After transmigrating, Lin Yue becomes a seventh-rank magistrate in a small county on the Northern Song frontier, just as an age of chaos looms. The heroes of Liangshan are restless, corrupt officials control the court, and oppressive taxes and bandits plague the land. At this critical moment, the Official Rank Cultivation System activates. Solve cases, bring peace to the people, suppress bandits, protect the populace, promote farming, and encourage education: any deed that earns the people’s praise and reputation can be exchanged for cultivation techniques, elixirs, protective treasures, and superhuman physiques.
Local tyrants and gentry oppress the people? Build up his reputation and trade it for a thunderbolt spell to punish the powerful on the spot. Bandits raid towns and villages? Exchange reputation for enchanted armor and lead the troops to wipe out the brigands. Natural disasters ruin the harvest and leave the people destitute? Unlock spirit spring rice seeds, and the whole county enjoys a bumper harvest as thousands sing his praises. Song Jiang tries to recruit him, Gao Qiu frames him, Fang La launches an uprising, and the Jin army invades south... As heroes clash in the chaotic world of Water Margin, others fight over territory and provisions, while Lin Yan focuses on governing his county and building his reputation, steadily advancing his cultivation.
Seventh rank: Qi Refining. Sixth rank: Foundation Establishment. Fifth rank: Golden Core. The higher his official rank and the greater his reputation, the more terrifying his immortal cultivation becomes. Starting out as a humble county magistrate, he manages refugees, reforms the bureaucracy, and resists foreign invaders. Lin Yan wins the people’s hearts through benevolent governance and follows the path to immortality through the strength of his reputation. When his work is done, he will wield immortal arts and rule over the region. The heroes of Liangshan will respect him, the Song court will watch him warily, and the Jin cavalry will dare not march south. A mere magistrate becomes an Earthly Immortal whom no one dares provoke in the chaotic world of Water Margin!
