In other transmigration-into-a-villain stories, the protagonist always gets a System and turns his life around, becoming a winner.
But the System that Jian Shu gets is the exact opposite at every turn.
In this world where martial arts reign supreme, the System strips the supervillain of all his cultivation, reducing him to an ordinary man.
When he transmigrates, it gives him the original owner's knowledge, but none of his memories. How is that a cheat? It's practically pushing him to his death.
Jian Shu is desperately unwilling, but he has no choice. Back in his own world, his mother is in the late stages of diabetes, and his younger sister has just started middle school. Even if he has to resort to anything to survive, if not for his family then for himself, he must fight for a way out.
But in this world full of danger, he sees a face he knows all too well.
She looks exactly like the girl in his memories. But is she really her?
The deeper Jian Shu ventures into this world, the more alarmed he becomes. It feels far too real to be a novel, more like a complete world unto itself. The original owner's past hides earth-shaking secrets, and an unseen hand is manipulating everything from the shadows.
Powerful enemies surround him at every turn. He must fight the mastermind behind it all, while matching wits with the heroine, Shen Youyi, and the male supporting character, Zhai Linfu, who may have memories of a previous life.
Chaos slowly gnaws away at his mind.
The memories of his old life begin to warp and blur.
Was his old life nothing but a waking dream, or is this other world merely one vast dream?
Is he Jian Shu, from his old world, or Jian Shu, the Ministry of Justice's Minister in this world? Why does the System keep malfunctioning? Who am I, really?
This calamity of crossed paths was brought about by nothing more than a love affair and one unintentional mistake.
Can Jian Shu, mired in the muck, break free of the haze that surrounds him and uncover the truth at last?
