My Brother Fought His Way Back from the Cultivation World!

Five-year-old Lin Shu didn’t like to talk. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, his secret would slip out.

First: he’d suddenly gotten an older brother out of nowhere.

Lin Shu knew perfectly well that he was an only child. Where had this brother come from?

On the surface, his brother was a boy-band star. When they first met, the whole internet was saying he abused children, and his haters wanted to stab him in the street.

Then his brother started using paper cranes to find people, making malice backfire on its owner, saving lives with pills, and moving objects with lightness skills. He took Lin Shu from the police station on a face-slapping spree against the haters, bystanders, and production crew. He didn’t even spare a pig that happened to pass by.

Lin Shu was speechless. Was something wrong with this world?

Second: after appearing on a variety show with his brother, he found himself surrounded by a group of friends, but not one of them seemed normal…

Friend One: He always thought he was a little CEO in the making. Then he actually started investing, and before filming was over he became the youngest self-made CEO. His dad seemed so poor he ate instant noodles, but he had actually faked his death and been reborn as the true young master. His biological parents, a billionaire couple, were searching for him all over the world.

Friend Two: He was writing code and doing scientific research in kindergarten. After filming wrapped, the authorities took him in. His father had a special constitution and wasn’t even from this world.

Friend Three: The fruit in her bag never ran out, and it could bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bone. Her mom was strong enough to lift mountains, like a superhero. It turned out she wasn’t human at all.

Lin Shu looked at Friend Four, the last one from a “normal family,” and felt relieved. At least you can keep me company.

Friend Four tilted her head and smiled. “Did I never tell you I can hear everyone’s thoughts?”

And her mommy seemed like a delicate, innocent flower on the outside, but behind the scenes she had powerful people wrapped around her little finger.

Lin Shu was utterly disheartened. Was there no one normal in this world?!

Third: Lin Shu had a secret. Inside his little body lived the soul of a sixteen-year-old.

He was surrounded by an illusion every day, and it only slowly faded after he met his brother and friends.

At last, he could see this absurd yet real world once more.

Since he couldn’t change things, he might as well sit back and enjoy the show.

Reader’s Guide:

1. A family-focused story about saving your younger self in a parallel timeline, or, in other words, a story about having an amazing big brother.

2. A gentle, sickly beauty on the surface, but in truth a sharp-tongued fun-lover driven half-mad by working in the cultivation world, his older brother.

A soft, adorable, withdrawn little one on the outside, but in truth a reborn, easygoing younger brother who just wants to lie flat and complain about being dragged into the grind.

3. After they join the variety show, the story becomes a little ensemble-focused, with slightly absurd and exaggerated descriptions, but the main plot is still about healing Lin Shu.

Theme: Grow up with you, and be there as you chase your dreams