Li Yan, twenty-seven years old, unemployed, and a million yuan in debt.
His girlfriend of nine years ran off with the son of a government official, his company laid him off, and he couldn't even keep up with his online loan interest.
He sat in his ten-square-meter rental apartment.
He thought he was holding up pretty well.
He went three days and nights without sleeping.
The doctor said he had psychological problems and prescribed sleeping pills.
He swallowed two and fell asleep at once.
When he opened his eyes again...
Four demonic cultivators were gathered around a young woman, crying on the ground.
Before he could react, he was stabbed to death.
Then he realized:
This wasn't a dream.
It was another world.
Every time he "died," he was sent back to reality. When he fell asleep again, he could return.
Even more absurdly, an Emperor Belt had appeared around his waist.
Emperor Armor, combine!
One punch, and the four cultivators were reduced to ash.
The System said:
Host, your current energy level is minus ninety thousand. Pay it off within seven days, or you won't be able to use it again.
Li Yan: ...I just crawled out of the online loan trap, and now you've given me a System loan?
Fortunately, the System told him:
Energy can be recharged.
And the young woman he had saved was the only daughter of the Heavenly Sword Sect's leader.
Her father was rich.
Her sect was rich.
Her whole family was rich.
The problem was that her senior disciple brother stabbed him the moment they met.
Li Yan: Fine. You stab me once, and I'll kill you.
Next time we meet, I'll transform first.
Then I'll hit you with a Five Elements Annihilation Fist and scatter your ashes to the wind.
He lay in bed, clutching the Emperor Belt and staring at the ceiling.
One free resurrection left.
Seven days. Ninety thousand energy.
A world of cultivation.
A young woman he'd saved who had nearly gotten him killed.
A senior disciple brother who wanted to chop him into a thousand pieces.
Li Yan rolled over and buried his face in the pillow.
"Whatever. I'll get some sleep first."
No heroine?