Lin Chen, an overworked office drone who died from working 996 hours in his previous life, transmigrates into a high school senior's body and gets bound to a deeply broken System called Jingjing.
She firmly believes this is a world of cultivation: the school is Qingyun Sect's outer court, attending class means listening to the Dao, sleeping means secluded cultivation, his desk mate Wang Pangzi has an "indestructible vajra body," the school beauty Su Qingyuan is a "heavenly prodigy of the Ice Phoenix," the school bully Zhao Hu is an "outer-sect tyrant," sparrows are "demonic scout birds," five jiao is a "low-grade spirit stone," isatis root is "rejuvenation powder," and Liuwei Dihuang pills are "foundation-building pills."
The more he slacks off, the faster his cultivation improves. The whole class thinks he's gone mad, but he knows the truth: this ridiculous System is seriously ill.
"This is a low-grade spirit stone!" "It's a five-jiao coin!" "Mm, a spirit stone."
"Congratulations, Host, on slaying thirteen bloodthirsty mosquito demons!" "I was swatting mosquitoes!" "Mm, what keen eyes you have, Host."
"What sect is the psychiatric ward? I should visit sometime." "Keep talking and I'll really have to go to the psych ward!"
Sleeping in class equals secluded cultivation. Math problems equal formation calculations. A basketball exploding equals a spiritual-energy reaction. Fart beans are a technique for attacking with the energy of the body's grain cycle. He just wants to quietly slack off, yet somehow ends up doing real good deeds. Then he discovers that maybe Jingjing isn't entirely wrong. The teahouse south of the city, the Ghost Hand Organization, the seal in the back hills, the Kunlun secret realm... As cultivation collides with reality and social embarrassment turns into unexpected delight, Lin Chen is forced to grow stronger while the whole school watches him embarrass himself.
"The whole class thinks I'm asleep. Actually, I'm cultivating. Though I don't really believe it myself."
A lighthearted, stress-relieving laugh-fest that pokes fun at the rat race and gets more satisfying with every laugh.
