Finally Retired!

[Apologies for the trope switch]

Bad news: Lu Ran transmigrated.

Good news: He got the male lead's standard web-novel power fantasy plot.

Lu Ran transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. With a Heavenly Spirit Root from the start and a male lead's cheat-code plot in hand, he gathered a group of like-minded friends as soon as he left the beginner village. Together, they were determined to overthrow the Demon Lord's rule and establish a new Heavenly Dao.

Everything went smoothly, but Lu Ran, a burned-out office worker, could only feel exhausted.

Lu Ran: Can't you just knock me out and let me wake up to find I've already defeated the Demon Lord, risen to greatness, and become the savior?

System: Your wish is my command.

When Lu Ran woke up, he discovered that he really had transmigrated into his own body several hundred years in the future. The moment he opened his eyes, thousands were bowing before him. It turned out he'd already completed the male lead's mission and become the strongest in the cultivation world: the head of the Immortal Sect!

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Since he was the male lead of a power fantasy, of course he wouldn't forget to reward his good brothers once he'd made it big.

Lu Ran went straight to find his closest friend from before transmigrating: Li Zhuowu, the current head of the Sword Sect.

No matter what word he used to describe the man before him, friend or confidant, it wouldn't be an exaggeration. After all, they'd transmigrated from the modern world together.

They'd also sworn that once they saved the world, they'd travel together, enjoy hot pot, and play mahjong.

Now, at last, their wish had come true.

Thinking this, Lu Ran knocked on Li Zhuowu's door.

Lu Ran pulled Li Zhuowu into the room and chattered away, telling him how he'd transmigrated, transmigrated again, and triumphantly retired.

"Mm." Li Zhuowu nodded when he finished. "As it happens, I've been planning to retire too."

Lu Ran was deeply moved.

During his days in the Sword Sect, Lu Ran enjoyed hot pot, barbecue, and Dou Dizhu with his good brother, savoring the hard-won pleasures of life in another world. That is, until one day, Lu Ran saw a memory from before he transmigrated.

He and his good brother... had severed ties three hundred years ago! They'd fought until the skies went dark, determined to kill each other!

Lu Ran packed his bags in the middle of the night, ready to run.

Li Zhuowu appeared in the doorway, sword in hand. "Why are you leaving?"

Calmly, he drew his sword and asked, "...Have I not treated you well enough?"

1. Overpowered shou * ghostly gong

2. Invincible power fantasy.

Theme: The hero slays the dragon