Name: Ascending to Immortality Starts with Exams
Author: Fog Enters

Synopsis

After grinding through several lifetimes, Zhou Hui finally accepted that he was just a nobody.

No matter how hard he worked, he couldn't change the Heavenly Dao's script: his sect would be destroyed, his allies would turn against him, and his soul would be scattered.

Zhou Hui decided to pickle himself, lie low, and be a salted fish. He'd retire early to grow flowers, feed birds, and teach his disciples.

Of course, he'd also spend every last bit of the fortune he'd accumulated, leaving nothing for that so-called Child of Destiny!

But Zhou Hui's idea of spending money might have been a little off.

His useless disciples suddenly started working themselves to the bone. Then the sect got caught up in the grind, and finally, the whole world followed suit.

Compulsory education for the cultivation world was rolled out across the board;

The sect equivalent of the 211 and 985 university programs was officially implemented;

And the plan for ascension from this world got underway

By the time Zhou Hui realized what was happening, his sect had become the largest in the world, his disciples were powerful figures across the Three Thousand Worlds and remained devoted to him, and the fortune he'd wanted to squander had multiplied several times over. The Heavenly Dao's script had completely fallen apart, and even the entire world had ascended to a higher realm.

Years later, the protagonist chosen by the Heavenly Dao arrives in this world. Looking at the newly issued Five Thousand Years of Ascension, Three Thousand Years of Cultivation, he lets out a wail:

“I want to go home!”

*

Really, this story could also be called Infrastructure Building Starts with Exams, but I cast a fortune (X), and got a terrible omen.

Theme: Humanity can triumph over fate

Other names

Ascension Begins with the ExaminationEnglish name

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