Honghuang: I, Hong Yun, Refuse to Be a Doormat

After transmigrating into the Primordial World, he becomes its greatest patsy: Daoist Hongyun, who is schemed against and killed. Just as he is about to give up the hard-won seat he obtained in the Zixiao Palace, a warning of mortal danger makes Hongyun remember his past life. In his previous life on Earth, Zhang Hongyun spent his whole life being a doormat. He worked overtime, traveled for business, and took on all the dirty, exhausting jobs, yet got none of the credit or rewards. He helped countless people in his personal life, giving them all the kindness he could, only to receive a casual, “You’re a good person.” Kindness earns no kindness in return, and every concession only invites people to push further. After a car accident on a business trip, his soul returned to the Primordial World, where he became its number-one patsy: Daoist Hongyun. Looking at the seat he was about to hand over, he remembered the tragic fate awaiting him in the original story: death, the end of his cultivation, and betrayal by everyone around him. All warmth vanished from Hongyun’s eyes as he swore a solemn oath: In this life, I, Hongyun, will never be a doormat again! I will not give up my seat or hand over my opportunities. I will not yield an inch, not even a hair! Whoever tries to guilt-trip me will get slapped in the face. Whoever covets my opportunities will face my sword. If the Heavenly Dao wants me dead, I’ll defy heaven itself. If the people of the Primordial World want me to yield, I’ll crush the myriad immortals beneath me! From this day forth, the Primordial World will know no more doormat Hongyun. It will know only Daoist Venerable Hongyun, who protects his own path, guards his own fate, and kills as he pleases!