Lu Fan transmigrated into a humble mining shanty at the bottom of Qingyun Sect.
All around him were dark tunnels. The overseer’s whip cracked nearby, and his parents wore worried expressions over their production shortfall.
He thought he’d gotten the worst possible start, but then a crisp notification rang in his mind:
[Ding! Causality Performance System bound!]
[Current position: Unemployed toddler in the mining district.]
[Work hard to earn performance rewards. Hard work really can change your fate!]
And so, the most overworked model employee in the cultivation world was born.
As a baby: While other babies drank milk, Lu Fan used his spirit eyes to help his parents find ore.
[Performance settled: Rewarded with automatic cultivation of the Evergreen Art. Your cultivation rises even while you lie down!]
As a child: While other kids played, Lu Fan wielded a little hoe in the medicinal garden, clearing away pests.
[Performance settled: Rewarded with the “Universal Catalyst.” Millennium-old spirit herbs can now be harvested like chives!]
As an adult: While others secluded themselves to cultivate, Lu Fan built infrastructure in the market, set standards, and developed a spirit network.
[Performance settled: Rewarded with “Dividends Across the Heavens.” Even an Immortal Emperor must pay their insurance premium before weathering tribulation!]
Years later, when Lu Fan takes the seat of authority over the myriad worlds, the great powers of the heavens gather before him.
An Immortal Emperor asks, “Lord Lu, could we have a few more ascension spots this year...?”
Without looking up, Lu Fan opens the ledger. “Let’s not talk about feelings. Let’s talk performance. Did you meet your merit KPI last quarter?”
[Workplace cultivation + infrastructure and management + no sanctimonious heroics + long-term growth]
From a lowly wage slave to the one who sets the rules for the heavens, I, Lu Fan, need only hard work to earn eternal life!
