Lheticus_Videre

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In the world of the heavens, there are an elite few in history who transcend the word "genius." They rise through the ranks of cultivation with unparalleled speed, perform feats that defy common sense on a regular basis, and generally educate all who cross their path on just what it means for the difference between two cultivators to be as the difference between heaven and earth.

This…is NOT their story.

Xu Zuhui has never been considered a genius, or particularly talented, though no one would call him a failure either—no small feat in the cutthroat world of VRMMOs, the dominant form of entertainment on a dying Earth. Indeed, he is one of the lucky few to escape the terrible, ruined real world by uploading to a persistent virtual world based on the world of Cultivation.

But though his new body and new life comes with substantial perks, he will soon discover there are substantial risks as well. He’s far from the only strong talent in this new world, and few such people are happy to welcome more into their ranks. In what was supposed to be a virtual world, Xu Zuhui will soon find that the stakes he’s fighting for are very real…and he’ll have to become very strong indeed to survive the events the real hero of this world will inevitably drag him into.

Cultivating As A Side Character

"I hope you'll be watching," I said, just as I'd left Building #242 to sign up to challenge the Tower.

"Of course I'll be watching," said Chen Huan's voice from behind. I whirled around, not hiding my irritation in the slightest. "Do you HAVE to do that?"

Chen Huan chuckled. "Of course I don't have to—it's just that it's really really fun to. Anyway, though, I should probably point out the slight flaw in your plan. I'm not going to be able to see what goes on in that Tower, you know."

"Oh. Well I still have plenty of other reasons to not wait any longer to challenge it."

"True. And anyway, your sheer wanderlust actually managing to improve your Purity has gone a long way toward convincing me by itself. I'll hardly need to kill you if I can just appeal to curiosity about what you might find in the upper heavens to keep the quest going instead."

"Oh yeah? Then what's stopping us now?"

While Waiting