Wait, How Did a Fishing Buff Become an Immortal?!

Lin Mu never dreamed that one night of fishing would turn him from a modern-day fishing enthusiast into a useless outer disciple of the Cangyun Sect on the Xuanling Continent. A hopeless four-element spiritual root, rock-bottom cultivation, and a laughingstock among his fellow disciples. After accepting reality, the first thing Lin Mu did wasn't to diligently cultivate, but to shoulder his fishing rod and scour the mountains for good fishing spots. His master was exasperated by his lack of ambition, his eldest senior brother scolded him for neglecting his proper duties, and his fellow disciples all waited for him to be expelled from the sect. That is, until he accidentally activated an ancient cultivation technique called the Spirit Fishing Art, hidden within a mysterious bone hook. The spirit fish he caught could actually be refined into pills! Spirit fish boosted his cultivation, demon fish tempered his body, and deep-sea behemoths held astonishing fortune within them. From then on, while others secluded themselves to cultivate, he fished by the lake. While others fought desperately over pills, he casually tossed out handfuls of fish pills. Years later, as tribulation lightning crashed down from the heavens, a fishing rod thrust straight into the sky. The cultivators stared upward in shock. "Wait, why is a good-for-nothing fishing bum who just coasts through life undergoing heavenly tribulation?!"