Chapter 1: CH.1 | The Most Weakest and Poorest Sects

"I’m out of tissues!"

The chubby man glanced to the side. His tissue box was empty.

All around his bed, dozens of used tissues were scattered, proof of one pleasure after another he had indulged in that night.

Instant noodle containers, soda cans, and fast food trash littered the floor. It was all fuel to keep his fantasies going.

"Whatever. I’ll just wipe it with a cloth."

Nick, a 31-year-old fantasy novel writer, had no partner, no friends. He spent his nights indulging in fantasies and his days writing.

A boring routine, but that was who he was. His face and body made him too insecure to step outside his apartment.

He could not even remember how many years it had been since he last shook hands with a woman. Not his mother, not his sister, not anyone.

"This is my favorite scene. Let’s keep going!" Nick said, staring at his phone as he opened his favorite game.

A xianxia game where the protagonist conquered countless women and gained pleasure from them.

That was Nick’s dream. Since he could not achieve it in real life, he poured everything into the game.

It was already three in the morning. He had been playing for seven hours straight, going through countless tissues, leaving his room in its usual mess.

He replayed the scene and lost himself in satisfaction. He thought everything would go on as usual, but something unexpected happened.

His body suddenly stiffened. Cramps and tingling spread through him. His heart pounded violently, making it hard to breathe.

W-What’s happening?

Moments later, a sharp pain stabbed through his heart, as if a blade had pierced him from the inside. He tried to scream for help, calling emergency services.

"This is 911, what’s your emergency?" a woman’s voice asked from the phone.

"I-I can’t breathe!" Nick gasped.

"Stay calm. Try to get outside and find help. Our team is tracing your signal."

Nick tried to stand, but his arms and legs grew even stiffer, numb and unresponsive. He collapsed onto the trash-covered floor, completely naked.

He tried to steady his breathing, but every breath made the stabbing pain in his chest worse.

Damn it! Am I going to die?

That was my favorite scene... the protagonist was about to take the Young Master’s mother...

Damn it! I hate this!

His condition worsened by the second. His body refused to move.

Within ten minutes, Nick lay lifeless on the apartment floor, eyes wide open, tongue hanging out. His phone screen still displayed the scene of the protagonist seducing the Young Master’s mother.

Death came faster than he expected. Before he could finish the scene, he himself was finished first.

There was no game. No pleasure. Only darkness.

Nick thought that was the end. A pathetic and miserable end.

But the world worked in mysterious ways. After the darkness came a light of freedom and pleasure waiting for him.

It was not heaven.

It was an escape, a gift from mysterious gods who wanted to entertain themselves.

His second life had just begun.

***

Xianxia world.

Nick’s eyes snapped open. He found himself inside a cave, wide and damp.

"What happened?" Nick muttered in confusion.

"Wasn’t I dead?"

It was a cliché line often spoken by those who transmigrated for no reason, something Nick had seen many times in amateur novels and low-quality games.

Even so, people still liked it. Everyone had their own tastes, and Nick believed no one should force theirs on others.

He looked down and saw himself in a different body. A handsome young man with an athletic build, wearing long robes like a cultivator.

The white-gray robe with abstract patterns felt familiar.

"Isn’t this the robe from Lingxian Sect? One of the weakest and poorest sects in the game Heavenly Protagonist Harem System?"

"No. Too early to jump to conclusions. I need to get out and touch some grass."

Nick moved the man’s body. It felt completely under his control.

As he stood, a mysterious system panel appeared before him.

[Starting host integration with system]

[DING! Infinite Dual Cultivation Activated]

[DING! Primordial Grand Heaven Physique Activated]

[DING! Absolute Dao Emperor Comprehension Activated]

[DING! Extreme Yin-Yang Energy Seed Activated]

"What is this? Infinite Dual Cultivation?"

Before he could react, his body shone with a blinding white light.

Nick had no idea what it meant.

