The Mysteries of the Black Scales

Lu Chen died at his desk and opened his eyes as a snake.

No System, no golden finger. His only support is a copy of the Yuan-Shedding Scripture and an identity he picked up: Xuan Chenzi, the Supreme Elder of the Wuji Sword Sect.

The problem is, the real Xuan Chenzi is already dead. And Lu Chen is only at the first level of Qi Refining.

To stay alive, he can only put on an act.

He pretends to be an ancestor, pretends to have reached the Deity Transformation realm, until the entire sect believes he is their anchor.

All he wants is to keep a low profile, but trouble always finds him. All he wants is to survive, but the whole Eastern Wasteland Domain has its eyes on him.

His body clad in dark scales, he seeks the eternal Dao.

A snake’s path to immortality begins with pretending to be powerful.

A cautious cultivation story + sect management + ensemble cast xianxia.