Jiang Fengqing dies suddenly after working overtime and unexpectedly transmigrates into a book, where he binds himself to a cultivation System.
The System requires him to play the role of a master in the book and raise the two disciples under his care, letting each follow their destined path.
One disciple is the protagonist, Long Aotian: dignified and upright.
The other is the book's great villain, obsessive and deranged.
The System tells Jiang Fengqing that all the previous actors it chose died for inexplicable reasons, so the mission is difficult. But if he completes it, he can ask for any reward he wants.
Lured by the promised reward, Jiang Fengqing accepts.
Every day, he teaches his eldest disciple to be kind.
He mocks and belittles his second disciple, telling him he falls short of the eldest disciple in every way.
Everyone at Qingxiao Sect knows that Venerable Fengqing is aloof but plays favorites: he cherishes his eldest disciple and loathes his second disciple.
And so it goes, day after day, uneventfully... Not at all!
The eldest disciple suddenly comes down with a love poison, and Jiang Fengqing, unlucky as ever, becomes the one who must cure him.
What's worse, the second disciple loses control on his path to becoming corrupted and ends up suspected of murdering the eldest disciple.
Everyone at Qingxiao Sect thinks the second disciple will take revenge on Venerable Fengqing.
Jiang Fengqing thinks so too.
With the protagonist dead, even someone as coolheaded as him has no choice but to urgently seek the System's protection.
But the second disciple cuts off his connection to the System.
The second disciple binds Jiang Fengqing hand and foot and throws him onto the bed.
With a wicked, reckless grin, he says, "I've had enough of pretending. Since Senior Brother wants to keep up the act, let him go to hell and keep acting there. Master, no, I don't know who you are, but it doesn't matter. Soon, you'll have a new identity."
Jiang Fengqing is horrified. How do they know he isn't the original person?!
But he can't reach the System.
All he can see is the second disciple's face, drawing near and then pulling away.
The second disciple wipes the tears from the corner of his eye, his voice bitter with jealousy and resentment. "Master, am I really inferior to Senior Brother in every way?"
The second disciple is rough with him.
Jiang Fengqing cannot speak.
The second disciple is deranged, and Jiang Fengqing is imprisoned. As he desperately searches for a way out, the eldest disciple returns!
Theme: Don't pretend
