The sun was rising over the bustling city of Lianhua, casting golden light across the streets. People were already running, sweating, and striving training in cultivation halls, fighting for status, or pushing themselves to the limit in pursuit of power.
And yet… I was lying in my bed, completely indifferent.
"Another day… another meaningless struggle," I muttered, turning over. My room was a mess, clothes strewn everywhere, half-empty snack wrappers covering the floor. The smell of instant noodles lingered in the air. Most people would call this lazy, irresponsible, or even pathetic. I called it strategy.
After all… I didn't need to do anything.
A sudden chime rang in my head:
[System Detected: Realm Breakthrough System Activated.]
"System…" I said lazily, rolling over to face the ceiling.
[Welcome, User. You will increase in strength automatically without active cultivation or missions.]
[Current Realm: Mortal. Next Realm: Qi Condensation. Estimated time to breakthrough: Unknown.]
I yawned. "Cool, I guess."
For most cultivators, reaching the Qi Condensation Realm required years of training, blood, sweat, and tears. Countless hours spent meditating in freezing mountains or fighting beasts in life or death trials. But me? I just existed. That was enough.
I got out of bed and wandered to the kitchen. The system gave no limits, no punishments, no tasks. It simply… made me stronger while I lived my life.
A thought occurred to me as I poured my instant noodles into a bowl. Maybe I could just… keep doing nothing and see how far this goes.
Minutes passed. Hours. Days.
And then it happened. I was sitting on the couch, scrolling through my phone, when my body trembled slightly. My vision blurred, and a strange warmth spread through my chest.
[Breakthrough Achieved: Mortal to Qi Condensation Realm]
[New Strength: Overwhelming.]
[Special Skill Unlocked: Passive Growth. You grow stronger every day you do nothing.]
I blinked. "Huh. That was… easy."
Meanwhile, outside, cultivators were training harder than ever. They had no idea that a lazy boy lying on a couch had already surpassed them.
I shrugged and went back to eating my noodles.
This life of doing nothing… might not be so bad after all.
Little did I know, this was only the beginning. Even the heavens themselves would eventually notice someone who could grow stronger without lifting a finger.
And when they did… they would regret ever underestimating the lazy one.