The Whole Galaxy Is Faking Immortality, but I'm the Real Deal

After being worked to the bone in a cultivation world, Zhu Ying returned to the interstellar age and was stunned.

The interstellar world had caught cultivation fever.

An old friend: "I'm a weapon-refining cultivator. I can create anything with a wave of my hand."

Zhu Ying: No, you're just an engineer!

A tech mogul: "I can summon artifact spirits and know everything under the sun!"

Zhu Ying: ...That's called AI.

A passerby: "I can summon spirit beasts and fuse with them. I'm invincible!"

Zhu Ying: Hey, mech pilot, could you move? You're blocking the way.

This world had gone so off the rails that Zhu Ying was caught completely off guard. Since she couldn't beat them, she quietly activated the built-in [Cultivation Simulator Panel].

Other people cultivated through imagination. She did it by grinding for experience.

And so...

When the interstellar world's "Number One Sword Cultivator" piloted the latest aircraft to show off "unity of man and sword,"

Zhu Ying silently formed a hand seal, and clouds gathered beneath her feet as she slowly rose into the air.

When a top "alchemist" showed off a "Nine-Turn Golden Elixir" made by a molecular synthesizer,

Zhu Ying pulled a Foundation Establishment Pill she'd made by hand from her robes.

The whole interstellar world went wild, demanding to know who her master was.

Zhu Ying gazed at the words [Cultivation: Foundation Establishment, First Level] on her panel and sighed gravely:

"If I say I'm self-taught, will you believe me?"

Then a higher civilization invaded the interstellar world, and all the "cultivation technology" fell useless.

As the entire universe watched in despair, Zhu Ying took one step forward, and countless phantom swords appeared behind her out of thin air.

Facing the livestream camera, she said earnestly:

"Let me say it again: I don't think my cultivation is quite the same as yours."

#I'mTheOnlyOneActuallyCultivating #ItWasSupposedToBeAJokeWhyDidYouTakeItSeriously #ButI'mActuallySerious

[Blurb posted in December 2025]

Theme: Hard work and perseverance