A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting Out Hiding in the Cultivation Manual Pavilion

Su Xiaoyuan transmigrates as a low-level proofreader in the cultivation world. With his damaged spiritual roots, he thinks he's destined to live an unremarkable life. Then he discovers that every cultivation manual he reads displays an optimization progress bar! From then on, he can't pull himself away from piles of old books. Once he optimizes the Basic Qi Refining Art, his efficiency at drawing in qi is ten times that of other people. He deletes three lines from the Fire Separation Sword Art, and its power surges until it becomes a sect-defining technique. Years later, the demonic path attacks the mountain and breaks through the protective formation. Su Xiaoyuan strolls out of the cultivation manual library, and in an instant, heaven and earth change color.