Golden Crow Emperor

My clone does the work, while my true self reaps the rewards.

Qin Jinglan is an outer sect disciple of the Lingyun Immortal Sect. Ten years after joining, he is still stuck at the Body Tempering stage and suffers constant humiliation. During a mission, a demon beast drives him into a forbidden zone. He falls into the ruins of an ancient Golden Crow clan, where his soul merges with a Golden Crow egg and awakens a Golden Crow clone.

The clone can wield the Sun's True Flame, ignore all restrictions, and share its cultivation with his true self. The clone grows stronger by devouring solar essence, while his true self levels up right along with it without lifting a finger. While others risk death in the forbidden zone, he strolls through it as if it were a garden.

With the resources his clone retrieves from the ancient ruins, Qin Jinglan rises from the lowest ranks of the sect and carves a path through a world of powerful cultivators.

He grows stronger not to prove anything, but so no one can ever trample him again.

But he soon discovers that behind the Golden Crow clan's legacy lies a secret that has endured for thirty thousand years: the Lord of the Abyss is about to awaken, and he is the only one who can inherit the Golden Crow clan's will. His clone does the work, while his true self grows stronger: the laziest cultivator in history takes the world by storm with his Golden Crow clone.