Becoming the Best in the World by Bluffing

Song Qianxing was an ordinary young man preparing for the civil service exam. After finally making it to the interview stage, he got into a car accident on the day of the interview.

It's fine. I probably wouldn't have passed anyway... Damn it! I can't accept this!

He thought he was completely dead, but when he opened his eyes again, he found himself thrown by the System into a battlefield of gods and demons.

The good news: He had [Combat Power: Number One Under Heaven].

The bad news: Every other one of his attributes was zero. Zero, zero, and zero. His one and only nonzero stat read:

Health: One.

System notification: Health is being depleted. Host can gain attribute points by increasing his reputation.

Song Qianxing looked down at his legs, which trembled even when he walked, and said nothing.

"...Fine."

*

Tianfeng Sect had a senior disciple whom everyone praised for his extraordinary talent and dazzling brilliance. Yet he was frail and sickly, with little time left to live. Anyone who met him couldn't help but lament his fate.

He always appeared coolly and calmly in the most dangerous situations, effortlessly solving everyone's problems.

Whenever anyone came forward to thank him, he merely waved a hand and drifted away.

In reality... Aaaaaah! Damn System, get out here! Didn't my health reach ten? Why do my bones still break if I so much as move?!

After returning from yet another bloody battle, his junior disciple bandaged him with red-rimmed eyes and couldn't help complaining, "Senior Brother, can't you stop trying to act tough every time?"

Song Qianxing leaned against the wall, his face pale, but the corner of his mouth curved into a faint smile.

"Saving people comes first."

His junior disciple's eyes immediately reddened: Senior Brother truly cares for all living beings...

Meanwhile, Song Qianxing could think of only one thing: "Damn, damn, damn, this hurts like hell! System, just you wait!!!"

*

During the war between gods and demons, the Divine Emperor and the Demon Lord came in person. They disregarded the lives of mortals and intended to turn the human world into a blood-soaked battlefield for their final battle. The people trembled in terror, while the immortals stayed silent.

Only one person stood before the gods and demons, sword in hand.

With a single stroke, he severed the boundary gate and restored peace to the human world.

The gods and demons bowed their heads. Thousands upon thousands knelt in worship.

Song Qianxing lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Stop kneeling. You'll shorten my life."

Everyone looked up at his bearing and realized that even the immortals in heaven couldn't compare.

Song Qianxing wept inwardly: "Please, stop kneeling! Every time you kneel, the System drains my health bar!!!"

This novel is also known as "A Luckless Fellow's Grueling Record of Survival," "How I Maintained My Number-One-Under-Heaven Aura Despite Tripping Thirty-Two Times a Day," and "Life Is a Stage, and All You Need Is One Last Breath."

Theme: Stay true to yourself and keep striving