Gui 41

On the first day after transmigrating into the Bone-Eating Mine, Lu Chen learns one simple truth: in this cultivation world, kind people don't even leave behind scraps of bone. He's just an ordinary man from Earth, with no heaven-defying cultivation technique and no wise old master at his side. From the start, he's thrown into a toxic mine as cannon fodder to dig, and tomorrow morning he'll be sent to feed the demonic beasts. To survive, he can only resort to the vilest methods: make others kill for him, and pit one enemy against another. Kill overseers, set up fellow disciples, scheme against elders, and lay traps for sacred lands. When he finally claws his way out of the muck, he doesn't draw his sword. Instead, he steps behind everyone else. Build an underworld network, control the spirit veins, gather leverage, throw the world into chaos. The Immortal Venerables and Demon Emperors who tower above all believe they are fighting over the Mandate of Heaven. They have no idea that every step they take is part of a script Lu Chen wrote ten years ago. One scheme leads to another, and every plot closes in on the next. Only when the world descends into chaos and ten thousand sects are destroyed do people realize in terror that the ordinary man who has always lurked behind the scenes has become the only one holding the pieces.

...In the endless deep sea, in a bamboo grove on a lonely island, Lu Chen severs the final thread of karma and prepares to ascend to immortality. Behind him, a pair of hands stained with blood gently circle his neck. A young woman's sweet, crazed whisper reaches his ear: "Husband, where are you going? If you dare leave me behind... how about I kill everyone in the Myriad Worlds?"

[Tags]: Dark / Mortal Protagonist / Mastermind Behind the Scenes / High-Stakes Mind Games / Yandere Heroine / No System