The first-generation Celestial Master Ji Xingyan closes his eyes, opens them, and finds himself in an interstellar world.
Mysticism is thriving in this world, and he has become a student at the Academy of Mysticism.
Bad news: He's a good-for-nothing. At twenty, he still can't draw even a basic exorcism talisman, and everyone at the Academy of Mysticism knows him as a laughingstock.
He arrives just in time for a talisman exam, and everyone is waiting to see him make a fool of himself.
Ji Xingyan: Talismans?
He could draw them as soon as he learned to walk. Did he need to show off?
He decides to give everyone waiting to laugh at him a little shock from a Celestial Master.
If you're going to do it, go big!
"Five-Thunder Origin-Breaking Formation, activate!"
And then...
Nothing happens.
Damn it! The Celestial Master's powers didn't come with him!
Good news: He binds himself to a System that lets him increase his power by gathering "Faith Points."
There's nothing he can do but lie low and take it slow.
But the longer Ji Xingyan keeps his head down, the more he realizes something is very wrong with this world's mysticism.
The Six Lines, Eight Trigrams, feng shui, physiognomy, and destiny-reading are all completely nonexistent!
The only things that do exist, talismans, formations, and magical artifacts, are crude compared to those on Blue Star.
Ji Xingyan: ?
A max-level expert has wandered into the beginner's village?
Tensions between the Royal Court and the Federation are rising by the day. The ancient Mystic sects support the monarchy and are the Royal Court's obedient dogs.
Federal General Zhuge Changfeng was raised on materialism and can't stand those mumbo-jumbo charlatans.
"If war really breaks out, won't those old fossils in the Central Star Zone send a bunch of charlatans to chant spells at the front?" his subordinate scoffs.
But soon he stops laughing.
The Royal Court really does send a "charlatan" into battle, who uses a Five-Thunder Origin-Breaking Formation to wipe out an entire fleet of Zhuge Changfeng's!
The incident shocks the entire Jaen star system. From the ancient Mystic families to the Academy of Mysticism, nobody could have imagined that talismans and formations could wield such world-shattering power! By comparison, the things they'd once been proud of look like child's play.
Overnight, the balance of power in the Mystic sects is reshaped, and Zhuge Changfeng's materialist worldview, which he'd held for twenty-seven years, is ground into the dirt.
With his fleet blown to pieces,
Zhuge Changfeng: "Ji Xingyan?"
What kind of freak is this?
With "Faith Points" soaring by tens of millions,
Ji Xingyan: "Zhuge Changfeng?"
This guy's all right!
----> Coming next: "After Three Big Shots Fall for Him, the Grifter Runs Away." Please give it a look. Blurb below.
Su Liuyin is an anonymous risqué streamer who, thanks to his killer waist and bewitching legs, once made a name for himself by swindling five million from one sucker in a single week.
One day, a lunatic enters his livestream and forces him to answer a question.
"If you had to pick one between Mu Junshan, Xie Lin, and Shang Lanxu, who would you choose as your sugar daddy?"
Su Liuyin: ?
Everyone knows what those three names mean.
Mu Junshan, CEO of the Mu Group, a man at the very top of the pyramid, with unknown wealth.
Xie Lin, the owner of an underground casino. He runs an underground casino, but his background is unknown.
Shang Lanxu, a top-tier star and award-winning actor who works in entertainment for fun, with an unknown background.
They're all big shots Su Liuyin would never dream of crossing paths with in his lifetime.
If he really had to pick one as a sugar daddy...
"Mr. Mu is rich, Boss Xie is very manly, and the actor is gorgeous. This... is a tough choice."
Besides, who says a sugar daddy can only be one person?
"Before you make me choose, why not have them come to my livestream and battle it out to show me what they've got?"
The livestream comments fill with mockery:
"Is the streamer dreaming that those three big shots are going to fight over him?"
"You want to call them Daddy? Would those three even accept a bargain-bin son like you?"
"Best joke I've heard all year."
Su Liuyin is only joking too, but three mysterious users really do start battling with gifts in his livestream!
Mu Junshan, Xie Lin, and Shang Lanxu have a mutual childhood friend who's recently run into a serious problem.
He got swindled out of five million by a risqué streamer and never even saw his face.
A professional online grifter, all three decide.
The grifter runs his mouth in the livestream, challenging them to battle it out and show what they've got.
What a boring trick!
But all three strike at once.
At first, they only want to get revenge on behalf of their childhood friend. But before long, competing to be called "Daddy" becomes a childish everyday rivalry between the three.
Later, they think, surely a father ought to know what his son looks like?
They tell the grifter to show his face.
The grifter refuses.
The three think he only refuses because he wants to swindle even more from them.
What a boring trick!
But the three strike at once again.
Their combined tips are almost enough to buy the entire livestreaming platform.
And then...
They actually scare the grifter into running away.
Theme: Love is the most precious energy in the universe.