He Was Just Playing a Corpse, So How Did He Become a Movie Star?

“A pretty-boy heartthrob on Ready, Set, Act!? And he has to play a corpse? He's doomed! Holy crap, why is he starting to develop livor mortis?”

Li Shengyao transmigrates into the body of a top-tier star. The young heartthrob became a sensation thanks to his stunning looks, but he wanted to be known for his acting. Unfortunately, he had no talent, and squandered a winning hand. Now he's on the verge of fading into obscurity.

Li Shengyao arrives just as the heartthrob is planning one last gamble by entering the acting variety show Ready, Set, Act! But during the live audition, he draws the role of a corpse: a disastrous start.

Just then, the Identity Matching System comes online.

[Ding! The Host's identity has been detected as a corpse. Congratulations, you are now a real corpse.]

Everyone is certain Li Shengyao will be eliminated, but he delivers a performance so convincing it seems real, leaving countless viewers stunned.

“A wooden-faced heartthrob on an acting show? What a joke! Holy crap, his chest isn't moving!”

“Damn, those really are livor mortis marks?”

“Am I seeing things? Why is he attracting flies?”

The whole internet explodes.

As the show airs, more and more identities are matched: a hitman, the boss of a scam compound... Step by step, he becomes an award-winning actor and rises to the very top.

Looking back, everyone is amazed. How did a guy who started out playing a corpse become an award-winning actor?

Li Shengyao answers frankly, “I became an award-winning actor through my own hard work. System! Match me with a role!!!! This time, I want to become the Supreme Jade Emperor, the Celestial Worthy of Forgiveness, the Supreme Emperor of the Highest Heaven, the Unfettered Great Dao, the Golden Palace in the Clouds, the Nine Heavens, the Ten Thousand Paths, the Great Hall of Enlightenment, the Supreme Sovereign of the Jade Palace, the Lord of the Heavenly Vault above the Nine Heavens, who alone reigns supreme above the heavens!!!”