After he transmigrates to a cultivation world, Su Ye only wants to keep a low profile.
But the Systems won’t let him. More precisely, one System won’t let him play it safe, while another won’t let him go wild.
The Cautious Cultivation System: The longer you live, the higher your cultivation. Get exposed once, and all rewards are wiped. The Reckless Cultivation System: The more trouble you cause, the higher your cultivation. Back down once, and your cultivation drops.
The two Systems argue in his head for three hundred chapters, leaving Su Ye caught in the middle and unable to choose. From a cauldron in the Joyous Union Sect to a miracle doctor in a mortal city, from street thugs to an imperial succession struggle, he manages to play it safe and stir up trouble at the same time, keeping everyone dancing in the palm of his hand.
Others cultivate through hard work; he relies on “waiting.” Others break through with pills; he “reaps the rewards.” Others fight with their lives on the line; he relies on “fox possession” and “disguise masks.” A Golden Core cultivator? Too dangerous to provoke, but he can make someone else do the dirty work. A royal succession struggle? He won’t get involved, but he can push someone forward as a pawn.
He takes in a fox as a spy and picks up a disciple to run errands. He saves people with medicine, tricks them with schemes, and arms himself with System rewards. Readers call him a scheming old fox. He calls it “the wisdom of playing it safe.”
This isn’t a traditional cultivation novel. There’s no arduous cultivation steeped in hatred and grief, no desperate battles with life hanging by a thread. It’s just a transmigrator who doesn’t want to work hard, repeatedly jumping between two contradictory Systems, collecting perks and watching the show while taking care of whatever needs doing along the way.
Play it safe or go wild? Su Ye says: I want both.
Watch as someone who never wanted to be a hero becomes the mastermind behind the scenes in a cultivation world.
