A High-Risk Profession: Senior Brother [ABO]

Blurb:

The day my master took me in as his disciple, he told me he had transmigrated into a book. One day, my three junior brothers would kill him to prove their Dao, and he needed my help to avoid that fate.

Back then, I didn't understand what it meant to transmigrate into a book. I only knew that my master had saved my life, and obeying him was my duty.

So...

When my second junior brother was starving and freezing in the cold, I gave him extra clothes and blankets. But when he was disobedient, I was also the one who disciplined him.

When my third junior brother was looked down on and bullied, I stood up for him and comforted him. But when he made mistakes, I was also the one who punished him.

When my fourth junior brother was framed and plagued by inner demons, I ran myself ragged clearing his name and calming his demons. But when he became obsessive and lost control, I was also the one who stopped him by force.

All I ever wanted in life was for my master to get everything he wished for, for my junior brothers to live in peace and happiness, and for me to live out my days quietly.

I never expected that on the day my master ascended, the spiritual energy of the world would surge, humanity would enter another period of transformation, I would become the first Kunze in the world, and my junior brothers would all become Qianyuan.

That day, they showed their true colors, and I became their prisoner.

They crippled my cultivation, shattered my fate, destroyed my divine status, and finally confined me to an imperial palace, forcing me to repay my debt day after day.

A hundred years of pain, a hundred years of humiliation, and a hundred years of heartache finally bought me one chance to escape by shedding my old identity.

That day, I left behind everything I had ever possessed and never once looked back as I walked away.

I heard news of those three again a hundred years later.

The Demon Emperor, the Demon Lord, and the Immortal Lord all issued the same summons, seeking someone to save their senior brother. Whoever succeeded would have every wish granted.

I knew they had discovered that the person inside that body was no longer me. They had issued the summons only to lure me out. I didn't want to fall for their trick...

But then I ran into my master again.

My master gave me a sword. He said I was a Divine Lord from the Ninth Heaven, the child of the Heavenly Dao, sent down to undergo a trial. My junior brothers were all incarnations of the Asura God, and they had been entangled with me for nine lifetimes, all to keep me from returning to my divine place. But this was the final lifetime. As long as I plunged this sword into the hearts of my three junior brothers, I could ascend successfully, take my place in the Hall of Light, and become the new Heavenly Dao.

I believed him one last time. I took the Heart-Severing Sword he gave me, answered my junior brothers' summons, and once more leaped into the pit of fire I had escaped from with such difficulty.

This time, I would use my sword to prove that my merciless Dao was no illusion.

Authorized fan art: Shu Xiangting

The Asura God's wife is Shen Yu, so this is unquestionably a traditional