Online Game: We All Spend Money, So Why Are You the Only One Getting Stronger?

[Fantasy + online game + full immersion + multiple female leads + vast map + rigorous stats + unconventional blend of reality and game = ???]

In 2029, a fully immersive fantasy online game called Nine Provinces made a stunning debut! Jiang Xun was one of its top experts, indisputably ranked first on the player leaderboard!

He had countless fans in the game. Though his talent was ordinary, his understanding and skillful play brought him one triumph after another.

Just as his future seemed boundless, he was betrayed by both his brother and his lover, and died miserably on a rainy night. But fate had other plans: he was reborn one day before Nine Provinces launched...

With his past-life experience, it was only a matter of time before Jiang Xun made a glorious comeback. But the System gave him a backdoor: he could grow stronger just by spending money!

Wait, wait, wait. Is this even right?

Yet years later, a portal suddenly opened before his eyes in the real world!