The Senior Disciple Doesn't Want to Be Cannon Fodder

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What makes someone a senior disciple?

Exceptional talent and insight. The most understanding big brother to all the disciples. The favorite of the elders and masters. The leader of the sect's next generation.

Everyone thinks the senior disciple is hopelessly obsessed with cultivation.

After pushing himself to the limit, he unexpectedly gives up on himself.

The people who are too busy comforting the senior disciple don't know...

Before long, the senior disciple is going to become the first stepping stone on the protagonist's path to cultivation.

In other words, he's going to be cannon fodder.

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The story of "Proud Over the Heavens: A Divine Cultivation Technique from the Start" follows a poor loser who transmigrates, gets a golden finger, and rises to become a heaven-defying protagonist. He makes a comeback through face-slapping and leveling up, tramples everyone who looked down on him, and wins the hearts of countless peerless beauties.

As the protagonist's first stepping stone and whetstone, Tian Dao knows exactly how ruthless the protagonist is.

To survive, Tian Dao starts grinding himself into the ground.

He refuses to believe that as a fellow transmigrator, he doesn't have some kind of golden finger to keep him alive.

As it turns out, he does.

As the start of the story draws closer, Tian Dao finally discovers his golden finger.

After investigating it, he starts happily lying flat.

When the protagonist makes a move against him, Tian Dao doesn't hesitate to leave a message for the sect and fake his death. He happily looks forward to watching a live-action version of the story of a heaven-defying protagonist's cultivation journey.

But what leaves him bewildered is this:

After his "death," the entire sect seems to have been injected with stimulants. Everyone starts pushing themselves into a frenzy and ruthlessly suppressing the protagonist, who hasn't even made a name for himself yet.

What's more, they're all searching for his reincarnation.

Reader's Guide:

1. The protagonist is adored by everyone without realizing it and charms people effortlessly. He's incredibly beautiful, and one-sided romantic feelings abound, but this isn't a romance-focused story. He seems aloof and easygoing, but is actually socially anxious and a lazy couch potato.

2. My own take on the cultivation world.

3. It starts with an author, and the rest is all made up. Take it seriously and you've already lost.

4. Cover art gifted by artist BS.

5. The author's writing skills are limited. Please don't bash it if it's not to your taste. Thank you for understanding.

Theme: No one is born useless.