Every Cause Has Its Effect, and You’re My Comeuppance

For anyone who seeks immortality through cultivation, karma comes first. Karma is vast and elusive, all of it ordained by heaven. Lu Huanzhen accumulated good karma in his past life, so in this one he was destined to enjoy good fortune. Past life---- With talent at the very bottom among cultivators, he spent half his life working with little to show for it. After long deliberation, he came up with a brilliant remedy, took it, and promptly died. To put it plainly, he thought of a plan: if his talent was no good, he would rely on outside help. He worked diligently for half his life, helping demons wherever he found them, especially pretty ones with obvious talent and thick eyebrows, hoping they would come back to repay him someday and return the favor. He would even have settled for a snail maiden who could help with the cooking. And if a nine-tailed fox spirit or someone like that wanted to offer herself to him, he certainly wouldn't refuse. But not a single demon came to repay him, right up to the day he died. Furious, Lu Huanzhen cursed them with his dying breath. “Damn it, morals are declining, and demons are no longer what they used to be.” “I can't believe I fell for your nonsense!” “If there's reincarnation, then in my next life I'll be a sigma Taoist. From now on, I'll shut my heart off and stay out of love!” This life---- He had an incredible start, extraordinary insight, and both power and connections. He thought he would simply weather the tribulation, attain immortality, marry a fairy, and reach the pinnacle of life. But who could have guessed that all his efforts in his past life hadn't been in vain? A demon really had come to repay him. It wasn't that they wouldn't repay him. The time just hadn't come. The Snail Maiden had come calling! Only... What the hell is a golden apple snail maiden who insists on offering herself to him?