Lu Chuan transmigrated to an immortal-cultivation world and lived as a mortal for thirty-nine years.
On his fortieth birthday, a passing martial arts expert struck him with a palm, shattering his breastbone. He lay in bed, waiting to die.
Just before his last breath, the Tomato Reading App bound itself to him.
His first thought was to tap the “Xianxia” channel. But his injuries were so severe that his hand slipped, and he tapped “Wuxia” instead.
The System automatically matched him with a book called The Essential Guide to Bone Setting and read it for him all night. By the next day, he had recovered.
Then he noticed that the other channels were locked. To unlock them, he had to finish three books in the “Wuxia” channel and get more than a hundred likes on his comments.
Lu Chuan fell silent for a long while.
“...I want to cultivate immortality, and I have to read three wuxia books first?”
He opened the first wuxia novel with a proper cultivation manual in it. Inside was the Pure Yang Limitless Art.
“Fine. I’ll practice Master Zhang’s art first. Once I’ve finished ten books, I’ll go cultivate immortality!”
Next, Lu Chuan wrote in the comments: “Is forty too old to start cultivating?”
Someone replied: “Mister, what are you dreaming about? There’s no such thing as cultivation in this world!”
Lu Chuan responded: “Is there really not...”
Then he looked out at the world...
