NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1:
Chapter 1: A Simp? No, I’m Just a Slacker!
Heavenly Origin Continent — Heavenly Dao Holy Sect.
As one of the oldest sects in the entire Desolate Ancient World, the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect had a long and glorious history. Its position was high and sacred, a place countless people dreamed of reaching. This wasn’t just because of how long the sect had existed, but more importantly, because of its profound foundation and the unmatched power it held to suppress the world.
Nine Immortal Peak—foremost among the sect’s nine main peaks—was named after nine immortals who had ascended from it. Within the sect, only the current Holy Son was qualified to reside there. At the highest point of Nine Immortal Peak, a man stood quietly.
Yan She looked at the distant sea of clouds in silence for a moment, then muttered, “I actually transmigrated… into a novel?”
As he received the memories of the original body, Yan She suddenly felt the urge to curse. He had just been sleeping peacefully at home. Who would have thought he’d wake up in a different world? Transmigrating was one thing, but into a novel?
The novel was called Saint of the Desolate Era. It was an over-the-top, brainless power fantasy story. Because the plot was so absurd, Yan She remembered it very clearly—especially the villain character known as the Holy Son. He was incredibly powerful, with unmatched talent, and so handsome it hurt to look at him. He was the very definition of tall, rich, and handsome—a textbook main character.
Yet the author had made this character into a total simp, constantly groveling at the feet of a junior female disciple. She had no interest in him whatsoever, and even hated him. In the end, because he overstepped his boundaries simping, he was mercilessly killed by the male lead and condemned by everyone.
And now… Yan She had become that simp Holy Son.
He had transmigrated into the villain.
“Possessing the strongest cultivation physique—the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body—and holding the position of Holy Son in the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect… with such a starting point, he chose to be a simp?” Yan She gritted his teeth. “He clearly had the chance to become immortal, yet threw it all away for a brain-dead woman?”
He truly wanted to strangle this Holy Son. When he read the novel back then, he already thought the guy had something wrong with his head. For a woman, he did one stupid thing after another, even giving up his cultivation to save her—only to be killed in the end. Would anyone in their right mind do that?
And that female lead wasn’t any better. In the novel, her name was Liu Yanran. Her family was exterminated after offending an enemy, and she was saved by Yan She when he happened to pass by. Not only was she ungrateful to her savior, but she even mistook Yan She as the one who destroyed her clan and hated him ever since. Fueled by revenge, Liu Yanran joined the sect and trained with all her might, her biggest wish being to kill Yan She.
Only after Yan She died and the truth was revealed did she realize that he wasn’t her enemy. Her real enemy was the male lead Xiao Fan’s father! The most disgusting part was, even after learning the truth, she still ended up with Xiao Fan. She even blushed as she called Xiao Fan’s father—her family’s killer—“father”…
That was disgusting to the extreme.
“What a perfect pair of degenerates.” Yan She spat in disdain.
Since he had now taken over the body, there was no way he would continue being a simp. Backed by the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect and possessing a supreme cultivation physique, he was definitely going to fight for the path of immortality, to become that unattainable being who overlooks all living beings.
As for that despicable couple—they could get lost as far away as possible.
And plot? What plot? He didn’t care one bit.
After venting his frustration, Yan She finally felt calm again.
At that moment, a clear system prompt rang in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Verifying host information…]
[Identity confirmed. System loading…]
[System loaded successfully!]
[Strongest Slacker System is at your service!]
“Huh? A cheat system too?” Yan She blinked. “Though that name doesn’t sound very serious…”
As a veteran web novel reader, he was no stranger to systems. Over the years, he had read about all kinds of strange systems—but this was the first time he’d seen one named after being a slacker.
Despite the weird name, it was still a system, so he needed to understand how it worked.
“System, what are your functions?”
[Host, this system has only one function—to help you be a slacker.]
[As long as you slack off, you’ll receive rewards.]
[The longer you slack, the greater the rewards.]
[Once you’ve slacked for a certain number of days or completed specific slacker missions, you’ll even receive special grand prizes.]
After listening, Yan She froze for a moment, then twitched the corner of his mouth. “This system is… truly unique…”
Other people’s systems pushed them to become stronger step by step, to reach the peak.
His? It wanted him to lie flat and do nothing.
As a model youth of the modern age, Yan She should’ve been ambitious and hardworking, creating a beautiful future through blood and sweat. But now the system told him only by being a slacker could he get rewards.
This was just…
Just too amazing!
Yan She quickly asked, “System bro! When can I start slacking?”
“I think I’m ready to face my weakness head-on!”
[The moment the system was activated, the countdown began.]
[If the host remains a slacker until tomorrow, you will receive your first one-day slacker reward.]
“That’s great!”
Yan She coughed and pretended to sigh in distress. “Ahem… I mean, I’m such a diligent young man… and now you’re asking me to slack off. It breaks my heart…”
[If the host doesn’t want to be a slacker, I can switch to a hustle system…]
“No no! I was kidding! I love being a slacker!” Yan She quickly stopped it.
What a joke! Who in their right mind would choose to hustle when they could be rewarded for doing nothing? Hustling was a last resort for survival—slacking was the true way of life.
In his past life, he worked himself like a mule, forced to compete just to make ends meet. Though he couldn’t match the true hustle masters, it drained him mentally and physically.
Now, with the Slacker System, as long as he relaxed, he would be rewarded. Only a fool would choose to grind!
What? Not comfortable lying down? Don’t like sleeping?
Yan She was grinning and about to walk away when he suddenly sensed a familiar aura rushing toward him.
Nine Immortal Peak was the Holy Son’s residence. Few were allowed to enter freely. Even elders needed to notify in advance before visiting. Only one person could come and go freely—his Master, the Holy Lord of the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect.
Aside from that, there was another way—holding a special token of Nine Immortal Peak.
One of the few in possession of such a token was none other than Yan She’s junior sister—Liu Yanran.
Everyone in the sect knew that Yan She liked Liu Yanran. That was why he had personally given her the token—so she could frequently visit Nine Immortal Peak as a guest.