Shen Tang transmigrates into a cultivation novel, becoming a side character with mediocre talent who has to push himself to the brink just to survive until the middle of the story, only to die taking a blade for the heroine.
The original character's script is crystal clear: get up at four every morning to cultivate, complete hundreds of tasks issued by the System, and risk his life to build the image of a "hardworking side character who moves everyone."
Shen Tang tears up the script.
The System tells him to exercise in the morning, but he sleeps until he wakes naturally. The System threatens to deduct his spiritual energy, and he says, "Go ahead, take it." The System activates its forced-task protocol, but he lounges beneath an ancient tree in the sun and tells it, "Either deduct enough to kill me, or accept that I'm going to lie flat."
The System goes mad.
But what makes the System completely lose it is that on the very first day Shen Tang lies flat, he pets a spirit rabbit, discovers an ancient spiritual root, acquires priceless spirit leaves, and spends the afternoon drinking with a hidden master. The original heroine hasn't even appeared, and the plot has already gone completely off the rails.
The System urgently appeals to its superiors and switches to low-power mode.
But trouble always comes uninvited. Unwilling to push himself, he is forced onto the arena for the inner sect's grand selection. All he wants is to lie flat, yet he is chosen to become the Sword Master of Guixu, sealing an ancient demon lord. Accustomed to solitude, he gradually finds himself surrounded by a group of people who are just as "unconventional."
Buzhou Peak, eight people, eight paths.
They don't want to push themselves, but they're forced to.
Push yourself all you like. I'll enjoy the breeze and the moonlight.