At the same time, memories flooded into his mind in flashes.

"AAAHHH!"

The pain was unbearable. His head throbbed as if a massive hammer struck it repeatedly.

"W-What... is all this?!"

A burst of white qi erupted, and the pain gradually faded. Nick dropped to his knees and coughed up a bit of blood.

"Are those memories from Absolute Dao Emperor Comprehension?"

At first, he did not know whose body he was in.

Now he did.

Lin Tian.

The Sect Master of Lingxian Sect. An Early Nascent Soul cultivator with no clan, yet admired by many.

Completely different from Nick. A failed writer with no cultivation, abandoned by his family, rejected by society.

"My status and personality are completely different," Nick muttered.

"But if I was meant to take this body, then the heavens must be testing me for something."

"I need to find it. Maybe I can discover my own dao in this world."

Nick froze.

What did I just say?

Those words did not feel like his own. Talking about fate, heavens, and dao was not his style at all.

But with his experience playing countless xianxia games and his newfound comprehension ability, Lin Tian seemed to understand everything.

The pain faded. The light around him dimmed.

Lin Tian looked ahead, stepped out of the cultivation cave, and rose into the sky.

Before him stretched vast land, towering rock hills, dense forests, fresh air, and birds flying freely.

"I’ve only seen the xianxia world in games. I never imagined I could experience it with all five senses."

"This is absolute beauty. A blessing from the heavens that every cultivator should cherish on their path to immortality."

What am I even saying?!

Lin Tian shook his head. Again, words that did not match Nick’s blunt personality slipped out.

"Look!"

"The Sect Master has finished his closed cultivation!"

Several figures from the valley pointed up at him. They wore the same white-gray robes, their expressions filled with hope.

They were disciples of Lingxian Sect.

Even more surprising, they were all women. All at the Qi Condensation stage, all from mortal families.

In a flash, Lin Tian appeared in the sect courtyard.

The sect was small, only five buildings. Four dorms and one main hall.

He looked at them with a smile.

They were beautiful and delicate, with slender figures. Completely different from what he expected of a weak and poor sect.

"Greetings, Sect Master Lin Tian," they said in unison.

"Only five disciples? Where are the others?" Lin Tian asked.

"Well... during your hundred years of closed cultivation, many disciples left."

Lin Tian turned around.

The sect buildings were dirty and neglected. Grass and weeds had overtaken the courtyard.

From five hundred disciples... only five remained.

[DING! All system requirements fulfilled]

[Starting Infinite Dual Cultivation System]

[Desc: Engage in dual cultivation for one night with a target. Rewards depend on the target’s emotional level toward the host]

[The higher the emotions, the greater the rewards for both host and target]

[Number of disciples: 5/99999999999999]

[Three Emotional Stages: Resonance || Harmony || Unity]

[Resonance: Trust, Attraction, Admiration]

[Harmony: Affection, Dependence, Loyalty]

[Unity: Love, Obsession, Absolute Devotion]

A large system panel appeared before Lin Tian, visible only to him.

[Cultivation Vision Activated!]

[Desc: Host can view emotional status and cultivation condition of targets]

Lin Tian activated his ability and looked at one of the disciples.

[Status Vision:]

[Name: Yun Yun]

[Cultivation Stage: 3rd Layer Qi Condensation]

[Affinity: Wind]

[Emotional Stage: Resonance]

[Emotion Level: Trust (5/100)]

Lin Tian observed her details.

He might not understand everything yet, but he knew what he had to do.

"Alright. Since it’s just us, we don’t have a choice but to clean this place."

"Yes, Sect Master," they replied.

The five disciples began working, cleaning the courtyard, cutting grass, repairing walls.

[First Mission:]

[Objective: Build Disciple Confidence (Trust>20)]

[Reward: +25 Trust || Unlock Pleasure Touch ability]

[Failure: Impotence for life!]

Lin Tian’s eyes widened in shock, "The punishment is worse than death!"