Chen Mo, a food delivery rider, got into an accident when he let his guard down on the road and transmigrated into the Zhengde era as a down-and-out Daoist priest with a clergy certificate, no talent, and debts up to his ears.
He brought a phone with him when he transmigrated. It had an app that let him watch ten random short videos a day and take things out of the videos, though each use drained the battery. Luckily, sunlight charged it, and even while sleeping he was "absorbing the essence of the sun and moon."
The problem was that this lousy app only recommended useless stuff: hot dances, cheesy pickup lines, course-selling gurus, eating shows...
The emperor insisted he was an immortal master, so Chen Mo had no choice but to play along.
With a flick of his lighter, he became a living immortal who could conjure fire in his palm. With a sprinkle of saltpeter, he became a true Daoist who could make ice in midsummer. When he came across the Heimlich maneuver, he pulled the emperor back from the gates of death after he choked and rolled his eyes back.
The young emperor Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up. "Immortal Master, be my imperial advisor!"
The court officials: "This evil Daoist is corrupting the emperor. He must die!"
Liu Jin sharpened his knives, ready to strike. "If we don't eliminate this man, he'll become a grave threat!"
Clutching his phone, Chen Mo nearly cried. "Please don't ban my account. I'm really not an immortal. I'm just a food delivery guy..."
He'd only wanted to live a carefree, comfortable life. But every time he opened a blind box, out came sugar, soap, glass, high-yield crops, and Portuguese cannons, one after another, until he came across an aircraft carrier group.
Years later, the Ming fleet plowed through the island nation, planting the sun-and-moon flag across the four seas.
Zhu Houzhao leaned over the map, full of admiration. "Imperial Advisor, how did you foresee all this back then?"
Chen Mo quietly took no credit, scrolling through short videos and watching a girl group dance.
"Your Majesty, it's called... coming across it in the feed."
