Unwilling Dao

Ethan never sought greatness. With low-tier abilities and modest ambitions, he made peace with life as a D-rank hunter—just skilled enough to survive the dangerous rift zones that spill monsters and opportunity across Earth. That is, until a routine raid unravels into disaster, and he wakes up somewhere impossible: a world ruled by spiritual cultivation, ancient clans, and sword-wielding lunatics who think death matches are normal conversation.



Stranded far from home, Ethan quickly learns that survival in this realm isn’t about logic—it’s about power, pride, and pretending you know what a “Dao heart” even is. Worse yet, a strange system binds itself to him, issuing cryptic quests with a single, cruel condition: failure means he never goes back.



Forced to play along, Ethan stumbles into a role he never asked for. To everyone else, he’s a reclusive prodigy hiding divine techniques and dangerous potential. In truth? He’s just winging it, praying the next task doesn’t kill him. Cultivators are drawing lines in the sand, ancient grudges are reigniting, and all Ethan wants is to survive long enough to find a way out.



But in a world that rewards strength above all, sometimes survival looks a lot like rising to power.