The Daoist Venerable's Cheat-Code Life

A new author: Ye Xuan. Reborn, the protagonist embarks on a legendary life. "Master, you've occupied the Great Dao of the Nine Heavens for far too long." "It's time for me to take the seat of the Supreme!" His former beloved Dao companion, Su Qingyue, wielded the Nine Heavens Dao-Sealing Pearl to freeze all his Dao power and cut off every path to survival. "Ye Xuan, you're too aloof and don't understand how people get along. The new order of the Nine Heavens has no place for you." His trusted allies turned on him, divine generals switched sides, and allies betrayed him. Countless gods and demons surrounded him, while an ancient grand formation sealed the heavens. The invincible Dao Venerable of the Nine Heavens, undefeated throughout his life, had never fallen on a battlefield or lost to a mighty foe. In the end, he was destroyed by those he had devoted his heart and soul to protecting. Immortal blood drenched the sea of clouds above the Nine Heavens, and the Dao Venerable's origin was on the verge of collapse. Standing atop the crumbling Divine Realm, Ye Xuan felt no fury or madness, only a bone-deep chill. In his previous life, he had been too soft-hearted and too sentimental. He had trusted others too easily and treated them too kindly, only to end up dead, stripped of his cultivation, and damned for all eternity. "Ling Haotian, Su Qingyue..." His voice was low and calm, yet held the chill of eternity. "I did not fall today because I lost to Heaven or to my enemies." "I fell because I failed to see people for who they were, because I was too merciful." "If I get another life, I will take back everything, one by one, and settle every score at every step."