne like a debt. One becomes a monk, another elopes, another cultivates immortality, and another goes off to war. Only Lin Mo, a lazy and cowardly good-for-nothing, is forced onto the throne by the late emperor's final edict. When the original owner hears he has to rule from prison, he dies of fright on the spot, leaving the throne to Lin Mo, who has transmigrated into his body.
He thought he was a condemned prisoner who had rebelled, and only wanted to hide away and scrape by. Then he unexpectedly activates the Cowardly System: the more timid he is, the stronger he gets; the more pathetic he acts, the more powerful he becomes!
The sloppier his clothes, the higher his cowardice score.
The more his voice trembles, the faster his cultivation surges.
The more he dodges trouble, the richer his rewards.
The officials despise his cowardice, powerful ministers want to manipulate him, and his enemies laugh at him as a useless fool. Meanwhile, he curls up in a ball in his prison cell and quietly raises his cowardice score to an incredible level.
Other emperors rule through diligence and ruthless force. He rules through invincible cowardice.
Go ahead and laugh at me for being a coward. Once I've taken my cowardice to the limit, I'll sweep the whole court with a single move!
Others cultivate immortality through insight. I, the emperor, cultivate immortality through cowardice.
