The protagonist, Zhou Ye, was an internet product manager in his previous life. After working himself to death from overwork, he transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes an odd-job disciple of the Taixu Sect. He binds himself to the "Shared Cultivation System": the harder nearby cultivators work at cultivating, the more cultivation he passively gains. While everyone else works themselves to the bone, he lies flat and levels up; while others risk their lives to break through to the next realm, he gains cultivation just by taking a nap.
But the cultivation world's "rat race" didn't arise naturally. In ancient times, the Dao Ancestor of Nonaction's junior brother, the Demon Lord of Action, tampered with the laws of Heaven, inscribing the rat race into them. Feeding on cultivators' obsessions and resentment, he turned the entire cultivation world into his farm. As the heir of the Dao Ancestor of Nonaction, Zhou Ye is destined to seek out nine formation nodes and restore the laws of Heaven.
At his side are Su Wanqing, a heroine who lives for the rat race; his honest, straightforward brother Wang Dali; the mysterious orange cat Xiao Tao; Old Man Mo, a bodyguard at the Deity Transformation stage; and Liu Ruyan, who is both friend and foe. Together, this lively bunch make their mark on the cultivation world.
An outer-sect rat-race champion? Enlighten them. An inner-sect genius? Crush them. The sacred lands of Zhongzhou? Lie flat and subdue every sect. The Nine Venerables of the Immortal Realm? Win through non-contention and break every law. The ultimate BOSS of the Myriad Worlds, the Dao Ancestor of Action, feeds on the rat race of all living beings and has laid a thousand-year scheme. Then he runs into a slacker who refuses to compete with him at all.
You set the KPIs, and I simply won't clock in. You make a leaderboard, and I refuse to rank. You want to fight me to the death, but I can't even be bothered to lift a hand.
Because he does not contend, none under Heaven can contend with him.
